Sit Down with Michael Franzese

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  Mamdani Is Erasing Italians From New York — Former Mob Boss Responds 24.07.2026 25min

  Mamdani put out a map of New York's immigrant neighborhoods for the whole world to see — thirty of them. And he left MY people off of it. Little Italy. The Greeks. The Jewish neighborhoods. The Irish. Then he tells us it was an "accident." People — I got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. And that's not all he did. After 55 years, he denied the Italian-American Civil Rights League the license to celebrate Columbus Day. The league Joe Colombo started. My father was part of that fight. I take this PERSONALLY. We built the subways. We built the bridges. We built that city. And this clown wants to erase us from it? Not on my watch. In this one I get into all of it — the map, the permit, the socialism scam they're running on all of you, and what we would've done about a guy like this back in the day. Mamdani Is Erasing Italians From New York — Former Mob Boss Responds 0:00 — "He's a Clown" — The Cold Open0:36 — Greetings From Switzerland (Wedding on Lake Como)1:35 — What Mamdani Did to the Italians2:29 — Two Offenses: The Map + The Columbus Day Permit3:09 — A Word From Franzese Wine4:14 — Little Italy Reacts (Street Interviews)5:57 — "It Wasn't an Accident" — Who Got Left Off7:06 — The Socialism Scam — Bigger Than Any Mob Scam9:02 — Reagan Was Right10:14 — "Mamdani Is a Fraud" — A New Yorker Speaks10:29 — Joe Colombo, the League & 55 Years of Columbus Day11:44 — A Word From Rumble Wallet13:26 — Take Responsibility — Why He Won14:11 — $37 Trillion — The Politicians Did This15:05 — Pelosi & the Insider Trading Game16:53 — Would the Mob Have Stood For This?18:14 — Why Do We Resent Billionaires?19:45 — Newsom Out West, Mamdani Out East20:35 — "You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself"22:09 — Wrap-Up + Ministry Monday Announcement24:00 — One Last Salute From Franzese Wine Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Most Dangerous Criminal Organizations Ranked By Ex Mobster 17.07.2026 37min

  🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ ✅ Take Control of Your Money and claim $10 in US Stablecoin (USD₮)! Download now at http://wallet.rumble.com/InnerCircle and use the code InnerCircle10. 💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ I spent 20 years inside one of these organizations — now I’m ranking all of them. The cartels, the ’Ndrangheta, the Yakuza, the Triads, the Russians, the Irish, and yes, my own people. Four tiers: no rules no remorse, ruthless and relentless, dangerous with discipline, and business first, blood last. Where I put Cosa Nostra might surprise you.This isn’t just research. I did business with some of these groups, met their people on the street and in prison, and I’ve talked to the DEA and FBI agents who hunted them. One of these organizations shot down a military helicopter. One brings in $50 billion a year and most Americans have never heard of them. And one of them might be the most violent group on the face of the earth.Tell me where I got it wrong — and if I missed an organization, put it in the comments. I read them. 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/ 🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/ 🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb 📧 Interested in partnerships? partnerships@michaelfranzese.com 00:00 - Introduction: Built on Blood00:39 - My History With These Groups02:39 - The Rules: Four Tiers of Violence04:04 - Sinaloa Cartel06:18 - Jalisco New Generation Cartel07:50 - Medellín Cartel: Silver or Lead09:04 - MS-1310:21 - 'Ndrangheta: The Quiet Giant14:14 - Yakuza15:48 - The Irish Mob and the Westies17:13 - Whitey Bulger Was Working With Feds18:00 - Cosa Nostra: My Own People20:17 - Where I Put the Mafia23:18 - The Russian Mafia25:13 - Two Rankings for the Russians25:44 - The Triads27:38 - The Final Rankings28:05 - Tell Me Where I'm Wrong29:45 - Why I Do What I Do Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Critics Hate Citizen Vigilante. Audiences Love It. Former Mob Boss Explains Why 15.07.2026 41min

  🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ Critics and audiences are at each other’s throats over Citizen Vigilante, and I’m going to tell you what this fight is really about. This isn’t a review like the critics give — I lived on the other side of this fantasy. A masked vigilante hunting down criminals the system let walk, including a mob boss? I know exactly what happens to a guy like that on the street, and it doesn’t end the way it does in the movie.I break down where this film really came from, why audiences love it, why critics can’t stand it, and the one thing both sides are missing. Plus the story of the time we went hunting for the Son of Sam — the cops came to us for help, and we gave it.Fair warning: it’s a rough, violent film, and I say so. Watch to the end for what I think you should actually do about a system that fails people. Critics Hate Citizen Vigilante. Audiences Love It. Former Mob Boss Explains 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb📧 Interested in partnerships? partnerships@michaelfranzese.com00:00 - Introduction: Critics vs Audiences at War00:50 - Mob Movie Mondays Is Coming Back01:30 - Today's Movie: Citizen Vigilante02:39 - The Real Story Behind This Film06:15 - Banned in Germany, Boosted by Musk07:34 - Let Me Ask You This08:31 - I'd Go to Jail Gladly11:33 - Let Me Defend the Critics13:11 - The Whole Fight Right There14:36 - Inside the Movie: Key Scenes16:41 - I Put Senators on the Spot18:54 - I Know the Government Is Shady20:06 - Vote Them Out of Office22:16 - The Real Root of Crime25:18 - The Movie's Brutal Climax27:01 - When We Hunted Son of Sam29:17 - The Numbers That Tell Everything32:58 - He's Dead in a Week34:36 - The Moment That Turned Me Off36:11 - You'd Have Loved Our Neighborhood37:36 - 50 Cents and the Hypocrites Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Which Politicians Could’ve Survived The Mob? Ex-Capo Decides 10.07.2026 34min

  ✅ Take Control of Your Money and claim $10 in US Stablecoin (USD₮)! Download now at http://wallet.rumble.com/InnerCircle and use the code InnerCircle10. 🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ 💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ I ranked 15 of the most well-known politicians in America on one question: could they have made it in the mob? This isn't political — Democrats and Republicans get sized up the same way I'd size up any guy on the street. Are they cunning? Calculated? Could they pull the trigger if they had to? Three categories: made man (or woman), survivor, or total mamaluke — forget about it. Some of these answers are going to surprise you. There's a president who never would've lasted a week, a governor who'd smooth his way in but end up with a bullet in the head, and a speaker of the house I believe could've pulled the trigger herself. I lived this life for 20 years — I know who makes it and who doesn't. Tell me who I got wrong, and give me a politician I missed. Salud. Which Politicians Could’ve Survived The Mob? Ex-Capo Decides 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/ 🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/ 🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb 📧 Interested in partnerships? partnerships@michaelfranzese.com Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Former Mob Boss Reveals What Real Mobsters Actually Ate 08.07.2026 36min

  ✅ Take Control of Your Money and claim $10 in US Stablecoin (USD₮)! Download now at http://wallet.rumble.com/InnerCircle and use the code InnerCircle10. 🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ 💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ People ask me all the time: Michael, what did you guys actually eat? What was on the table? So today I’m giving you the real mob menu — not what Hollywood shows you, what these men actually loved. Al Capone’s favorite wasn’t a heavy tomato gravy — it was spaghetti with walnut sauce. Lucky Luciano, one of the most powerful Italians in history, preferred kosher pickles and corned beef from a Jewish deli. John Gotti? You’re not going to believe it — Cracker Barrel. I go through them all: Meyer Lansky’s cheese blintzes, Carlos Marcello’s Gulf seafood, Mickey Cohen’s French dip, Raymond Patriarca’s Sunday gravy, Joe Colombo’s table at Rao’s, the Genovese boss who kidnapped a chef because he couldn’t get a reservation, and Henry Hill — who told me himself his favorite was chicken soup. Then I’ll tell you what my father Sonny loved on Sundays, and my own go-to dish. I lived around these tables. Food was everything in that life. Hope I make you hungry. Salud. Former Mob Boss Reveals What Real Mobsters Actually Ate 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/ 🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/ 🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb 📧 Interested in partnerships? partnerships@michaelfranzese.com Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The World Was Wrong About America — And Now They’re Admitting It 30.06.2026 37min

