1 00:00:14,996 --> 00:00:21,876 Speaker 1: Pushkin. Hey everyone, it's Dana Goodyear, coming into your feed 2 00:00:21,876 --> 00:00:24,756 Speaker 1: with some exciting updates to share with you. Here's the 3 00:00:24,756 --> 00:00:28,476 Speaker 1: first update. It's a big one. Lost Hills is coming 4 00:00:28,556 --> 00:00:31,756 Speaker 1: back this summer with a brand new season. It's a 5 00:00:31,796 --> 00:00:34,356 Speaker 1: story that's taking us deep into the dark heart of 6 00:00:34,436 --> 00:00:37,756 Speaker 1: Malibu in a totally different way than previous seasons. I 7 00:00:37,836 --> 00:00:39,596 Speaker 1: have a short teaser for you in a few minutes. 8 00:00:39,836 --> 00:00:44,396 Speaker 1: Stick around Update number two. This is about Lost Hills 9 00:00:44,436 --> 00:00:48,596 Speaker 1: season one. Anthony Rowta, the alleged canyon shooter who's charged 10 00:00:48,596 --> 00:00:52,396 Speaker 1: with murdering Tristan Boudet, is finally, after more than four years, 11 00:00:52,596 --> 00:00:56,036 Speaker 1: going to trial. In case you don't remember, Tristan Boudett 12 00:00:56,156 --> 00:00:57,996 Speaker 1: was the father who was shot in the head while 13 00:00:57,996 --> 00:01:00,756 Speaker 1: camping with his young daughters in Malibu Creek State Park 14 00:01:00,836 --> 00:01:04,756 Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen. Route is accused of killing him, along 15 00:01:04,796 --> 00:01:07,596 Speaker 1: with ten more counts of attempted murder and a handful 16 00:01:07,636 --> 00:01:11,916 Speaker 1: of lesser crimes. Rata was charged in January twenty nineteen, 17 00:01:12,396 --> 00:01:14,756 Speaker 1: and now his trial is scheduled to begin this spring. 18 00:01:15,076 --> 00:01:16,916 Speaker 1: We're going to bring you more updates as the trial 19 00:01:16,956 --> 00:01:21,276 Speaker 1: gets underway. And here's one more thing. A recommendation for 20 00:01:21,356 --> 00:01:25,796 Speaker 1: a very good new podcast. It's called Alphabet Boys. Alphabet 21 00:01:25,836 --> 00:01:28,076 Speaker 1: Boys is a riveting new show that takes you deep 22 00:01:28,156 --> 00:01:33,716 Speaker 1: undercover with the alphabet agencies CIA, FBI, at f d, EA, 23 00:01:33,836 --> 00:01:37,836 Speaker 1: et cetera. You essentially ride along with agents and informants 24 00:01:37,956 --> 00:01:41,436 Speaker 1: via secret recordings and leaked documents. And what you find 25 00:01:41,556 --> 00:01:45,116 Speaker 1: is that for every James Bond slash Jason Bourne, there's 26 00:01:45,116 --> 00:01:48,356 Speaker 1: a very heavy dose of Reno nine one one. It's 27 00:01:48,356 --> 00:01:52,036 Speaker 1: a great show. Season one of Alphabet Boys is called Trojan. 28 00:01:52,156 --> 00:01:55,556 Speaker 1: Hearse You'll hear why. In the first episode, it tells 29 00:01:55,556 --> 00:01:57,956 Speaker 1: the story of a man named Mickey Windecker, who the 30 00:01:57,996 --> 00:02:00,996 Speaker 1: FBI hired to infiltrate the Black Lives Matter movement during 31 00:02:01,036 --> 00:02:04,556 Speaker 1: the summer of twenty twenty. It's a wild story. You're 32 00:02:04,556 --> 00:02:07,796 Speaker 1: gonna love it. Here's a short excerpt from Alphabet Boys, 33 00:02:07,996 --> 00:02:10,236 Speaker 1: and then stick around after words for that teaser for 34 00:02:10,316 --> 00:02:20,796 Speaker 1: Lost Hill season three. All right, okay, It is August 35 00:02:21,836 --> 00:02:25,476 Speaker 1: August twenty eight, twenty twenty Apart from only four o 36 00:02:25,716 --> 00:02:29,996 Speaker 1: two pm. A Special Agent Scott Dlphroom with a Special 37 00:02:30,036 --> 00:02:38,236 Speaker 1: Agent Byron Mitchell chs for Meat with Zebidias Hall. Thank you. 38 00:02:39,436 --> 00:02:41,716 Speaker 1: You can hear this shot I put in my front pocket, right, Yeah, okay, 39 00:02:41,716 --> 00:02:45,756 Speaker 1: I got it. It's late afternoon on a warm day 40 00:02:45,756 --> 00:02:50,276 Speaker 1: in Denver, Colorado. It's