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Episode 10 - Aftermath
Dec 06, 2023 56 min

Episode 10 - Aftermath

Charlie finds out what information the feds used to indict Val and Viv, how they tried to fight their charges and their reaction to being sentenced to prison. Former DEA agent Michael Ferrara who w...

Episode 9 - Life After Prison
Nov 29, 2023 46 min

Episode 9 - Life After Prison

Charlie sits down with the children to get their perspective. Jay discusses adjusting to life on the outside. Within months of the twins being released, their wives, Val and Viv, are arrested on m...

Episode 8 - Freedom
Nov 22, 2023 42 min

Episode 8 - Freedom

COVID hits the prisons so the twins can’t see their families for months. Jay spends 56 days in hospital. Finally, after 12 years in prison, the twins are released on the November 5th, 2020.See omny...

Episode 7 - Testifying Against El Chapo
Nov 15, 2023 32 min

Episode 7 - Testifying Against El Chapo

Pete takes to the witness stand to lay out the case against El Chapo. He explains to the jury the details of the recorded call and his relationship with El Chapo before being turned over to the Dru...

Episode 6 - Trial Preparation / Re-Capturing El Chapo
Nov 08, 2023 47 min

Episode 6 - Trial Preparation / Re-Capturing El Chapo

After an intense manhunt, Mexican authorities recapture El Chapo and extradite him to the US. Pete holds the key piece of evidence and spends 18 months prepping with prosecutors to go face-to-face ...

Episode 5 - A Life Sentence
Nov 01, 2023 43 min

Episode 5 - A Life Sentence

With El Chapo finally captured, the Flores twins can now be sentenced. They are brought together for the first time in five years to discover their fate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

Episode 4 - The Politics of Prison
Oct 25, 2023 38 min

Episode 4 - The Politics of Prison

Jay and Pete adjust to their separate realities in prison. Jay ends up in a prison with better conditions, while the opposite happens for Pete. Jay puts on a spectacle for Val in the visiting room....

Episode 3 - Separated
Oct 18, 2023 31 min

Episode 3 - Separated

Inside prison, the twins are separated for the first time in their lives. On the outside, their wives are forced to adjust to a life living under the radar. Jay is taken to MCC New York, known as t...

Episode 2 - The Three Bs
Oct 11, 2023 37 min

Episode 2 - The Three Bs

Pete and Jay continue cooperating from prison. With a few special privileges they are allowed to see their families. Pete takes advantage of some downtime in the bathroom. This is the start of the ...

Episode 1 - All or Nothing
Oct 04, 2023 51 min

Episode 1 - All or Nothing

The Flores twins arrive in the US after turning themselves in to authorities and end up in the Special Housing Unit - the SHU. They are faced with a choice: continue cooperating against all of thei...

Bonus Episode - Flores Wives Sentenced to Prison (EXCLUSIVE)
Sep 27, 2023 12 min

Bonus Episode - Flores Wives Sentenced to Prison (EXCLUSIVE)

On September 25, 2023, Jay’s wife Val was sentenced to prison for her role in a money laundering conspiracy. Two months earlier, Pete’s wife Viv was sentenced for the same crime. In an exclusive in...

Season 1 Recap
Sep 27, 2023 22 min

Season 1 Recap

Before you get started on Season 2, catch up on the story so far.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Announcing: Surviving El Chapo Season 2
Sep 27, 2023 2 min

Announcing: Surviving El Chapo Season 2

After billions of dollars and thousands of decisions made over decades as powerful drug traffickers, Jay and Pete Flores are now free and living a new life. But their incredible story is not over. ...

Episode 12 - Escape
Dec 21, 2022 1h 15m EXPLICIT

Episode 12 - Escape

After nine months of recording calls and feeding information to the DEA, Jay and Pete are given two hours to get their lives in order before being taken by US agents. As they make their way to the ...

Episode 11 - Recording El Chapo
Dec 14, 2022 43 min EXPLICIT

Episode 11 - Recording El Chapo

The twins ramp up their cooperation with the US government and start recording incriminating calls. But there’s one piece of evidence that the twins need to be able secure their deal: to get El Cha...

Episode 10 - Negotiating with Fugitives
Dec 07, 2022 50 min EXPLICIT

Episode 10 - Negotiating with Fugitives

Pete and Vivianna meet Jay and Val in their bathroom in an attempt to figure out a plan to turn their lives around. Before they can get any taste of freedom, they must convince their attorney and t...

Episode 9 - Choosing Sides
Nov 30, 2022 1h 3m EXPLICIT

Episode 9 - Choosing Sides

The Mexican federales and the cartel face off in an attempt to save the twins from being turned over to US Marshals. The brewing cartel war forces the twins to make some hard decisions. After watch...

Episode 8 - Nothing Good Happens After Midnight
Nov 23, 2022 45 min EXPLICIT

Episode 8 - Nothing Good Happens After Midnight

At a strip club in the island getaway of Punta Mita, the Flores family find themselves in an impossible situation. With the prospect of life in prison, or a life taken away by other means hanging o...

Episode 7 - At The Table
Nov 16, 2022 1h 7m EXPLICIT

Episode 7 - At The Table

Jay’s meeting with Chapo sparks a new business relationship. The twins find themselves at the table with the world’s biggest drug lords. El Chapo, El Mayo and Arturo Beltran welcome the Flores brot...

Episode 6 - Meeting El Chapo
Nov 09, 2022 55 min EXPLICIT

Episode 6 - Meeting El Chapo

Jay comes face to face with the world’s most notorious drug lord. To negotiate his brother’s release, he must find a way to convince El Chapo that he’s being lied to by one of his close business as...