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Sit Down with Michael Franzese

Michael Franzese

From a high-ranking member of the Colombo crime family to a man transformed by faith, Michael Franzese shares his extraordinary journey like no one else can. In Sit Downs with Michael Franzese, Michael dives into raw, unfiltered stories from his life in the mob, his path to redemption, and the lessons he’s learned about faith, family, and overcoming life’s struggles. With gripping interviews and practical insights, this podcast will inspire, challenge, and entertain

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66:15

DEA Legend Reveals the Most Disturbing Cartel Rituals...

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/03/03

🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ I’ve sat with mob bosses, cartel associates, and killers, but I have never been this educated on the Mexican cartels as I was in this sit down with DEA legend Mike Vigil. Mike spent 31 years with the DEA, rose to chief of international operations, worked undercover across Latin America, and has gone head‑to‑head with cartels from Colombia to Mexico. In this interview he

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34:24

Mafia vs. Epstein: How Would the Mob Handle a Predator?

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2026/02/26

🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ Everybody’s been asking me one question: “Michael, what would the mob have done with Jeffrey Epstein?” This could be a one‑sentence video – he wouldn’t have lasted – but today I’m going to walk you through exactly how that life would really look at a guy like Epstein. I explain the code we had about women and kids, why certain behavior was absolutely beyond the line, and why

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37:36

Former Mob Boss Breaks Down the El Mencho Mexican...

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2026/02/24

🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ Mexico just took out El Mencho – and the cartels answered by setting cities on fire, trapping tourists and going head‑to‑head with the army. In this sit down I break down who El Mencho really was, how CJNG built its own “military,” what really happened in that operation, and why the retaliation looked like open war. I’ll tell you what the news isn’t explaining: how a

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51:55

The Epstein Files Keep Getting Worse: WHO Is...

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/02/20

🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ Today, I’m going to talk again about something I hate talking about, but we cannot let it go away – the Epstein matter. The latest DOJ dump is over 6 million documents, 180,000 images, nearly 2,000 videos, and they’re telling us there will be no more Epstein‑related prosecutions. How is that possible? In this video I give you my unbiased perspective on the new Epstein files –

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37:58

Ex Mobster Breaks Down the World’s Most Powerful...

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/02/18

🟠 Protect your identity NOW! Get an exclusive NordProtect discount athttps://nordprotect.com/michaelfranzese. It’s risk-free with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Some mobsters lived for the headlines and the body count. Others made their fortune in the shadows and died in their own beds. A few could do both – and they’re the ones you really had to worry about. In this episode I take you inside that world and sort some of the most famous Cosa Nostra names into three buckets: gangster, racketeer,

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31:06

How to Be a Real Man’s Man: Former Mob Boss on the...

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/02/13

🍷 Get Your Valentine's Day Bundle Here!: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ In this Valentine’s Day special, I’m not breaking down the life – I’m talking about the woman who walked into that world, pulled me out of it and never left, even when the government and the mob were trying to tear us apart. I share how we met, why we got married twice, how we survived eight years separated by prison walls, and why you don’t get through that without

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107:35

Is Red Light Therapy the Future of Health?

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/02/10

Go to https://myredlight.com, use code MJF25 for 25% off an individual product, or MJF30 for 30% off bundles.In this interview, I sit down with Jonathan Otto, world-renowned investigative journalist exposing root causes of chronic diseases like cancer and autoimmune disease—and how accessible and affordable at-home therapies deliver real results (including remission). Linked to hundreds of top doctors, he collaborates with well-known experts who rely on his data-driven protocols; thousands of

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29:59

The Latest Epstein Files Just Dropped: This is Beyond...

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/02/05

🔵 Get Exclusive NordVPN deal + 4 months extra here → https://nordvpn.com/franzese It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! The Epstein files just dropped another bomb. New emails and documents mention Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Howard Lutnick, Steve Tisch, Richard Branson, Sergey Brin, Ehud Barak, Prince Andrew and more – and people are going crazy over what it all means. In this video I walk you through the latest Epstein document dump, what’s actually in there, and what’s not. I

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87:08

Boss of Hells Angels: George Christie REVEALS All

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/02/03

🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ George Christie is back. Last time we compared the Hells Angels to the Mafia and you flooded us with questions about structure, money, and why RICO destroyed Cosa Nostra but never quite broke the Angels. In this new sit‑down, George and I go deeper into what the club really is, why prosecutors keep trying to call it a criminal organization, and how those RICO cases actually

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53:49

Ex Mob Boss Cooks Authentic Fettuccine Alfredo (How...