drizzling outside, and Michael Adam Windecker 41 00:02:50,356 --> 00:02:54,116 Speaker 1: the Second, or Mickey as he prefers, is sitting in 42 00:02:54,156 --> 00:02:57,836 Speaker 1: the backseat of an FBI car. Two federal agents are 43 00:02:57,876 --> 00:03:01,956 Speaker 1: with him, and one of them, FBI Special Agent Scott Dolshroom, 44 00:03:02,516 --> 00:03:06,596 Speaker 1: has just handed Mickey a small hidden camera. Mickey turns 45 00:03:06,596 --> 00:03:09,676 Speaker 1: the camera to his face, shooting from an unflattering angle 46 00:03:09,716 --> 00:03:12,756 Speaker 1: below his chin. You can see Mickey's thin red mustache 47 00:03:12,756 --> 00:03:16,156 Speaker 1: and scraggly goatee that's turning gray. He's propped his large 48 00:03:16,156 --> 00:03:18,956 Speaker 1: sunglasses on his forehead, and he's looking straight down into 49 00:03:18,956 --> 00:03:22,996 Speaker 1: the tiny camera lens. Mickey is not ready for us 50 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:29,836 Speaker 1: close up video. Look good, ye all right. The FBI 51 00:03:29,876 --> 00:03:32,556 Speaker 1: agents tell him to remember his instructions, which were given 52 00:03:32,556 --> 00:03:36,196 Speaker 1: to him before the camera started recording. Yep, I got it, 53 00:03:36,716 --> 00:03:43,076 Speaker 1: Thanks Mom, Thanks Dad. Mickey then walks to his car, 54 00:03:43,636 --> 00:03:46,516 Speaker 1: the Silver Hearse, and places the FBI's camera on the 55 00:03:46,556 --> 00:03:58,876 Speaker 1: pass in your seat. Mickey looks down toward the camera 56 00:03:59,116 --> 00:04:01,756 Speaker 1: and addresses the FBI agents who are watching the live 57 00:04:01,796 --> 00:04:23,436 Speaker 1: feed remotely. I got a song for you, guys. Mickey 58 00:04:23,476 --> 00:04:26,116 Speaker 1: has good reason to feel patriotic in this moment. The 59 00:04:26,196 --> 00:04:29,036 Speaker 1: FBI has signed him up as an informant, or in 60 00:04:29,076 --> 00:04:32,956 Speaker 1: the FBI's term of art, a confidential human source, and 61 00:04:33,076 --> 00:04:37,956 Speaker 1: Mickey's getting paid thousands of dollars every few weeks cash 62 00:04:38,956 --> 00:04:41,636 Speaker 1: and Mickey, he's got a very specific assignment from his 63 00:04:41,676 --> 00:04:45,156 Speaker 1: employers at the FBI, go after his new friend, the 64 00:04:45,236 --> 00:04:48,316 Speaker 1: young black activist zeb Hal, and find a way to 65 00:04:48,316 --> 00:04:52,396 Speaker 1: bring federal charges against him. As the song ends, Mickey 66 00:04:52,396 --> 00:05:00,196 Speaker 1: again looks down toward the FBI camera America. I'm Trevor Aaronson. 67 00:05:01,116 --> 00:05:28,716 Speaker 1: This is alphabet voice. So to come right out and 68 00:05:28,716 --> 00:05:32,836 Speaker 1: say it, Mickey Windecker wasn't a badass ANTIFA warrior after all, 69 00:05:33,196 --> 00:05:36,556 Speaker 1: as activists like zeb Hall had thought. He was an informant, 70 00:05:37,036 --> 00:05:41,356 Speaker 1: a snitch working for the FBI, which seems to go 71 00:05:41,396 --> 00:05:45,316 Speaker 1: against everything Mickey claims to be right. Remember his little 72 00:05:45,356 --> 00:05:48,036 Speaker 1: life rule. I have an old biker saying which is 73 00:05:48,036 --> 00:05:52,516 Speaker 1: called fuck the three piece, the politicians, the press, and 74 00:05:52,556 --> 00:05:55,876 Speaker 1: the police. It's just the way it is. Fuck the 75 00:05:55,876 --> 00:06:01,756 Speaker 1: three peas. Yeah, turns out that's bullshit. Fuck the two peas. 76 00:06:02,196 --> 00:06:06,156 Speaker 1: Maybe because this Mickey guy, he's in bed with the police, 77 00:06:06,636 --> 00:06:12,916 Speaker 1: and the cops are not only helping him, they're paying him. Today, 78 00:06:13,036 --> 00:06:17,156 Speaker 1: the FBI has more than fifteen thousand registered informants, and 79 00:06:17,196 --> 00:06:21,716 Speaker 1: in the summer of twenty twenty, Mickey is one of them. 80 00:06:21,916 --> 