The Business of Cartels: Power, Politics, and Profit | Feb 26, 2026

On today’s Macrodosing, Big T is joined by Chief and Jersey Jerry to discuss the Mexican drug cartels. From today’s fentanyl epidemic and border debates to the decades-long evolution of Mexico’s most powerful criminal organizations. Plus, we get into the State of the Union, a man gaining control of robot vacuums, a new release of CIA files relating to Projecting Artichoke, ‘Fever Pitch’ and much more. Enjoy! (00:14:16) State of the Union (00:19:51) Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums (00:25:12) Project Artichoke (00:38:01) Fever Pitch (00:51:01) Mexican Drug CartelsYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing