The Connect- with Johnny Mitchell

Johnny interviews JC of the  @wrongtostrong  network on YouTube about growing up as a gangbanger in Chicago, trafficking pot for a Mexican Cartel and spending 4 years in a brutal Mexican prison, getting released and starting his own interstate pot empire, serving time in the Feds in America, and finally-- changing his life and becoming a legitimate businessman. Subscribe to JC's page! https://www....

Johnny interviews Hector Bravo, a former California prison guard. He describes life working on a level 4 prison yard in one of the most dangerous and corrupt prison systems in the country. He talks about witnessing stabbings, riots, and administrative cover-ups, and reveals the reason that he had to walk away and speak out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny visits the Haitian communities of Overtown and Allapattah, interviewing local rappers and documenting the history of the Zo Pound and their influence on the Miami Drug Trade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny interviews Apache, a Cuban-American who moved tons of kilos for the Colombians from the late 80's to the mid-90's. He talks about going from small-time dealer to major middleman, and working with Raul Castro and the Cuban government to help him smuggle his cocaine loads to Miami. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Montenez talks about what it was like growing up as narco royalty in Miami, getting into the game himself and then going to prison, and finally-- becoming the first legitimate millionaire in his family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny interviews Alex Montenez, the nephew of Rafa Salazr, the top general for the Medellin Cartel in Miami in the 1970's and 80's. He talks about what it was like to grow up in cocaine royalty, and tells the true story of being an insider during Miami's coke boom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny visits the Polo Grounds, east Harlem's most notorious housing projects, and gives a history of the violence of the crack era along with Unique Mecca, the former drug kingpin who was responsible for much of that violence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny describes what it's actually like being released from prison, the difficulties of navigating in the free world, and how he moved to Los Angeles after he was released to pursue his dream of being a stand-up comedian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny returns to the Dominican neighborhood of Washington Heights, New York City- to explore the culture of drug trafficking and to pay homage to the place that made him rich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Harlem kingpin Unique Mecca takes Johnny through Harlem and Washington Heights, and explains how he was able to take $100 he had left to his name  and turn it into a crack empire worth $50 million a year.  He was then sentenced to Life in prison under the CCE kingpin act, but was released in 2020 under the new "compassionate release" rules for federal inmates.   Learn more about your ad cho...

Johnny meets up with an OG Harlem crack Kingpin  @uniquemeccaaudionyc  to discuss the history of hustling in New York City, as well as Unique's rise from Jamaican immigrant to street hustler in Brooklyn and the South Bronx, where he worked a trap house that made millions of dollars a year when he was still a teenager. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny breaks down the slang he used in the streets as a small-time hustler, big time drug trafficker, and then inmate.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny talks about America's new illegal cannabis kingpins-- the Chinese, the spy balloon and the fact that China might be gearing up for war.  And finally, he interviews a former enforcer for the Detroit mafia.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny Mitchell explains how drugs are smuggled throughout the world, how he smuggled them, and the best ways to smuggle in order to reduce your time spent in prison or get away with it altogether.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny visits the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco to witness firsthand the affects of fentanyl on the drug trade in one of the worst slums in North America.  He interviews drug dealers and drug users to get a firsthand account of what life is really like in this infamous district. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny dissects exactly how to make money selling cocaine, who the players are, and how he made a killing selling coke in college.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former inmate Johnny Mitchell talks about almost getting caught smuggling a balloon in prison, getting drunk off prison wine and almost dying, plus the craziest stories he heard from his cellmates.   Sign up for the Patreon!  https://www.patreon.com/theconnectshow?fan_landing=true&view_as=public Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Youtube celebrity Big Herc joins the show to talk about his life in the 90's adult film scene, robbing a bank and taking the cops on an insane high-speed chase, and then spending the next 9 years inside one of the most violent federal prisons in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny talks about his trip to Culiacan and goes in depth on how the most famous drug cartel in the world actually operates today, including the new "boss of bosses," the difference between drug trafficking organizations and the Cartel, and why and how the Cartel is now stronger than the government in Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny spends a week in Culiacan, stronghold of the world famous Sinaloa Cartel, to view their new dispensary pot operations and interview bodyguards for El Mayo Zambada, the world's most wanted drug trafficker.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ex gangbanger Chad Marks describes getting locked up for 17 years in an extremely violent federal prison, becoming a jailhouse lawyer, and then helping other inmates get released and win their appeals.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny answers fan questions like what the future of drug trafficking looks like, what are his biggest regrets, and the state of his former cellmate Jimmy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny describes fighting his case from inside the belly of the beast- county jail.  He breaks down the broken bail system and explains the difference between paid lawyers and "dumptrucks," talks about his first jail fight, taking a plea deal, and finally- gives tips on how to stay sane in the midst of the madness.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny describes the day he got arrested-- a high-speed chase with the Portland Police, trying to bribe the cops, and getting interrogated by the DEA.  Finally, he gets charged with federal drug charges.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny describes his time living in Colombia, where he flourished selling coke to tourists, paid off the police, rubbed shoulders with the most powerful drug cartel in the world, and fell in love.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices