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An Offer You Can't Refuse is a podcast that focuses on the history of organized crime in the United States. It employs an academic approach to its study in that it places organized crime within the broader context of American history.
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We Only Close for Revolutions: the Sex Trade, the Mob, and the Cuban Revolution (00:32:55)
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...
BONUS EPISODE: Interview of Historian, Frank Argote-Freyre (00:58:03)
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...
BONUS EPISODE: Interview of Crime Journalist, Chris Dalby (00:53:24)
In this BONUS EPISODE of An Offer You Can't Refuse, Pettengill sits down with renown crime journalist, Chris Dalby. Dalby's expertise is grounded in the rise and evolutionary of the Mexican drug carte...
"The Man with the Bad Eyes": Santo Trafficante, the Florida Don (00:39:48)
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 ...
BONUS EPISODE: the Ambiance Affluence: the Famed Casinos of Havana (00:38:47)
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...
"A Sucker's Paradise": Meyer Lansky and the Making of the Havana Mob (00:47:04)
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...
"Bigger than U.S. Steel": Mainstreaming Crime in the Postwar Era (00:36:14)
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 ...
A Hoodlum Complex: Frank Sinatra, American Mass Culture, and the Mob (01:11:55)
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...
BONUS EPISODE: Sin City, USA: the Culture of Conformity, the Sex Industry, and Las Vegas (02:04:17)
This BONUS EPISODE of An Offer You Can't Refuse is the last installment of the Las Vegas miniseries. In it, Pettengill tackles a central, albeit seedy, element of the Mafia's involvement in the city's...
BONUS EPISODE: "A Place in the Sun": the Sands Hotel and Casino and the Mob (00:37:06)
In another BONUS EPISODE, Pettengill delves into the topic of one of the most storied, and mob-connected casinos in Las Vegas - the Sands. Describing the Sands as the "Murders' Row" of casino lineups,...
BONUS EPISODE: "Welcome to the Moulin Rouge": Joe Louis, Civil Rights, and Mid-Century Las Vegas (00:42:28)
In this next BONUS EPISODE of An Offer You Can't Refuse, Pettengill investigates the intersection of civil rights and the history of Las Vegas. The Moulin Rouge was a casino that opened on the west si...
BONUS EPISODE: The Eyes of Texas: Benny Binion, the Horseshoe Casino, and the Evolution of Las Vegas (00:27:00)
In this BONUS EPISODE, Pettengill examines another Vegas pioneer, Lester "Benny" Binion. Whereas the Flamingo was designed to stimulate the senses, the Horseshoe strictly emphasized gambling in its pu...
BONUS EPISODE: "Uncle Charlie Killed Dutch Schultz," an Interview with Author Alan Geik (00:33:23)
The Las Vegas miniseries continues with this BONUS episode. This time, Pettengill sits down with writer Alan Geik, the author of "Uncle Charlie Killed Dutch Schultz: the Jewish Mob, a Family Affair." ...
BONUS EPISODE: Benjamin Siegel and the Opening Night at the "Fabulous" Flamingo, December 26, 1946 (00:20:16)
This BONUS EPISODE of An Offer You Can't Refuse is part of a Las Vegas miniseries that explores the connections between organized crime and the making of modern Las Vegas. In this episode, Pettengill ...
The Desert Oasis: the Mafia's Takeover of Las Vegas, 1941-1947 (00:42:08)
In Episode 23, Pettengill revisits the mob's conquest of the West. He notes that gambling and vice were fixtures of Las Vegas long before the mob showed up but what Moe Dalitz, Billy Wilkerson, and es...
For Love of Country...and Family: the Mafia, World War II, and Operation Underworld (00:45:41)
Episode 22 deals with the outbreak of World War II and the mafia's involvement. Pettengill notes that the early stages of the war went very badly for the Americans. The Navy lost dozens of ships in th...
Anti-Fascist Mafiosi: Organized Crime's Fight Against American Fascism (01:09:18)
Episode 21 explores the lead-up to World War II and the small but dangerous fascist movement of the late 1930s. Gangsters such as Meyer Lansky and Longy Zwillman resented the public display of Nazism ...
Hollywood Mafia: the Rackets and Los Angeles' Gangsters (01:10:50)
Episode 20 begins to piece together the moving parts of the West Coast mob. Listeners met Johnny Roselli, Mickey Cohen, and Tony Cornero in the previous episode. This episode will begin to weave the c...
Mafia Manifest Destiny: the Emergence of a West Coast Mob (00:57:14)
In Episode 19 Pettengill shifts the conversation to America's West Coast. Ever since Al Capone's 1928 trip to Los Angeles, mafia heads had dreamed of the potential the western rackets had to offer. Th...
"I Do to Others What They Do to Me...Only Worse": Jimmy Hoffa, the Teamsters, and Organized Crime (00:36:05)
The conversation regarding unionism and the Mafia continues in Episode 18. In this episode, Pettengill explores organized crime's infiltration of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Jimmy Hoff...
Goons and Ginks and Company Finks: Organized Crime and Organized Labor in the Great Depression (00:43:45)
Pettengill's examination of organized crime in the Great Depression continues with Episode 17 and the Mafia's corruption of organized labor. Focusing on emerging industrial unions in New York, Los Ang...
The Lean Years? The Mafia Business Ventures during the Great Depression (00:45:34)
The Great Depression was one of the most critical time periods in American history. It had clear implications for changes in the federal government, American culture, and, of course, the economy. The ...
The Law is Bigger Than Money - But Only If the Law Works Harder: the Fall of Charles "Lucky" Luciano (00:37:14)
Pettengill's overview of the intersection of organized crime and law enforcement continues in Episode 15. It begins with a brief review of the shortcomings of Torrio's organization. Luciano and his a...
Get "Mr. Big": Law Enforcement Efforts to Counter the Emergence of Organized Crime (00:42:00)
In Episode 14, Pettengill examines the intersection of organized crime and law enforcement. Previous episodes have noted the importance of alliances between gangsters, like Lucky Luciano, and law enfo...
Bonus Episode: the 1919 Black Sox Scandal and the Convergence of Sport and Organized Crime (00:44:16)
BONUS EPISODE! Pettengill sits down with sports historian, Dr. Andrew McGregor, for an in-depth conversation focused on the intersection of baseball and organized crime. McGregor offers a detailed loo...
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