Betrayal on the Bayou | 3. Kid Gloves

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Sony Music

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.0 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Ron Woods is a Black DEA supervisor who landed in New Orleans and found himself in the perils of the swamp. He’s the agent who could have stopped Chad Scott before things got out of hand. Chad has always courted controversy. In fact, for his first big assignment for the DEA, Chad was toe-to-toe with none other than hip-hop legend James Prince. Subscribe to The Binge to get all episodes of Smoke Screen ad-free right now. Click ‘Subscribe’ at the top of the Smoke Screen: Betrayal On The Bayou show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. A Neon Hum & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Smokescreen, a trail on the Bayou.
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0:30.0	DEA Group Supervisor Ron Woods is flying to his new assignment in New Orleans.
0:40.0	It's summer 2003.
0:45.0	Ron's in his early 40s.
0:47.0	He's been warned about working in the city.
0:50.0	His mentors call it the swamp mafia.
0:54.0	These were senior black agents that were warning me.
0:58.0	So I know that what the meaning was was me as a black guy going down to New Orleans was going to be tricky because New Orleans was notoriously racist.
1:14.0	Ron is no stranger to difficult situations.
1:17.0	Actually, he's kind of a badass.
1:20.0	His last assignment was overseas, busting drug labs in Bolivia.
1:25.0	That's a competitive gig to get at the DEA.
1:29.0	Ron's athletically built, played college football, and looks like it.
1:34.0	Group in DC.
1:36.0	DC at the time was in the mix.
1:38.0	I grew up in the streets.
1:40.0	I kind of know how this whole drug game was played.
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