{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthequintanashow.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Finside-mexicos-cartels-ft-ioan-grillo-4ulNUyb2","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Inside Mexico's Cartels Ft. Ioan Grillo","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/1718377f-fafc-4d06-8f1a-b43f7e70e79c/a3112e5f-228e-4f2d-b047-8752851fc687/squarefulllogoblackbackground.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/ca3f9c05-1045-4a8b-b495-3ad7a06ea22a\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Inside Mexico&apos;s Cartels Ft. Ioan Grillo\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Today we peek inside Mexico’s deadly drug cartels with Ioan Grillo. Ioan has been a journalist in Mexico for 20 years covering every aspect of the drug trade. He knows all the stories and all the players! How the Zeta Cartel started out as elite special forces, how El Chapo wasn’t the most powerful cartel leader, how cartels have PR, messaging strategies, and watch themselves on Netflix! Check out part 1 of 3!  \n\nQ\nhas spent decades mastering the ins and outs of CA politics but politics isn’t his sole focus, and he knows it’s not yours either. Political-ish looks outside the realm of politics for insightful and entertaining conversations about history, social justice,\npop culture, business, music, and sports, with a dash of politics from time to time. So political...ish.\nListen and subscribe!\n\nBooks by Ioan Grillo:\nEl Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency (2011).\nGangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields and the New Politics of Latin America (2016) \nBlood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels (2021),\n"}