Home Depot vs Lowes & Cruise Ship Hell (with Cole Costello)

In this episode, Alex opens with the escalating tensions surrounding Cuba, including the newly unsealed U.S. indictment charging former Cuban leader Raúl Castro with murder and conspiracy over the 1996 shoot down of Brothers to the Rescue planes that killed four people. The charges arrive amid growing speculation about instability inside Cuba, reports of drone strike warnings in the Florida Keys, and renewed discussion about whether the island is entering a rare window for possible regime change. Later, Alex is joined by Cole Costello for a wide-ranging conversation covering the surprisingly deep cultural divide between Lowe’s and Home Depot, the uniquely miserable experience of cruise ships, and the eternal hope of praying for rain.