00:06:24,716 Speaker 1: That conversation you heard in the last episode when Mickey 81 00:06:24,796 --> 00:06:28,276 Speaker 1: and Zeb we're talking about training at Zeb's apartment, Mickey, 82 00:06:28,396 --> 00:06:31,396 Speaker 1: on his own initiative, had secretly recorded the whole thing 83 00:06:31,676 --> 00:06:34,316 Speaker 1: and delivered it to the FBI, apparently in the hopes 84 00:06:34,316 --> 00:06:37,836 Speaker 1: of getting hired on as an informant. I need your 85 00:06:37,836 --> 00:06:42,276 Speaker 1: help in doing this, but also need alone find Well, 86 00:06:42,316 --> 00:06:46,236 Speaker 1: here's the day do you have and that's where from 87 00:06:46,276 --> 00:06:49,116 Speaker 1: a route to is you have to decide where what 88 00:06:49,156 --> 00:06:51,036 Speaker 1: you're going to do? You know, I can't see her 89 00:06:51,116 --> 00:06:53,996 Speaker 1: tell you, Oh yeah, you should totally like blow up 90 00:06:54,076 --> 00:06:56,836 Speaker 1: rich neighborhoods to shoot the white people and burn the 91 00:06:56,876 --> 00:07:01,276 Speaker 1: federal courthouse. This recording ended up being Mickey's audition tape 92 00:07:01,436 --> 00:07:06,076 Speaker 1: for the FBI. The official explanation for how Mickey Windecker 93 00:07:06,116 --> 00:07:10,076 Speaker 1: became an informant can be found in FBI reports. Internal 94 00:07:10,116 --> 00:07:15,076 Speaker 1: investigation reports focused on racial justice demonstrators in Denver. These 95 00:07:15,116 --> 00:07:18,796 Speaker 1: reports aren't public, and the FBI didn't intend to have 96 00:07:18,836 --> 00:07:23,436 Speaker 1: them out there. Maybe not. Ever, they were provided to me, 97 00:07:23,796 --> 00:07:27,676 Speaker 1: along with Mickey's undercover recordings, by someone who was deeply 98 00:07:27,716 --> 00:07:31,756 Speaker 1: concerned about the FBI surveillance an infiltration of black activist groups. 99 00:07:33,436 --> 00:07:36,516 Speaker 1: According to the FBI's reports, Mickey had returned to Denver 100 00:07:36,636 --> 00:07:39,436 Speaker 1: after being a volunteer fighter with the Peshmerga, the Kurdish 101 00:07:39,476 --> 00:07:42,076 Speaker 1: military force in Iraq that was fighting the Islamic State 102 00:07:42,596 --> 00:07:46,636 Speaker 1: or ISIS. Mickey told the FBI, and I'm quoting here 103 00:07:46,636 --> 00:07:49,756 Speaker 1: from the report, that he found a sense of purpose 104 00:07:49,836 --> 00:07:52,356 Speaker 1: and honor there and made an oath to always fight 105 00:07:52,396 --> 00:07:59,396 Speaker 1: against threats, both foreign and domestic. War with ISIS Kurdish 106 00:07:59,396 --> 00:08:02,636 Speaker 1: troops in a frontline battle with an enemy that took 107 00:08:02,676 --> 00:08:06,396 Speaker 1: their land. Mickey was among dozens of Americans who volunteered 108 00:08:06,436 --> 00:08:11,116 Speaker 1: to fight for the Peshmurga. With them, dozen Americans veterans 109 00:08:11,156 --> 00:08:15,516 Speaker 1: of the war in Iraq, back his volunteers. Once back 110 00:08:15,516 --> 00:08:18,956 Speaker 1: in Denver, Mickey started participating in the protests following George 111 00:08:18,956 --> 00:08:22,636 Speaker 1: Floyd's death, and he saw what was, in his view, 112 00:08:23,276 --> 00:08:29,556 Speaker 1: a new domestic threat. Mickey said he witnessed protesters damaging 113 00:08:29,596 --> 00:08:33,556 Speaker 1: property and threatening violence. So Mickey started providing information to 114 00:08:33,636 --> 00:08:37,476 Speaker 1: police in the Denver area. Local police there then introduced 115 00:08:37,556 --> 00:08:40,196 Speaker 1: him to the FBI as part of something known as 116 00:08:40,236 --> 00:08:43,316 Speaker 1: the Joint Terrorism Task Force, which is a partnership between 117 00:08:43,316 --> 00:08:46,956 Speaker 1: local cops and the FBI. Every major metropolitan region of 118 00:08:46,956 --> 00:08:50,876 Speaker 1: the United States has a Joint Terrorism Task Force or JTTF. 119 