MOB TALK RADIO ON LOCATION, BRINGS HISTORY TO THE FOREFRONT OF MOB CONTENT.

 Mob content and the way it's presented has changed over the years.  A decade ago, I came onto the scene, and this was before podcasts were a "thing."  Podcasts were just forming, and just beginning and so much has changed over the last decade. It's changed dramatically over the last three years. 

When I first began, it was myself and I think two informants. There was nobody else, covering the mafia in any sort of way or fashion.  All you really had was those old and out of date A&E biographies we have seen for the last twenty years.  There was certainly nobody going after informants.  I was the first. I was also the first to establish a podcast based on the street side of organized crime.  Eventually that would lead to indictments, paperwork, and exposing crimes committed by these informants while under FBI supervision.

It would lead to the FBI coming to my home in 1997/1998. It would lead to the FBI acquiring a search and seizure warrant on my home, for accusations of outing an informant publicly in a federal case. So much has happened, it's pretty insane.  In the last three years, YouTube has truly become a haven for people who have zero acumen of the mob, but yet take to YouTube anyway embarrassing themselves in the process. The pandemic brought a lot of things out of the swamps, and the mob genre took a hit creatively because those that were actually doing mob content were replaced by this hate tube type of mentality. In my personal opinion there are only four real mob content creators on YouTube.  Myself, Tom LaVeacchia, RJ Roger, and Jeff Nadu.  While I have my issues with some of them, the reality is, it's content, and they are not engaging in a lot of the more disgusting things that are going on, on Youtube. 

Over the last year, I began seeing these on location shows, on YouTube.  While the numbers were good, the reality for me was, it lacked in information. While it's different, for sure, the idea of a guy sitting in a car, posting outside of homes, and actual mob clubs is about as creepy as it gets.  You have to have some sort of middle ground.  I also wanted to use my acumen, and street perspective to showcase histories most famous spots, and give you the actual facts of the matter.  New York, and other states are so rich with content and places to visit, I thought it would be a great idea to give people the chance who cannot come to New York, or Rhode Island, the chance to visit there with me visually, and that's how Mob Talk Radio On Location was born.

While the evolution of the show will change over the expanding episodes, the first episode is completed and will center around Manhattan, New York and the haunts of Salvatore "Lucky" Luciano.  While the first is directly centered on locations and information and street viewpoints, it's more focused on the meat and potatoes of Luciano.  It's a little more documentary than I wanted, but Luciano's story is so long and winding politically speaking, I felt to showcase Luciano correctly it had to be more directly focused on that.  In future shows, the format will change a little, but you will always see the haunts, and get the facts, but there will be more of an Italian central theme, with food, culture, stories and more.  Ultimately the goal is a once a week 30 minute show, revolving around a piece of history.

I'm excited about the show, and I think people will like this. It's on location, some narration, and a bit Jeff Canarsie as well.  If you get the chance, check it out this Friday Night, on Youtube. Head over to our YouTube page(@realmobtalkradioshow).  The plan is to play a premier, then host a live show after.