S2E10 Food, Glorious Food!
Summary
John Kiriakou interviews Joey Casalo about their time at FCI Loretto, focusing on the horrific prison food and their elaborate underground cooking operations. They discuss using "stingers" to boil gourmet Italian meals in trash cans, sourcing ingredients via corrupt guards, and navigating prison politics with the respected Italian inmate community. The episode also recounts pranks played on a mentally unstable cellmate to get him transferred.
Topics discussed
Sponsors: Noom and Lioness
Introduction: Prison food and the 'sewer trout'
Cooking with trash cans and stolen ingredients
Making calzones and pizza in a cell
Nicky's gourmet meals and corrupt guards
Smuggling food past frisks and using stingers
Prison hierarchy and sitting with the Italians
Testifying for an Italian defendant
Razor blades, garlic, and prison life perks
Pizza night and selling food
Sponsors: Noom, Progressive, and Just the Photographer
Stealing chicken and gaining weight
Hooch, tobacco, and lockdowns
Desserts: Cannolis and lemon cake
Prison pranks and the Afghan veteran
Sponsor: Noom
Life after prison and caring for his mother
Tormenting a difficult cellmate
Prison friendships and conclusion
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