412: What if you were an international drug smuggler?
6/23/202649 min
After being sent out of Cuba alone as a child, a man survives exile, smuggling, prison, and devastating loss, but in the aftermath, he must face the armor that protected him from the world and separated him from the people he loves.
Today’s episode featured Carlos “JC” Perez. Carlos has authored two books, a novel entitled Heisting The Beard, & a biography, Pedro Pan: The Product of a Revolution Gone Bad. Both available where books are sold.
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Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits
Content/Trigger Warnings: childhood separation, immigration trauma, political violence, drug smuggling, incarceration, gun violence, suicidal behavior, family estrangement, cancer, death of a spouse, grief, substance use, explicit language
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First 90 secondsWhit Misseldine· Host0:00
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Carlos J.C. Perez· Guest0:19
I would always realize that whenever I went into a job, it wasn't a win or lose situation. It was a three-way. I either made it, or I died, or I went to jail. There wasn't anything else that was gonna happen. I knew my odds and my consequences going in, and my odds, I always put my odds at thirty-three and a third percent in my favor.
Whit Misseldine· Host0:46
[gentle music] From Audible Originals, I'm Whit Missildine. You're listening to This Is Actually Happening. Episode 412: What If You Were an International Drug Smuggler?
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