Great podcast, wonderful storytelling and production quality

Ads are too frequent, too long and too loud. Made it unlistenable

I have never been a pod cast kind of person but after my former bossman keep nagging me to try them out i gave in and looked and looked and then i ran across this pod cast and it just hooked me .. all i listen to now is this pod cast and the (MOBBED UP) pod cast.. i can somewhat relate to every person that you guys talk about on these shows i cant get thru my day at work with out these shows keep up the great work and i will always support audioboom

I think you guys should work a little harder on your research or hire real experts. I listened to the Giancana episode and I came away frustrated because it seems no matter how much a myth is debunked, these so-called "experts" keep rehashing bull****. JFK and his father DID NOT get help from Giancana to win the election. Had your "experts" did a little research and read The Patriarch and Fredrik Logevall's JFK biography, you'd find that out very quickly. Both of these books are based on the evidence from the archives at the JFK library and other locations not available to most researchers. After listening to this episode, I will not continue on.

The content is great when it's not playing ads at twice the volume of the show.

There are way too many ads is there a way to listen to this podcast without any ads

Great show & very interesting but the constant ads interrupt the shows. Seems a two part show could be condensed into one w/o all the ads

It’s a good show but if I was one of the guests I’d be upset that I’m being cut off mid sentence by advertising.

Great pod, awesome story telling absolutely perfect mix of narration, story telling and witness accounts. One of the greatest subject matters NYC has to offer. So much fun to listen to. Please set the Add volume to a lower level. I listen to most of my Pods with headphones while I’m commuting. The adds are painfully loud. Thank you, keep up the great job.

Good content, um way too many commercials.

St. Claire's story is wrapped in modern day social justice jargon. This makes these episodes highly questionable.

The ads are SO bad. The show is fantastically made but the ads are very intrusive. Sometimes cutting in mid sentence at a HIGHER volume than the show. Not cool. Keep doing what you’re doing but think about structuring and presenting the ads better. I know they are necessary for a free show but can be done better for the listener. Thank you.

The commercials are way too long. I understand sponsorships, but when the commercials take up most of the podcast one seems to lose interest. Therefore the sponsorship does no good.

During your Albert Anastasia part one you stated that Albert started to stake out the prosecutor Dewey in hopes of killing him and that story matched up with the previous one you told. except in this version you said that Albert Anastasia did so without the commissions say so and that the commission had to tell him no you’re not gonna do this. but in the coverage previously on Dutch Schultz you stated that the commission, specifically lucky Luciano sent Albert Anastasia to stake out and see if killing Dewey was possible so you have different information in one you’re saying the commission Sent Albert Anastasia on behalf of luck to appease Dutch and then in a second you’re saying that they did not send him.

Mafia stands out in a genre known for low quality podcasts for its consistently strong storytelling and narrative arcs. Having Fleet Cooper do the ad reads, is like having the Cryptkeeper tell you about his therapist or what phone games he likes to play. He’s a fine (if over the top) host, but the cartoonishness of his voice doesn’t lend itself to credible ads though it is kind of amusing.

Most the pods are 30 minutes ish with 5-6 ad breaks! C’mon!!

The Patriarca surname came from Arce, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy which is southern Italy in the Provinicia Terra Di Lavoro.

I love your shows but Jesus the show seems like half is commercials

I feel like the episodes have just become advertising and hardly any about the person or event.

So happy to get the new season! However, man 1/4 of the show has become commercials.

I love this podcast so much! Glad your back!!

Enjoyed the Silver Dollar Sam and Vito/Prime Minister episodes. The Prime Minister deserves his own episode.

Short episodes, with too many ads.

His attempt to make the word mafia sound edgy, and make himself sound like an old gumshoe ruins this otherwise good podcast. The interviews are good, limit/massively reduce the narrator and this will be so much better.

Bring back Selwyn Raab

The episodes are fairly short to begin with and the ad to content ratio is quite askew. Good stories and content but not worth the amount of commercials/ads thrown in. If you enjoy pressing on FF repeatedly throughout a podcast, have fun. If not, then pass.