  💸 Sign up for Freecash via my link: https://freecash.com/c/f27266?sub1=michaelfranzese_YT_r1 — get a $10 bonus! Start earning extra money online today. ✅ Take Control of Your Money and claim $10 in US Stablecoin (USD₮)! Download now at http://wallet.rumble.com/InnerCircle and use the code InnerCircle10. 🛳️ Franzese Family Cruise - Sign Up Now: https://www.vacationofdreamstravel.com/GroupRegistrations/view/138596 🍷Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ 💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ The whole world just apologized to America — and I’m watching it happen from my hotel in Monaco. With the World Cup here, people are coming to the United States from the UK, France, Japan, South America, everywhere, and they’re saying the same thing: “We owe America an apology.” They were told it was dangerous. They were afraid they’d get mugged or shot. They believed the propaganda about my country. And then they got here — and found the most generous, warm, welcoming people they’d ever met. Fans paying for strangers’ meals. High school stadiums nicer than anything back home. A GoFundMe in Boston just to keep the players around longer. I’ve traveled all over the world, and I’ve been saying this for years: America is the greatest country on earth. It’s a shame it took the World Cup for the world to see it — and even more of a shame that so many people here still don’t. This is my take. God bless America. Salud. 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/ 🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/ 🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb 📧 Interested in partnerships? partnerships@michaelfranzese.com 00:00 - Introduction: We Owe America an Apology 01:06 - Reporting From Monaco 02:46 - Why the World Was Afraid to Come 05:30 - The Welcome That Stunned Them 07:40 - America Is Beautiful Coast to Coast 09:30 - The Boston GoFundMe 11:20 - How Spoiled We Are Back Home 13:40 - The People Who Hate This Country 15:10 - The Push for Socialism 18:00 - Where Has Socialism Ever Worked 20:30 - The Movement to Abolish Prisons 24:00 - Why Accountability Matters 26:30 - Why I Don't Believe in the Death Penalty 28:40 - The Spirit of 1776 31:00 - Unchecked Immigration Is Destroying Europe 33:00 - We Want America to Stay America Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Former Cop EXPOSES The Number One Killer Of Police 25.06.2026 58min

  I grew up hating cops. My father was Sonny Franzese, underboss of the Colombo family, and I spent my whole life on the opposite side of the badge. So when I sat down with Kevin Donaldson — a New Jersey cop who got shot on the job and came home a different man — we got into something most people never see: what that life really does to you. The mob and the badge look like opposite worlds, but the dark truth is what they have in common. The trauma. The things you can’t unsee. The hidden cost nobody warns you about. Kevin will tell you what cops carry that they never talk about, why he says it’s worse than anything I witnessed on the street, and how a man comes back from the edge. Two opposite sides of crime. One conversation. This one stayed with me. Salud. Mafia vs Police: Is One Life More Brutal Than The Other? Former Mob Boss and a Cop EXPOSE the Hidden Cost of That Life Former Cop EXPOSES The Number One Killer Of Police 00:00 - Introduction: The Cop's #1 Killer 01:06 - Welcome and Today's Guest 04:45 - Why Michael Hated Police 06:19 - Pain Into Purpose 07:56 - Suffering as the Path 09:33 - The Book on Jesus 09:47 - Coming Out the Other Side 11:25 - Total Surrender 13:06 - Surrender Means You're Not Alone 14:52 - Suicide: The Silent Epidemic 15:51 - Losing His Partner 16:44 - What Officers Face Daily 18:26 - Don't Compare Your Trauma 22:08 - The Closed Casket 23:14 - How Trauma Rewires the Brain 23:45 - EMDR Explained 24:46 - Judging Yourself Hardest 25:35 - The Domestic Call 26:35 - Trapped and Ready to Die 28:19 - The Aftermath at Home 29:36 - Becoming a Monster 30:09 - Learning to Manage It 30:55 - Why Men Stay Silent 35:08 - The Role of Faith 36:17 - Crying at Church 38:12 - Surviving Without God 39:00 - Finding Your Primary Identity 40:32 - Where to Start 42:38 - The Truth About Defunding Police 44:05 - Wolves, Sheep, Sheepdogs 45:48 - Lord of the Flies 46:50 - A Necessary Evil 48:16 - Morale of Police Today 49:26 - Are We Near the End Times? 51:20 - Closing Reflections Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Russian Mafia vs The Italian Mob: Expert REVEALS Which Organization Was More Brutal 23.06.2026 44min

