🫢 #106 - The COLLAPSE Of My Drug Empire | Tim McBride

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Julian Dorey

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4.6 • 649 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 124 minutes

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(***TIMESTAMPS in Description Below) ~ Tim McBride is one of the biggest weed smugglers in American history. In the 1980s he rose to the top of the ranks of the legendary Chokoloskee, Florida illegal import conspiracy. His story has been featured on VICE and he wrote a book about his experiences called “Saltwater Cowboy.” Tim’s Book, “Saltwater Cowboy”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NKFX3Y2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Intro; Tim tells a wild story about hiding from the initial Operation Peacemaker Raid 21:43 - How the arrest went down; The case against Tim; Captain Billy got away; Tim’s “no names” standoff with the government; The Polygraph 53:19 - Tim’s sentencing; The initial adjustment to prison; The most unfortunate bank robber ever; How Tim got his sentence reduced 1:05:58 - Tim’s cellmate was Carlo Gambino’s brother; The peacocks in prison; “Doing time” 1:24:25 - Was Tim tempted to go back to drug smuggling?; The 2 things Tim learned in prison; The state of Marijuana legalization; Tim breaks down today’s weed black market; The epidemic of drug-lacing 1:41:10 - Why Tim waited so long to tell the story of the Saltwater Cowboys; How the book came together; The potential for a miniseries about the story ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q ~ Get $150 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover (USING CODE: “TRENDIFIER”): https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier PRIVADO VPN FOR $4.99/Month: https://privadovpn.com/trendifier/#a_aid=Julian Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey ~ Beat provided by: https://freebeats.io Music Produced by White Hot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I waited three hours or so in line to get on the phone that night.
0:04.6	And when I finally got a hold of my brother, I said, come on, man.
0:07.0	I said, you know, what happened? Tell me about it.
0:10.3	And he, first thing out of his mouth was, he says, were you fucking that prosecutor or something?
0:15.5	Yeah, because she talked pretty good about you, man.
0:27.8	What's cooking, everybody.
0:33.4	I am joined in the bunker today by my friend Mr. Tim McBride, who is back with some more phenomenal stories.
0:54.3	And once again, if you have not already purchased his book, Saltwater Cowboy, from Amazon Amazon or wherever you get your books, make sure you do that. It is fantastic. There's a lot of stories in there that he doesn't even have time to get to in podcast, but you will love every second. Total Page Turner. And look, this guy was one of the biggest smugglers of pot in U.S. history. He's lived a hell of a life. This was years ago, but it's pretty wild how it all went down. We've heard about some of it on the previous podcast with him. We're going to hear
0:58.0	all about the downfall today, the things that happen in prison, just a bunch of more good stories
1:02.7	from a great guy here. So thoroughly enjoyed it, and I know you guys will too. If you're on Apple or Spotify right now, please make sure you give a five-star review. If you haven't already, that's a huge, huge help.
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1:20.4	And to all of you, whether you're on Apple, Spotify or YouTube, please continue to share around the links to this show is a huge, huge help. The word of mouth is the best thing we can get, be it in text messages to friends or on social
1:30.5	media, wherever you're most comfortable doing it.
1:32.8	It's all a huge help, and I appreciate every single one of you who has done it already.
1:36.1	Let's keep it rolling and grow this, baby.
1:38.1	That said, you know what it is.
1:39.7	I'm Julian Dory, and this is Trent Fire.
1:42.8	Let's go! This is one of the great questions in our culture.
1:47.0	Where's the new this?
1:50.0	You're giving opinions and calling them backs.
1:53.0	You feel you?
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