00:08:52,076 --> 00:08:55,316 Speaker 1: Mickey's motivation for being an informant was and again I'm 120 00:08:55,396 --> 00:08:59,476 Speaker 1: quoting from an internal FBI report, to fight terrorists, and 121 00:08:59,556 --> 00:09:03,716 Speaker 1: Mickey believed that quote people who participate in violent civil 122 00:09:03,796 --> 00:09:08,236 Speaker 1: unrest are terrorists. So Mickey, the Big Bad isis Hunter 123 00:09:08,316 --> 00:09:12,076 Speaker 1: just back from Iraq, now has a new target, racial 124 00:09:12,116 --> 00:09:18,076 Speaker 1: justice protesters, whom he considers terrorists. But for him, there 125 00:09:18,076 --> 00:09:23,236 Speaker 1: appears to be an even deeper psychological impulse. Mickey saw 126 00:09:23,356 --> 00:09:27,676 Speaker 1: himself as an anti hero, someone who operates in the 127 00:09:27,716 --> 00:09:32,716 Speaker 1: gray areas of the law, delivering his own brand of justice. 128 00:09:34,236 --> 00:09:36,916 Speaker 1: Mickey wore a chain around his neck, and hanging from 129 00:09:36,996 --> 00:09:41,476 Speaker 1: that chain was a medallion of the logo for the Punisher, 130 00:09:42,596 --> 00:09:46,276 Speaker 1: a vigilante from the Marvel Comics universe who fights crime 131 00:09:47,076 --> 00:09:52,276 Speaker 1: with an obscene level of violence. He literally thought he 132 00:09:52,436 --> 00:09:56,236 Speaker 1: was the punisher. Anything you see, the Punisher was on it. 133 00:09:56,716 --> 00:09:59,556 Speaker 1: And he would always wear the punisher necklace even when 134 00:09:59,556 --> 00:10:02,196 Speaker 1: he took a shower or a bath. Never came off, 135 00:10:03,556 --> 00:10:06,676 Speaker 1: just like a big kid in the worsh way, in 136 00:10:06,716 --> 00:10:12,796 Speaker 1: the worst way awful. This is Trojan Hearse Season one 137 00:10:12,876 --> 00:10:20,756 Speaker 1: of Alphabet Boys. Alphabet Boys is a fantastic news show 138 00:10:20,756 --> 00:10:23,996 Speaker 1: for my production partner, Western Sound. It really is one 139 00:10:24,036 --> 00:10:27,716 Speaker 1: of the funniest, wildest, also scariest shows you'll ever hear 140 00:10:28,276 --> 00:10:32,756 Speaker 1: again It's Alphabet Boys. Just search up Alphabet Boys click 141 00:10:32,796 --> 00:10:36,796 Speaker 1: on the red cover art with the gray FBI Hearse Okay, 142 00:10:36,916 --> 00:10:41,956 Speaker 1: and now Lost Hills season three. Malibu is the birthplace 143 00:10:41,996 --> 00:10:45,636 Speaker 1: of California's surf culture and there's one man who ruled 144 00:10:45,676 --> 00:10:48,396 Speaker 1: the beach, one man who struck fear into the other 145 00:10:48,436 --> 00:10:51,196 Speaker 1: surfers and wanted to fuck the world in the way 146 00:10:51,316 --> 00:10:56,236 Speaker 1: only he knew how. We're laying on the beach and 147 00:10:56,636 --> 00:11:00,196 Speaker 1: everybody was attention was to the water and there seemed 148 00:11:00,196 --> 00:11:03,476 Speaker 1: to be somebody performing out there. He was pushing all 149 00:11:03,476 --> 00:11:07,796 Speaker 1: the boys off their boards, jumping on their board and riding. 150 00:11:07,836 --> 00:11:11,396 Speaker 1: In the end, he was king of Malibu at the time. 151 00:11:12,236 --> 00:11:15,916 Speaker 1: I wasn't really a surfing but he was amazing. He 152 00:11:16,036 --> 00:11:18,476 Speaker 1: was a god in the water, there was no doubt 153 00:11:18,516 --> 00:11:22,396 Speaker 1: about it, and he had the attention of absolutely everybody 154 00:11:22,436 --> 00:11:26,196 Speaker 1: on the beach. You know, his big thing to put 155 00:11:26,236 --> 00:11:31,156 Speaker 1: on his board was FTW. In those days, FGW mant 156 00:11:31,236 --> 00:11:36,196 Speaker 1: fucked the world, question authority. Those are the lessons he 157 00:11:36,316 --> 00:11:41,276 Speaker 1: kept trying to teach me. You know, trust No. One. 158 00:11:42,916 --> 00:11:48,996 Speaker 1: Season three of Lostells, The Dark Prince, It's coming this summer.