  💸 Go to https://7minutetrade.com/ now to reserve your spot for the 7-Minute Income Summit. Discover how to potentially make $3,000-$5,000 monthly without complicated strategies, big risks, or sitting at a computer all day. Free LIVE virtual event June 25th & 27th. ₿ Take Control of Your Money and claim $10 in US Stablecoin (USD₮)! Download now at http://wallet.rumble.com/InnerCircle and use the code InnerCircle10. Void where prohibited. No purchase necessary. Offer available to US residents only. Offer not available in New York State. Must be 18+. Offer is available for a limited time and for the first 500 wallets activated and funded. Details and full official rules available at http://rumble.com/promoofficialrules. 🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ 💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ I made millions with the Russians. For almost eight years they were my best business partners on the street — and then I went to prison, and it all went bad. So when I sat down with Joe Ciro, I had to get into it. Joe spent about ten years in Russia working with the CIA, he wrote the book on the Russian mob, and he knows that world from the inside out. We get into how the Russian mafia really operates, why their hardcore guys aren’t afraid of anything America can throw at them — no prison here comes close to what they survived over there — and how all of it compares to what we had in the Cosa Nostra. Here’s what surprised me: I always thought the Russians were the most violent. Joe makes the case the Mexican mafia and the Russians are more alike than either is to us, because they’re intertwined with their own governments in a way we never were. We get into Russian culture, the bribes that run everything, socialism, and where it’s all heading. This was a fascinating one. Salud! Russian Mafia vs The Italian Mob: Expert REVEALS Which Organization Was More Brutal 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/ 🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/ 🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb 📧 Interested in partnerships? partnerships@michaelfranzese.com 0:00 - Introduction: They Don't Fear Anything 1:08 - Who Is Joe Serio 2:58 - The Hardcore Russian Code 6:33 - Society Collapsed, Everything Up for Grabs 7:00 - KGB and the Crime Groups 8:39 - Who Was Really More Violent 10:30 - Russian and Mexican Mafia Are Alike 12:22 - Take Out Mexico, Put In Russia 14:12 - Bribes From the Age of Nine 15:13 - How Moscow Changed by 2019 16:46 - Stories From the Soviet Union 20:39 - They Knew How to Party 23:23 - The Sad Ending With My Partners 26:13 - Why the FBI Got It Wrong 29:30 - Russia, China, Iran: Different Worlds 31:14 - What I'd Tell People Championing Socialism 33:42 - The Digital Gulag 37:20 - Will the Ukraine War Ever End 40:26 - Putin Will Lose 43:32 - What Happens After Putin Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Ex-Mob Boss Cooks Mafia Style Chicken Cacciatore (Old Family Recipe) 19.06.2026 41min

  🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ 💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ You loved the chicken parmesan so much that I had to come back and do this one — chicken cacciatore. But let me tell you the difference. Chicken parmesan? That’s an Italian-American dish. Ask for it in Italy and they’ll throw you right out of the restaurant. Chicken cacciatore is the real thing — it comes straight from Italy. Here’s what I’ll tell you about chicken: I’ll eat almost anything a little overcooked or undercooked, but dry chicken? I’m sending it back every time. The beauty of this recipe is you can’t dry it out — it simmers right in the sauce and stays moist and tender. It’s simple, about an hour, and you can throw in whatever you like: peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, all over a bed of rice. I first made this for my wife years ago when she was just learning to cook Italian — now she makes it better than I do. While I cook, I’ll be pouring my fruit wines and telling you a few stories along the way. This is the real Italian way. Salud! Ex-Mob Boss Cooks Mafia Style Chicken Cacciatore (Old Family Recipe) 0:00 - Introduction: Shopping for Chicken Cacciatore 2:47 - Why I Cook Twice a Year 3:36 - The Coupon Lady Problem 4:12 - Surprising My Wife on Saturday 4:35 - Italian Dish, Not Italian-American 5:02 - Why I Send Chicken Back 6:18 - Starting the Recipe: Legs and Thighs 7:25 - Cutting the Onions and Peppers 11:24 - Searing the Chicken 13:25 - The Wolfgang Puck Story 15:49 - Browning, Not Cooking 17:12 - Adding Onions and Peppers 17:55 - Don't Forget the Garlic 19:36 - It Comes From Calabria 20:16 - Croatia Was Wonderful 20:51 - Black Pepper Goes In 22:28 - The Rice and Chicken Broth 23:17 - Adding the Olives 23:49 - The Mutti Sauce for Color 26:25 - This Chicken Won't Be Dry 28:34 - Bringing My Wife to Sunday Dinner 31:44 - Teaching My Wife to Cook Italian 33:36 - Plating the Dish 34:14 - The First Bite 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/ 🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/ 🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb 📧 Interested in partnerships? partnerships@michaelfranzese.com Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Former Mob Boss Reacts To The 10 Greatest Mob Movie Scenes Ever 16.06.2026 37min