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/01/30

🍷 Get Your Valentine's Day Bundle Here!: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ For this Valentine’s Day special I’m back in the kitchen cooking one of my wife’s favorite dishes: real Italian‑style fettuccine Alfredo with shrimp, the way we enjoy it at home. While the pasta’s boiling, I’m telling the story of how we met on a movie set in 1983, why she stood me up the first time, and how a mob guy ended up married to the same woman for 40

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58:13

Nick Fuentes, Clavicular, Andrew Tate, and Sneako...

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/01/28

🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ Andrew Tate, Tristan, Nick Fuentes, Sneako, Myron and a young influencer named Clavicular went to a Miami nightclub, asked the DJ to play a Kanye West “Heil Hitler” track, and the clip went viral. Now they’re being banned from clubs all over Miami, accused of antisemitism, and everyone on social media is piling on.In this sit‑down I walk through what actually happened in that

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45:45

Ex-Mob Boss Reacts to Jubilee ‘Surrounded’ (Michael...

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/01/23

💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ Jubilee put me in the middle of 20 cops and one FBI agent for their “Surrounded” series and a lot of you have been asking what I really thought about it. In this video I break down how it went, what you didn’t see, and how I feel about some of the answers that came back at me. We go through the biggest questions from the episode: undercover agents and paid informants, when a

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31:34

The Biggest Mafia War You’ve Never Heard Of

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/01/21

👉 Grab your free seat to the 2-Day AI Mastermind: https://link.outskill.com/MICHAELFJAN4 🔐 100% Discount for the first 1000 people 💥 Dive deep into AI and Learn Automations, Build AI Agents, Make videos & images – all for free! 🎁 Bonuses worth $5100+ if you join and attend The Profaci–Gallo war was the first big mob war I remember as a kid, and it changed the Colombo family forever. I was there when my father moved us out of Brooklyn, when guys were getting kidnapped, and when this started

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54:58

Top 10 Worst Moves the Mafia Ever Made

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/01/16

🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ Today I’m breaking down what I see as the top 10 Mafia blunders – the bad decisions and wrong moves that gave law enforcement the edge and helped bring Cosa Nostra to its knees.We go from Vito Genovese’s disasters with Joe Valachi and the Appalachin meeting, to Bugsy Siegel’s flash, losing Cuba and Havana, helping elect JFK and getting RFK instead, the Donnie Brasco

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40:55

Ranking the Most Powerful Underbosses in Mafia History

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/01/13

🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ I’m ranking what I consider the greatest underbosses in Mafia history – the real number‑twos in Cosa Nostra, not the Hollywood versions.We go through 20 underbosses and one “bonus” pick, from guys like Gaspipe Casso, Neil Dellacroce, and Sammy Gravano to quiet power players who almost never made the newspapers, plus where my own father, Sonny Franzese, fits on the list. I break

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29:07

Former Mob Boss Breaks Down the Maduro Capture

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/01/09

🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ Maduro didn’t suddenly become a bad guy last week. Obama put a $10 million bounty on him, Biden raised it to $25 million, called him a narco‑terrorist, and then nobody moved. Trump raises the bounty, Maduro mocks him, and Trump actually goes after him—now everyone’s outraged. So what was that bounty for, just decoration? In this sit down, I break down who Maduro really is,

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25:16

Former Mobster Breaks Down Minnesota Somali Scam

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/01/07

🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ In this one, I’m looking at the Minnesota Somali daycare and food‑program fraud through the eyes of somebody who actually ran Mafia scams for a living. I ran one of the biggest gas‑tax scams this country had ever seen, so I know what an organized operation looks like.What I see in Minnesota isn’t “sloppy paperwork.” It’s a Somali mafia‑style network: shell companies, fake

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23:33

Top 20 Mamalukes of the Year (2025 Dumbest People)

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2026/01/02

🍷Get your ReMade bottle here: https://franzesewine.com/remade💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ You’ve heard me say “mamaluke” for years. Today I’m finally handing out the official “Mamaluke of the Year” awards. We run through 20 contenders—from Hollywood to politics to sports—and then I give you my top 3, plus a couple of honorable mentions that absolutely earned their spot. Some of you are going to agree, some of you are going to be furious… either way, it’s going

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66:56

WTH Happened in 2025? Former Mob Boss Recaps the...

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2025/12/30

🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ 2025 is just about in the books… and what a year it’s been. From Trump’s second term and a socialist mayor in New York, to the Diddy scandal, the Epstein “files,” and the murder of Charlie Kirk, a lot has changed in this country—and not always for the better. In this sit down, I’m giving you my honest take on what really happened this year, what nobody’s telling you, and what

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30:51

Why Are People Offended by Christmas?

Sit Down with Michael Franzese ·

2025/12/25

🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ Merry Christmas, my friends. Today I want to talk straight about why no one should be offended by Christmas and why we should never stop celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. This country was built on biblical Christian principles, and you’re going to hear it from the mouths of our own founders and presidents – men like Washington, Franklin, Adams, Lincoln, Jackson, Reagan

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