Ex-Marine Turned Motorcycle Club President | Raffaele Ruggiero

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Ian Bick

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🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Raffaele Ruggiero grew up in the Bronx with an upbringing that shaped his discipline and drive. After serving in the United States Marine Corps, he found his passion for motorcycles and the brotherhood that came with it. That passion eventually led him to becoming the President of a Least of Saints Motorcycle Club chapter. In this episode, Raffaele shares his journey from military service to the motorcycle world — the discipline, the loyalty, the challenges, and what it really takes to lead. #MotorcycleClub #USMarine #BronxStories #BikerLife #OutlawCulture #VeteranStories #Brotherhood #truecrimepodcasts Thank you to BLUECHEW & PRIZEPICKS for sponsoring this episode: Visit https://bluechew.com/ and use promo code LOCKEDIN at checkout to get your first month of BlueChew & pay five bucks for shipping. Prizepicks: Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/IANBICK and use code IANBICK and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! Connect with Raffaele Ruggiero: https://www.instagram.com/raffaelearuggiero?igsh=MXJlZGdpc3V2b2F1 Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Shop Locked In Merch: http://www.ianbick.com/shop Timestamps: 00:00 – From the Bronx Streets to Brotherhood 10:30 – Family, Hard Work & Early Life Lessons 18:40 – Teenage Rebellion & Street Temptations 27:00 – Staying Out of Trouble & Choosing the Right Path 36:15 – Joining the Marines & Learning Real Discipline 46:25 – Life in the Marine Corps: Lessons & Challenges 54:00 – Returning Home to Family & Construction Work 55:50 – The Tragedy That Rekindled His Motorcycle Passion 01:01:30 – Rediscovering Brotherhood Through Motorcycles 01:07:05 – Finding Family in a Motorcycle Club 01:13:00 – Inside Biker Culture: Traditions & Misunderstandings 01:21:05 – Leadership, Loyalty & Life Inside the Club 01:28:00 – Staying Grounded: Values, Faith & Responsibility 01:33:00 – Lessons from Club Life & Finding Christianity 01:39:00 – Second Chances & Advice for Returning Citizens 01:48:00 – Helping Others & Building a Better Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sometimes I feel like my life has been a series of avoiding death and danger.
0:05.5	How hard was it to prospect?
0:07.0	You know, a club is no different than any other organization.
0:11.4	What do you think is the most challenging aspect of being a motorcycle club president?
0:14.8	From the streets of the Bronx to the battlefield as a U.S. Marine and then leading a motorcycle club as president,
0:23.4	Rafael Ruggiero has lived a life of discipline, loyalty, and brotherhood. Most people will never experience.
0:30.9	Raff, welcome to Lockton. Thanks so much for motorcycle riding your way out here today. Is that how it's
0:37.2	pronounced? A motorcycle riding your way out here or. Is that how it's pronounced?
0:37.8	A motorcycle riding your way out here or biking your way out?
0:40.9	Riding, riding, riding.
0:42.3	Yeah. I tried to overcomplicate it.
0:44.7	Well, hey, I appreciate you having me here.
0:47.5	You know, it's an honor to be here, actually.
0:50.8	I've been watching the show for quite some time.
0:53.5	And like I said, it's like, I know you, but you don't know me. I know. I was looking at our Instagram DMs. We've been talking, I think, since earlier this year we were supposed to do this. And then I left for the beast thing. And then we reconnected and now we're here. That's it. That's it. Where'd you grow up, Ralph? Well, I grew up in the Bronx,
1:12.8	in Castle Hill in the Bronx, you know. It was basically a working class,
1:18.4	blue-collar-type neighborhood. And, yeah, I grew, I lived there almost, you know, about 20,
1:26.2	something years, 25 years before I ended up getting married and moving out to Jersey, you know.
1:36.1	But, yeah, but primarily I grew up there and working class family, you know.
1:42.6	Dad was a mom and dad were both immigrants. So I was a first generation
1:47.2	American, you know, American. And, you know, there was some, there's some bullying that gets
1:54.7	involved with that, right? You know, I used to wear, they're in fashion now, but I used to wear
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