We Only Close for Revolutions: the Sex Trade, the Mob, and the Cuban Revolution
In this BONUS EPISODE of An Offer You Can't Refuse, Pettengill takes of the matter of an illicit sex trade that thrived in Havana as the Mafia's grip on the local economy tightened. He explores the "s...
15 Aug 202432min
BONUS EPISODE: Interview of Historian, Frank Argote-Freyre
In another BONUS EPISODE from the Havana miniseries, Pettengill sits down with historian, Frank Argote-Freyre. Dr. Argote-Freyre's scholarship focuses on Latin American history, including the Cuban Re...
9 Aug 202458min
"The Man with the Bad Eyes": Santo Trafficante, the Florida Don
In another BONUS EPISODE, Pettengill focuses on one of the most powerful and important mafioso in American history - Santo Trafficante, Jr. Much like Meyer Lansky, Trafficante was instrumental in the ...
31 Des 202339min
BONUS EPISODE: the Ambiance Affluence: the Famed Casinos of Havana
Pettengill's Havana miniseries begins in earnest with a look at the famed hotel-casinos of Havana and the mobsters who made the envy of the entertainment world. Specifically, Pettengill examines the S...
15 Des 202338min
"A Sucker's Paradise": Meyer Lansky and the Making of the Havana Mob
Episode 25 embarks on a new miniseries, one focused on the Mafia's criminal empire in Cuba. While the miniseries will take up a variety of different topics, this episode is primarily focused on the gr...
12 Okt 202347min
"Bigger than U.S. Steel": Mainstreaming Crime in the Postwar Era
In Episode 25, Pettengill moves on to examine the post-World War II era. Specifically, he notes how the world of organized crime began to resemble the postwar economic order. Similar to how corporate ...
3 Aug 202336min
A Hoodlum Complex: Frank Sinatra, American Mass Culture, and the Mob
Frank Sinatra was one of the most successful recording artists of the twentieth century. He was also one of the controversial figures within American mass culture. From the earliest days of his ascent...
6 Jul 20231h 11min
