The Emperors Who Built and Burned an Empire

David "Chicky" Cecchetelli is a former Bookie for the Genovese Crime Family in Springfield, Massachusetts. Today he explains how the mob actually works, how he confronted the hitman who took out his mob boss, why snitches get no respect, how he lived with the leader of the latin kings, and surviving federal prison. WELCOME TO CAMPTHANKS TO OUR SPONSORSMorgan & Morgan EksterFüm00:00 INTRO01:55 Joining the mob09:30 Degenerate gambling + big WINS18:50 The gangs, Italian family & Non...

13 Sep 20233h 24min

Whats up people, we have the comedy OG Ari Shaffir in the tent to discuss the early days of the Comedy Store, performing with Shane Gillis the night he got fired from SNL, the early days of podcasting, and the meaning of life. Light up and enjoy. Welcome to Camp.

4 Sep 20233h 11min

Dr. Shara Bailey is Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Anthropology at New York University (NYU) and Associated Researcher in the Department of Human Evolution at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.Thank you to our sponsors for supporting this episodeMorgan & Morgan forthepeople.com/gagnonFÜM https://tryfum.com/Ekster https://www.ekster.com/Timestamps00:00 Intro00:46 Teeth are white fossils04:39 Neanderthals had better teeth than us0...

21 Aug 20231h 58min

Julian Togelius is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at NYU working on artificial intelligence. He uses AI to make games more sophisticated, and he uses video games to develop smarter AI's. Today we discuss the ethics of open AI, why AI Could destroy humanity, and what we can do to stop it.00:00 Intro00:40 Building AI to understand the mind04:54 Deep learning doesn’t understand truth07:14 Gaming helped Ai development09:11 Meta’s AI + computation speed v Brain14:12 Latest AI + diffusi...

16 Aug 20232h 36min

Bob “Ninja” Poras is a former Delta Force member and CIA Operative. His military career included 10 years as a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier (Green Beret) serving in the Special Operations Command, Tier 1 Special Mission Unit. He served on numerous global deployments which included Bosnia & Herzegovina, Libya, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan, Suriname, Colombia, Algeria, Egypt, and more recently, Yemen and East-Africa. Following a twenty-year career in the Army, Ninja spe...

16 Aug 20234h 27min

Paul M. Sutter is a theoretical cosmologist, science communicator, NASA advisor, U.S. Cultural Ambassador, and a globally recognized leader in the intersection of art and science. Paul is a research professor at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University and a guest researcher at the Center for Computational Astrophysics with the Flatiron Institute in New York City. Today we talk about UFO Whistleblower David Grusch, the intersection of faith and science, and t...

31 Juli 20234h 11min

What's good people, Paul Rodriguez is one of the greatest street skater of all time. Featured in numerous Tony Hawk games, 4 X-games gold medals... the guy is a legend. He came through camp today to talk about aliens, the pyramids, and skating for the rest of his life. This was an awesome pod. WELCOME TO CAMP00:00 Intro02:08 Parents involvement in show business03:55 Paul loves stand-up + Ralph Barbosa06:44 Mexican Skaters + skating is your community08:34 Emotionality in skating & stand-up...

25 Juli 20232h 26min

Whats up people we got Chris O'Connor and Tommy Pope at camp to talk about wrestling with the legend Shane Gillis, who's the most athletic, and the importance of getting punched in the face. WELCOME TO CAMP!Thank you to our sponsorsMorgan & Morgan FumFreezepipeWhite Duck Outdoors

25 Juli 20232h 51min