  ₿ Take Control of Your Money and claim $10 in US Stablecoin (USD₮)! Download now at http://wallet.rumble.com/InnerCircle and use the code InnerCircle10. Void where prohibited. No purchase necessary. Offer available to US residents only. Offer not available in New York State. Must be 18+. Offer is available for a limited time and for the first 500 wallets activated and funded. Details and full official rules available at http://rumble.com/promoofficialrules. 🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ 💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ People keep asking me to bring back Mob Movie Monday, so today I’m doing something a little different — and I think you’re going to enjoy it. I picked out about ten of the most iconic scenes from the greatest mob movies ever made — Casino, The Godfather, Goodfellas, A Bronx Tale, Donnie Brasco — and I’m recreating them my own way. If that was me sitting in that chair, how would I have handled it? Some of these guys came in hot. I usually did things a little smoother — same result, but nobody ran to the law afterward. I’ll tell you which scenes are real, which lines we actually said on the street, and the one scene from the 1996 Gotti movie that gave me chills because it was so authentic. I even share how I really handled a situation on the 1984 Jackson Victory Tour. I’m not an actor — but I lived this. Let me know what you think in the comments. 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/ 🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/ 🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb 📧 Interested in partnerships? partnerships@michaelfranzese.com 0:00 - Introduction: Recreating the Scenes My Way 1:24 - Why Mob Movie Monday Went Away 4:34 - Casino: Nicky and De Niro in the Desert 7:32 - Casino: The Banker and the Bat 9:54 - The Godfather: The Funeral Director 11:41 - The Godfather: Ending the War 13:15 - Goodfellas: Funny How? 15:06 - A Bronx Tale: The Craps Game 16:44 - A Bronx Tale: Now You Can't Leave 18:14 - Donnie Brasco: I Got Sent For 20:20 - Donnie Brasco: The Cigarette in the Car 21:31 - The 1996 Gotti Movie 22:30 - The Scene That Gave Me Chills 27:39 - Why the Life Changed After My Era 28:44 - How I Handled the Jackson Tour Deal 32:13 - Same Effect, Done Differently Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  George Soros: Everyone Knows The Name — Nobody Knows What He’s Done 04.06.2026 27min

  I’ve spent my life around people who knew how to make money when everything fell apart. So when I started looking into George Soros, I recognized something. One currency collapses and he walks away richer. A nation’s economy breaks and his name turns up again. Then again. And again. At some point you stop calling it luck and start asking if it’s a pattern. In this one I walk through the crises — the Bank of England, the countries that never recovered — and I lay out what keeps repeating. I’m not here to tell you what to think. I’m here to show you the playbook and let you connect the dots. Because once you see how this works, you can’t unsee it. This is one of the most important things I’ve looked into, and I want you to watch it with your own eyes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  This Podcast Made Me Feel Like I Was Back In The Mob 02.06.2026 43min

  I just landed and walked straight into this one — sat down with the Hot Cakes and Hot Takes guys and we went deep. I tell the story of the day I visited my father in Leavenworth and the one question he asked me before I got made, the answer that changed my life. I explain what the oath actually is, because people get it wrong. And I get into something most people have never heard: back in 1982, I bought into Trump Tower in cash with a Russian partner whose brother was KGB — and forty years later, the FBI came knocking, trying to turn that deal into their Russia connection. I'll tell you exactly what I told them. There's a lot more in here — solitary, the war that almost took me with it, and yeah, they even had me do the "funny how" scene. This one's got it all. This Podcast Made Me Feel Like I Was Back In The Mob Former Mob Boss EXPOSES The Real Reason The FBI Targeted Trump Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Sean Hannity vs. Michael Franzese: He Wouldn't Let It Go 25.05.2026 32min