I really enjoy Mafia. While it has tended to make being a gangster glamorous, they also do highlight the violence and corruption. Not so with the most recent episodes on Stephanie St. Clair. They recruited several gender and racial studies professors to portray St. Clair as a champion of civil and gender rights, despite her actual role as a gangster running an illegal gambling operation. While they claim it is a victimless crime they minimize St. Clair’s efforts to corrupt authorities and her use of violence to defend her territory. The experts claim the violence she employed was to protect her community from white gangsters, and try to claim she was some kind of civil rights leader as a result. They do this while even portraying her as comparable to real leaders like Thurgood Marshall and W.E.B. Dubois who lived in the same building. Come on Mafia, do the right thing. Don’t promote the propaganda. Just because Italian Mafia leaders try to clad their activities as defending Italians from racism doesn’t mean they actually are. You’ve recognized this in past episodes. Stephanie St. Clair is no different. She was a violent criminal, not a civil rights hero. Find some real experts who understand that, not a bunch of critical studies pseudo experts.

I have listend to the first two seasons this far and enjoy the content and its overall presentation. The more off putting things are, abrupt and extremely repetitive commercials (often times twice in a row!) and constant “recycling” of already covered content. The producers seem to try and fill the time slot with constant repeats. Depreciates an otherwise intriguing and informative show.

This is one of my favorite podcasts but I’m very disappointed in season 4 and after halfway through episode 2 I will not be listening to the rest of the season. They have gone PC route and are celebrating a criminal solely because of the color of her skin and because she’s a woman. Plus the people who are being interviewed are making ambiguous racist statements. Just tell history how it was and stop making everything political.

Love the shows first three seasons. Hoping rest of season four is better than the first two episodes. Yous are trying way to hard to find some kind of minority gangsters even when historically some minority’s (in this case women) simply did not participate in those activities, especially in the mafia. Basically nothing is known about this Stephanie and it’s really obvious you just wanted to make an episode about a woman gangster. Really hope the rest the season is better!

99% of the time I’m a huge fan of each of these podcasts but-The Stephanie St Claire episode was AWFUL. woke politics of the present day should have nothing to do with this podcast or it’s subject matter. The experts brought in to comment were “cultural experts” rather than actual historians. And Stephanie St Clair wasn’t even a true mafia figure that this podcast would normally cover; making it a big reach to even feature her. Do better!

I’ve always liked this show, but there’s far too many ads. It seems like I’m not the only one who feels this way, based off other reviews. Also they just kind of say the same things over and over again. It’s disappointing.

Sounds like this show has gone down the pc alley, celebrating a criminal just because of race smh 🙄, what’s wrong with just telling the truth in history lots of maybe and assumptions in this season

I love this podcast. I’m super excited for Season 4!

I am a huge mafia/mob fan and this podcast is so informative and great to listen to. All the people that contribute do a great job telling the stories. Keep it up!!

So excited for season 4!!

Season 4! Let’s gooo

This would be a truly entertaining podcast about the Mafia if there wasn’t an annoying ad every 30 seconds. I’m pretty sure there is more ad time than podcast time

This show should be called “cops” or “agents” or something because it’s mostly focused on praising law enforcement for how magical they are because they arrested people for mafia crimes. They speak of the cops involved as if they are some underdogs who aren’t just literally doing the job they are paid and trained to do.. idk just not really a boot licker so this got really unbearable

The arrogant narcissistic commercials sort of wreck a good show. The show is very well produced, and edifying. Can you make commercials a bit shorter? (Especially the Hims one, it’s ridiculous and insulting.) Beyond that, this is an excellent even iconic podcast. All the voices are excellent and really great at adding to the feeling of the stories.

Is this show Completely over with?

Would give it 5 stars if it wasn’t for the horrendous Ad breaks. Completely takes you out of the immersion of the podcast

Excellent quality production! Enough detail to entertain and interest. The hard work of the production pays off. Nice job!

Interesting stories, and well put together but FAR too many ads. It’s worse than watching television. I don’t mind a few here and there, but this is ridiculous!

This podcast is very solid. I love how they go in depth on a single mobster, and each monster gets 2 episodes. They have comments and interjection by the the some of the most knowledgeable authors, mafia experts, and former law enforcement in the game. You can tell the researchers did their homework on this one. The host is great as well. His voice doesn’t get annoying the more you listen, which can certainly happen with other shows I listen to. Total A+ all the way around.

Interesting subject matter but speakers constantly interrupted mid sentence for ads and many gaps in content. Get your act together.

I love the information with the entertainment mixed in. So classy!

Filled with nice calming voices and background music not to mention the quotes and stories. I’m currently 5 minutes into the Al Capone pt 2 and I can’t wait to learn more

When will there be new episodes?

I keep checking but there’s nothing new. MORE PLEASE!!!!!!!!