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EPISODE · Feb 24, 2026 · 30 MIN

Big Tech's Tobacco Moment & The Blog Post That Crashed Wall Street

from Gary and Shannon · host iHeartRadio and KFI AM 640

Gary continues week two coverage of the landmark social media addiction trial and dives deep into the El Mencho story, from the raid to his California roots. YouTube VP grilled on the goal of 1 billion watch hours/day — their defense: "we're Netflix, not social media" Inside the El Mencho capture: how secrecy and intelligence took down a kingpin whose cartel often outguns the military El Mencho's California connection — busted for meth in SF in '86 A 7,000-word hypothetical blog post helped tank the Dow 822 points: what if AI is so good it's actually bad? Anthropic study says you're using AI wrong — and most people don't even question the answers they get See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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