Surviving Narcos with Mexican Cartels | Mike Ritland Podcast Episode 97

About this video

Mike Ritland hosts podcaster and YouTube personality Sean Ryan for a wide-ranging conversation covering Ryan’s interviewing approach, eye-opening guest insights on political corruption and energy policy, the border and migrant crisis, and Ryan’s firsthand experience visiting cartel-controlled neighborhoods in Tijuana. Ryan recounts being struck by the work ethic of migrants waiting legally in camps, contrasts this with open-border policies, and describes observing how cartel networks operate through local residents in Mexico’s most dangerous areas.

Key takeaways

• Ryan says guest Peter Schweitzer revealed to him the extent of corruption in both political parties, including the GOP, which mainstream conservative media refuses to address
• According to Ryan, guest Alex Epstein (fossil fuel philosopher) argued that 100% green energy from solar and wind is impossible due to unreliability, and that nuclear and hydro are viable solutions—while China controls much of the supply chain for batteries and solar panels
• Ryan recounts visiting migrant camps in Tijuana and being surprised by migrants’ desire to enter the U.S. legally and work, contrasting this with what he sees as an administration allowing illegal crossings while legal applicants wait
• Ryan describes visiting cartel-controlled slums in Tijuana with Ed Calderon, learning that cartel members stay in poor neighborhoods to maintain surveillance networks where every vendor and resident reports activity

Episode details: published May 29, 2022 · 174K views · 2:22:33 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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