  🛌 Thank you Helix Sleep for sponsoring! Visit https://helixsleep.com/michaelfranzese to take advantage of their Memorial Day Sale Exclusive Partner Offer and get 27% Off Sitewide! 🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ 💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ Sean Hannity got things out of me in this sit-down that I haven't told anyone in 30 years. He asked me straight up if I ever saw a murder, and I gave him an answer I've never given on camera before. We got into the Marilyn Monroe story my father took to his grave — why Bobby Kennedy called J. Edgar Hoover and told him to bury my dad. I told Sean how the FBI took $33 million from me in Austria — they basically robbed the money I robbed from them. And the night in 1991 that should've ended me, the one that 13 of my guys didn't survive. This is the longest conversation Sean and I have ever had, and he didn't let me off the hook on anything. Sean Hannity vs. Michael Franzese: He Wouldn't Let It Go 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/ 🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/ 🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb 📧 Interested in partnerships? partnerships@michaelfranzese.com 00:00 - Introduction: My Father Was Sonny 01:46 - Marilyn Monroe And My Father 02:25 - Why Hoover Buried The Mafia 06:20 - Saw Guys Get Killed 07:13 - First Time Admitting It 07:36 - Too Many Times 07:50 - Things That Still Haunt Me 09:51 - The Government Robs Worse 11:52 - 29 Months In Solitary 13:02 - $33 Million In Austria 14:51 - They Robbed It Back 15:27 - Your Smile Gives It Away 17:23 - I Wasn't Looking For That 18:33 - What Trump Told Me 19:35 - Giuliani Threatened Me 100 Years 20:36 - My Father Got Railroaded 22:45 - No Legitimate Way Out 23:48 - Your Father Went Along 24:43 - Writing My Own Death Warrant 25:25 - The Reason I'm Still Alive 28:13 - Never Told This Story Before 29:18 - 15 Agents Out Of Nowhere 29:50 - The War That Saved Me 30:06 - Join michaelfranzese.com/family Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  From JFK to the iPhone: 75 Years Through the Eyes of a Former Mob Boss 21.05.2026 48min

  I was born in 1951. I was made in 1975. And on May 27th, I’ll be 75 years old. Three quarters of a century on this planet. I lay in bed the other night and I started thinking about everything I’ve lived through — every president, every war, every cultural shift, every mob story I was in the middle of. So I sat down and I wrote it all down decade by decade. JFK’s assassination. Vietnam. Joe Colombo getting shot. Halloween night, 1975. The Commission trial. Doing my time. 9/11. The Sopranos finale. COVID. Right up to today. Some of it’ll make you smile. Some of it’ll make you angry. All of it shaped who I am. Consider this my thank you to all of you who’ve been with me on this ride. And if you’ve been around long enough, maybe it’ll bring back some memories of your own. From JFK to the iPhone: 75 Years Through the Eyes of a Former Mob Boss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Former Mob Boss and a Colombo Soldier: Expose the Truth Behind the Last Mob War 19.05.2026 1godz 27min

  I sat down with Greg Scarpa Jr. last week, and he told me a story I almost couldn’t believe. Now I’m sitting down with a second man who lived it from the other side, and he’s corroborating every word. Frankie Steele was a Colombo associate during the Persico-Orena War. He was 21 years old in the safe houses, in the wired cars, in the murder trials that put him away for over a decade. He’ll tell you exactly how the war started, how an FBI agent named Lin DeVecchio fed Greg Scarpa Sr. the addresses of the men they were trying to kill, why every trial after his ended in acquittal, and why my friend Michael Sessa is still rotting in a prison cell 34 years later for a murder he didn’t commit. This is the puzzle nobody could finish telling — until now. Two of the three living men who know the whole story are sitting in front of you. Listen to what they have to say. Former Mob Boss and a Colombo Soldier: Expose the Truth Behind the Last Mob War Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  He Was Cellmates With The 9/11 Mastermind — And Tried Warning The FBI About It 15.05.2026 1godz 40min

  🍾 Join Me In Celebrating My 75th Birthday, Sign up for this free event here!: http://celebrate.michaelfranzese.com/ 🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ 💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ Greg Scarpa Jr. and I got made the same night — Halloween 1975. I hadn’t seen him in 45 years. Now he’s out, and he’s telling me a story I almost couldn’t believe — except every piece of it checks out. While Greg was locked up in MCC New York, he was housed next to Ramzi Yousef, the man who bombed the World Trade Center in 1993. Greg got close to him. Yousef started passing him written notes through the cracks in the wall — plans to blow up planes, kill prosecutors, take down the World Trade Center. Greg gave it all to the FBI. They had photographs, kites, recorded calls. Then they buried him in supermax for 12 years and made him out to be a liar. Why? Because Greg was about to expose a corrupt FBI agent who’d put dozens of our guys in prison. You tell me what kind of country does this. Listen to what he says and decide for yourself. He Was Cellmates With The 9/11 Mastermind — And Tried Warning The FBI About It 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/ 🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/ 🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb 📧 Interested in partnerships? partnerships@michaelfranzese.com Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Ultimate Mafia Dream Team — Picked by a Former Mob Boss 13.05.2026 44min

