Best John R Swift Podcasts (2025)

Dion helps out Capone and concludes his French Lick chapter, he thinks. The French Lick parents, Blanche and Reuben Cosgrove, become grieving grandparents.

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LivingWithCapone-08 36:52

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Capone shows his management style, Guinta tries to blow up Mason's still.

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LivingWithCapone-07 25:22

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Elliot tries to repay a favor, the Lolordos are promoted above their level of competence? We meet Bo Mason and Hoptoad Guinta, bootleggers, and mortal enemies.

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LivingWithCapone-06 29:01

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Elliot wins and loses at the races, Capone does Elliot a favor.

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LivingWithCapone-05 26:02

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Elliot's wife, Bunny, does not endorse his new buddy; the Lolordo's send Tony Lombardo a message.

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LivingWithCapone-04 27:20

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Dion, trying to make a buck, just misses getting killed; Elliot does Capone a favor.

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LivingWithCapone-03 39:47

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We find Dion on Chicago's west side, causing more trouble. We're introduced to Patsy and Blackie Lolordo, wannabe bootleggers scheming to get a pay raise out of Capone, and Elliot Fulton, a stockbroker from Lake Forest, who rubs Capone's gang the wrong way.

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LivingWithCapone-02 27:00

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We're introduced to Joe Dion, who comes to French Lick, excites women, causes trouble, tries to direct play but flees for Chicago just in front of the posse. Capone sends a message to Frankie Yale, one of his whiskey suppliers.

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LivingWithCapone-01 29:16

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Hymie Weiss, leader of Chicago's Northside gang during the Prohibition, refuses an offer from Al Capone.

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Episode Twelve 29:32

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Josh, on his way to tell Capone that Moran has murdered Jake, recalls his last day as an errand boy for Capone three years ago. Josh earns another chance at shooting Moran, misses again, and Moran blows up Mason's still. Two plus years later, the epilogue.

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Episode Eleven 36:12

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McGurn, sympathetic to Josh's dilemma, or maybe not, puts Josh and Jake up to ambushing Moran. Now Josh has to plan a funeral. On his way to update Capone, Josh recalls his first job with Big Al.

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Episode Ten 36:32

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Josh recalls fishing on Spider Lake in Mercer and lives to tell about it but remembers why he needs to shoot the lawyer who bails him out of jail.

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Episode Nine 35:00

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Ruth is upset to hear from her boss, Mr. Olson, that Josh had come by to bribe him on Capone's orders. She starts rethinking her job at the bakery. In the meantime, Josh sits in jail remembering that the lawyer coming to bail him out is the same guy trying to kill his father.

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Episode Eight 34:16

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Capone sends Josh out to bribe his upcoming jury. First juror, Mr. Olson, his former boss, brings back memories of his accident. Josh, trying to do right, is thrown in jail for jury tampering.

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Episode Seven 28:11

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Bo, out of other ideas and money, agrees to sell his whiskey to McGurn to rescue Josh from the mob. This leads to a golf game with Al Capone, the decision maker, and that leads to a request for a secured loan from a lady in Lake Forest.

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Episode Six 38:31

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Ruth tries to make dinner for the Masons but a remark by Bo brings her back to her eighteen months in the insane asylum following the loss of her baby and the suicide deaths of her parents.

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Episode Five 25:22

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Josh and Ruth relive memories from two years ago. Bo goes down to his bank to withdraw their life savings so the four of them can make a run for it-away from the mob, away from Chicago.

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Episode Four 21:42

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Bo Mason turns down Josh's request for help in getting out of the mob. Chauffeuring McGurn about town on his whiskey route, a comic standoff in a local dive ends in gunfire.

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Episode Three 26:58

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We meet Bo Mason, neighborhood bootlegger, whose only customer suspects him of disloyalty and orders a stakeout preparatory to killing him. We meet Josh's Dad, an alcoholic, in a scene re-motivating Josh to quit the mob or die trying. The Moran gang bungles a stakeout.

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Episode Two 31:45

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Josh is sent to guard the cleaners and becomes involved with a murder. Ruth remembers more than she wants to about Dion, her English teacher.

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Episode One 17:32

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Josh Andrews, minor Chicago Prohibition hoodlum, discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he takes Ruth, a former classmate, to dinner, as a prelude to sex. Smitten again, he agrees to quit the mob so he can date Ruth. That doesn't work either.

John R Swift Podcasts

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The Chicago Connection

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Living With Capone

John R. Swift

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LivingWithCapone-15 23:20

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LivingWithCapone-14 16:56

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LivingWithCapone-13 25:44

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LivingWithCapone-12 29:00

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LivingWithCapone-11 23:26

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LivingWithCapone-10 27:52

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LivingWithCapone-09 29:56

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LivingWithCapone-08 36:52

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LivingWithCapone-07 25:22

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LivingWithCapone-06 29:01

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LivingWithCapone-05 26:02

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LivingWithCapone-04 27:20

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LivingWithCapone-03 39:47

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LivingWithCapone-02 27:00

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LivingWithCapone-01 29:16

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Episode Twelve 29:32

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Episode Eleven 36:12

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Episode Ten 36:32

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Episode Nine 35:00

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Episode Eight 34:16

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Episode Seven 28:11

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Episode Six 38:31

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Episode Five 25:22

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Episode Four 21:42

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Episode Three 26:58

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Episode Two 31:45

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Episode One 17:32