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Shaun Attwoods True Crime Podcast

The Weed Empire of Saltwater Cowboy - Tim McBride | True Crime Podcast 472

Shaun Attwoods True Crime Podcast

Shaun Attwood Podcast

True Crime, Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Tim McBride went from small-town pothead to one of the most prolific pot haulers in American history, before being sentenced to ten years in prison for presiding over a drug-smuggling empire.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:07.4

That's why we and London boroughs are lowering more speed limits to 20 miles per hour,

0:12.4

because 20 miles per hour roads have already reduced collisions resulting in deaths or

0:16.8

serious injuries by 24%. That is how we're making journeys in London safer and brighter for everyone.

0:24.8

Search TFL Improvement Plan to the Mayor of London and TFL every journey matters.

0:31.4

Right, welcome Tim, how are you doing, my friend?

0:33.9

Hello, Sean, I'm doing great, man.

0:36.6

You're still down in Florida?

0:39.7

Yes, sir, I am. I'm in, I think we're pushing about 82 degrees here this morning.

0:45.2

All right, well, one o'clock, sorry.

0:48.4

It's quite cold in London. So, the viewers, you know, I'm really excited about your story.

0:54.2

It's right up my street, all this stuff.

0:56.5

Can you just tell the viewers a little bit about you before we go over it more slowly?

1:02.2

Yeah, actually, of course, my name is Tim McBride, my nickname that was given to me back in my

1:08.5

earlier years is Saltwater Cowboy, which I have right there, actually, and it's also the name of

1:17.2

the book that I've written, Saltwater Cowboy of the Rise and Fall of an Empire.

1:25.9

And it's actually firsthand telling and accounting, and it's not a, you know,

1:31.6

boring statistical romp through the war on, you know, the war on weed and, you know,

1:36.0

other drugs and such. It's more of a firsthand telling a me sitting there,

1:41.1

taking you through my experience, you know, with this industry growing up.

1:46.0

And growing up, I was, you know, there was never anything ever dysfunctional,

1:49.5

you know, with the family group and the way I grew up that, you know, that drove me to be coming out.

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