An Education In Cocaine | Toby Muse

Bullhead Dispatch

English - July 11, 2020 21:45 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MB
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Ep.001: Toby Muse | An Education in Cocaine

Guest: TOBY MUSE

Episode Summary:

In my first interview in over five years and the very first episode of the Bullhead Dispatch, I am joined by Toby Muse. Toby is a journalist, documentary filmmaker, and author who has recently published Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine-Cartels from the Jungles to the Streets. Being a foreign correspondent, Toby has spent the better part of almost two decades reporting in South America. Listen in to hear how ingrained the cocaine industry is in every part of the country from the drug cartels, corrupt government, down to the small coca farmers. Toby Muse shares a lot of sneak peeks into his new book and what it truly means to survive from the jungles to the streets.

Segment Timestamps:

[00:03] Show Introduction

[00:31] Start of the Podcast

[00:38] How Toby Got Started in Colombia

[01:45] Colombian Peace Process

[03:11] Finding That Sense of Optimism

[04:12] Colombia’s New Peace Process

[05:56] The Lack of Governmental Infrastructure

[07:20] Villages Under FARC Command

[08:59] Examples of FARC Ruling

[12:34] Don Berna- The Enforcer of the Underworld

[16:05] Three Ways of Handling Coca Crops