  I lived that life for over 20 years. I was a Capo Regime in the Colombo family. So when people kept asking me — Michael, if you could build your dream mafia crew from movie characters, who’d be on it? — I figured we’d have some fun with it. Think of it like fantasy football for the mob. In this one, I draft my perfect crew: the boss, the underboss, the consigliere, the capo, the enforcer, the soldier, and the money guy. Don Corleone, Tony Soprano, Sonny from A Bronx Tale, Luca Brasi, Donnie Brasco, Tony Montana, Hyman Roth, Phil Leotardo — all the heavy hitters. Some of these picks were close calls. Some I’d bet my life on. Tell me in the comments who you’d put on your dream team — and who I got wrong. The Ultimate Mafia Dream Team — Picked by a Former Mob Boss 🛡️Get free life insurance quotes from America’s top insurers and start saving today with Policygenius: http://policygenius.com/franzese Thanks to Policygenius for sponsoring this video! 🍕 Celebrate My 75th birthday with Slices Pizza, a Bottle of Franzese wine, and a Special Seat at my table!: https://franzesewine.com/75 00:00 - Introduction: The Mafia Dream Team 03:21 - The Seven Roles Explained 09:43 - The Boss: Who Sits at the Head? 11:48 - My Dream Boss 13:21 - The Underboss: Right-Hand Man 15:35 - Who Steps Up If the Boss Goes Down? 17:24 - The Consigliere: The Counselor 22:51 - The Capo: Street Boss 27:13 - The Enforcer: When Words Don't Work 31:05 - The Soldier: Boots on the Ground 33:36 - Why I Wouldn't Make My Own Crew 36:11 - The Money Guy: The Earner 40:08 - Reviewing the Full Dream Team Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Which Hollywood Mob Actors Could’ve Been Real Gangsters? Ex-Capo Decides 07.05.2026 39min

  🍕 Celebrate My 75th birthday with Slices Pizza, a Bottle of Franzese wine, and a Special Seat at my table!: https://franzesewine.com/75 🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ 💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ I spent over 20 years in that life. I know exactly what it takes to survive — and what gets you killed. So when I watch these Hollywood actors play mob roles, I always ask myself the same question: could they have actually made it on the street? In this one, I take 24 of the most iconic mob actors ever — Brando, Pacino, De Niro, Pesci, Gandolfini, Sirico, Stallone, Imperioli, Cillian Murphy, all of them — and I put them in three categories: Made Man, Survivor, or Forget About It. Some of these guys I knew personally. Some I only know by reputation. But you might be surprised who I think could have actually pulled it off — and who wouldn’t have lasted a week. Tell me in the comments who you think I got right and who I got wrong. Which Hollywood Mob Actors Could’ve Survived That Life? Ex-Capo Decides 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/ 🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/ 🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb 📧 Interested in partnerships? partnerships@michaelfranzese.com Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Russell Brand REVEALS Powerful People, Dark Cabals, and Hollywood Lies 05.05.2026 1godz 6min

