About this episode

Nick Estes hosts a conversation with Alex Aviña and Oswaldo Zavala about the cultural implications of narcotrafficking and the concept of drug cartels.

TRN Podcast host Nick Estes live in conversation with longtime friend of the show Alex Aviña ( @alexander_Avina ) and Oswaldo Zavala ( @oswaldo__zavala ), the author of Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: Narcotrafficking in US and Mexican Culture Follow Nick on Substack https://nickestes.substack.com Watch the livestream edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Empower our work: GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter: https://www.therednation.org/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

People in this episode

Host: Nick Estes

Guests: Alex Aviña, Oswaldo Zavala

Topics covered

• drug cartels
• narcotrafficking
• US culture
• Mexican culture
• conversation
• media

Keywords

• drug cartels
• narcotrafficking
• US
• Mexico
• culture
• interview
• media

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: Narcotrafficking in US and Mexican Culture

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