Episode 400 - Katarina Szulc - Cartels Infiltrating Canada and The Wide Open Northern Border

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 173 minutes

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Summary

Katarina Szulc is an investigative journalist and the host of Borderland: Dispatches, a show delivering raw, on-the-ground reporting from the front lines of Mexico’s cartel war. With a sharp lens on organized crime, corruption, and cross-border conflict, she brings listeners real-time snapshots of a rapidly evolving crisis that’s reshaping both Mexico and the United States. Reporting from across North America—Mexico, the U.S., and Canada—she’s known for her fearless fieldwork, unflinching interviews, and a relentless drive to uncover the stories that others won’t touch.

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0:00.0	Okay, got the red smoke.
0:02.6	Dr. Gun runs. North and south. West of the smoke. West of the smoke.
0:09.0	Okay, copy, west of the smoke. I'm looking at danger close now.
0:13.0	Come on winter, baby. Give it to me. I need it. You're cleared hot.
0:17.0	Copy, cleared hot.
0:18.0	If I got cooked yesterday, there would be people who'd be very happy about that.
0:22.4	I've heard that you should never read the comments. What are your thoughts on that?
0:25.3	I fully agree and I don't, but I have people, friends, send me comments, which sucks. And I'm
0:31.1	always like, don't do it. But I've also gotten some really positive comments, which is nice.
0:35.7	Are your comments generally more negative than positive?
0:38.1	No.
1:01.1	They're more positive than negatives, but the negative ones are like really deep. Like they hit they're not, it's not like, ha ha, ugly, dumb bitch. It's like, ha, ha, I hope the cartel chops her head off and we can watch it live on Twitter. Today's episode is brought to you by Montana Knife Company. Instead of me trying to explain to you what they have to offer, let's just head over to the website and see what they actually do have to offer.
1:03.7	Speedgoat 2.0.
1:06.1	This series of knives is actually my favorite.
1:08.4	I love the Speedgoat series.
1:09.6	Let's switch to the top.
1:11.8	So you get the mini speed goat 2.0 coming out hold on 2.0 that's in a 52 100 carbon steel you know what I mean because I don't know what
1:18.1	that means but I feel like that's probably pretty good the war goat I'm not going to lie Josh
1:22.0	gave me one of these a mini war goat when he came up for the last episode it's the new everyday
1:26.9	carry for sure.
1:28.6	Stone goats, we're selling these in the coffee shop right now. They're great. Logo teas.
1:32.3	And that sounds honestly something this brand. They have way more than just knives.
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