  🍕 Celebrate My 75th birthday with Slices Pizza, a Bottle of Franzese wine, and a Special Seat at my table!: https://franzesewine.com/75 🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ 💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ Russell Brand told me something in this conversation I wasn’t expecting — and I have to share it. He’s facing serious charges in the UK. He’s become a Christian. And the cynics are saying he’s faking it for the trial. I heard the same thing said about me my whole life. So I sat down with him and let him talk. We covered his new book, his faith, the dark side of Hollywood and Epstein, why Gen Z is finally turning toward something real, and the system he says wants every one of us “switched off.” Innocent until proven guilty — that’s where I stand, always. But what he had to say about culture, power, and Christ? You need to hear this one for yourself. Russell Brand Opens Up Like You’ve Never Seen Him 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/ 🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/ 🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb 📧 Interested in partnerships? partnerships@michaelfranzese.com 00:00 - Introduction: In The World But Not of it? 00:56 - Why I Trust Russell's Faith 04:03 - Sitting Down With Russell Brand 04:53 - "Faith Won't Help in Court" 05:53 - The UK Has Gone Fully Secular 07:30 - Empire vs Kingdom 09:23 - Why Drugs Pointed Him to God 13:32 - Andrew Tate and Unchecked Audiences 14:36 - The Moment Christ Came to Him 17:12 - 23 Years Sober and a Dying Dog 24:33 - The World Is Controlled By Evil 28:44 - Satan Wants His Own Kingdom 32:52 - My 29 Months in Solitary 34:00 - A Healthy Fear of Hell 36:24 - Gen Z Is Buying Bibles 37:46 - The Pandemic Was a Taster Tape 40:33 - "The World Has Hypnotized You" 45:21 - They Want You Switched Off 47:06 - Christianity Is a Relationship 49:18 - Hell Is Real, Eternity Is Real 57:26 - Hollywood's Dark Side Exposed 59:58 - The UK Is Locking People Up Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Why Does America Give Israel $3.8 Billion? A Former Mob Boss Explains the Deal 30.04.2026 34min

  🍾 Join Me In Celebrating My 75th Birthday, Sign up for this free event here!: http://celebrate.michaelfranzese.com/ 🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ 💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ Tucker Carlson, Theo Von, Candace Owens — they’ve all said America gets nothing from Israel and that we’re wasting billions propping them up. But do the numbers actually support that? I read an article today that breaks it down in a way nobody in the media is talking about — where the $3.8 billion actually goes, how much comes back to American companies and American jobs, and why Israel may be saving us far more than we’re spending. I don’t necessarily agree with everything in it, but the numbers are real and nobody is debunking them. I also give my honest take on Netanyahu, Trump, the Iran war, and why I think you can’t call a man a dictator on Monday and say he’s being led by the nose on Tuesday. Come at me with the evidence. I’ll change my mind. Why Does America Give Israel $3.8 Billion? A Former Mob Boss Explains the Deal 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/ 🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/ 🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb 📧 Interested in partnerships? partnerships@michaelfranzese.com 00:00 - Introduction: Are We Getting a Good Deal With Israel?00:39 - Welcome + Today's Controversial Topic01:17 - The Israel Blackmail Theory — Show Me the Evidence03:00 - The Article: US Aid Pays Off Big for America04:06 - Tucker Carlson: America Gets Nothing From Israel05:30 - Theo Von: All Our Money Goes to Israel — Wrong06:55 - Candace Owens — No Proof, Just Rage08:33 - The Real Question Deserves a Real Answer09:07 - The Author: Joseph Epstein — Who Is He?10:03 - The Truth: Most of $3.8B Must Be Spent on American Equipment10:29 - Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon — American Companies10:54 - The F-35 Program: 290,000 American Jobs11:44 - Israeli Intelligence Would Cost America Five CIAs12:52 - Israel Saves America 10-20 Years in R&D13:27 - Israel Is America's Strategic Anchor in the Middle East15:09 - Israel Replaces Multiple US Aircraft Carriers — For Free16:07 - Israel's Air Offensive — Best Sales Pitch Lockheed Ever Had16:53 - We Give $3.8B — They Invest $24B Back Into America18:08 - The Strategy: Shifting US Military Focus to the Pacific19:02 - Tucker Posted From Doha in Qatari Garb — Think About That19:39 - The Real Grift: Selling Rage for Ad Revenue20:24 - I Robbed the Government Once — I'm Not Doing It Again21:19 - The Podcasters Aren't Serious. The Numbers Are.22:00 - Nobody Controls Trump — Not Netanyahu, Not Anyone22:23 - You Can't Call Him Hitler and Say He's Led by the Nose23:06 - In Israel, They Say Trump Is Leading Netanyahu — Who's Right?23:33 - Michael's Israeli Friend Who Hates Netanyahu24:43 - Giving Trump the Benefit of the Doubt on Iran26:47 - Iran's School Curriculum: Teaching Children to Kill Americans28:06 - The Best Way to Defeat Your Enemies Is to Make Them Friends28:34 - Trump Tried to Make a Deal With Iran — Nobody's Saying That28:41 - You Got Your Foot on Their Throat — Don't Let Up29:40 - Bring Me the Evidence. I'll Change My Mind.30:14 - Final Thoughts + Be Safe Backbone Media Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices