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Recent episodes include "China's Plan to TAKEOVER the Drug Trade and Use Canada as a Backdoor into the U.S. (with Scott McGregor)", "The Capture of El Mayo Was NOT What It Seemed: The Violent Real FBI Operation That Brought Him Down", and "The Cartel War That Turned Zacatecas, Mexico into a WAR ZONE: Katarina Szulc & Vince 'Rocco' Vargas". The latest went out on 30 Sep 2026 and ran about 42 minutes. Reading two or three of these before pitching is the fastest way to see what the show actually books.

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Borderland: Narcosis with Vincent 'Rocco' Vargas publishes weekly, a median of 7 days between episodes. Episodes average about 62 minutes. The back catalogue stands at 148 episodes. A show on this cadence plans ahead, so pitch earlier rather than closer to the date you want.

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For Borderland: Narcosis with Vincent 'Rocco' Vargas, Booking Probability sits at 35/100, Listen Score at 30/100, and the guest bar is around 80/100. The show has not signalled guest openness recently, which raises the bar on relevance. A verified contact is on file.

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Borderland: Narcosis with Vincent 'Rocco' Vargas covers organized crime, border security, law enforcement, cartel, so guests who can speak to those specifically fit best. The show carries an audience score of 5/100. Lead with a specific result you can describe in numbers rather than a job title, and tie it to something the show has already covered.

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Borderland: Narcosis with Vincent 'Rocco' Vargas is hosted by IRONCLAD. They have published 148 episodes. The show covers news.

Hosted by IRONCLAD · news · EN-US · 148 episodes

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New Episodes Every Monday. An unfiltered look at real stories from America's Southern Border. Each week, special operations combat veteran, actor, writer, and veteran BORSTAR Agent Vincent “Rocco” Vargas sits down with guests to discuss the ruthless forces driving mass migration—organized crime. This season, Borderland: Narcosis takes an unfiltered look at the criminal networks fueling the crisis, from human trafficking and the drug trade to extortion and corruption embedded at every level of society. An IRONCLAD Original

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Borderland: Narcosis with Vincent 'Rocco' Vargas is a news podcast hosted by IRONCLAD, with 148 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

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Borderland: Narcosis with Vincent 'Rocco' Vargas
China's Plan to TAKEOVER the Drug Trade and Use Canada as a Backdoor into the U.S. (with Scott McGregor)
Sep 30, 202642 min
Scott McGregor is a former Canadian military intelligence operator, intelligence advisor to federal law enforcement, former Senior Intelligence Officer, policy analyst under a provincial Attorney General, and a Senior Fellow and Security Advisor to the Council on Countering Hybrid Warfare. He is the Founder and Principle Commentator at HybridWar.ca and is the co-author of the book, “The Mosaic Effect: How the Chinese Communist Party Started a Hybrid War in America's Backyard.” Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original. Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:00:58) Scott McGregor's Background (00:04:08) China Named a Major Drug Producing Country (00:09:26) The Scope of China's Network in North America (00:14:16) How Precursors Enter Canada (00:17:09) Inside Canada's Domestic Super Labs (00:19:37) Indian Transnational Crime Networks (00:23:00) Iran, Hezbollah, and Organized Crime in Canada (00:26:55) Canada's Limited Law Enforcement Capacity (00:30:15) How Cartels Launder Money Through China (00:35:47) China's Long-Term Goal for Canada and the U.S. (00:38:49) Outro Sponsors: 1st Phorm: Go to⁠ ⁠https://www.1stphorm.com/borderland⁠⁠ and get free shipping on any orders over $75, free 30 days in the app for new customers, and 110% money back guarantee on all of our products. Marek Health: Visit https://marekhealth.com/ and use code IRONCLAD to receive 10% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Capture of El Mayo Was NOT What It Seemed: The Violent Real FBI Operation That Brought Him Down
Sep 23, 202655 min
Joe Hefferon, a former New Jersey police captain with 25 years experience in law enforcement. Is a writer and investigative reporter, who recently published an incredible deep-dive piece on the arrest of El Mayo and what really happened. You can check out his piece on his Substack : https://substack.com/home/post/p-213457916  Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original. Chapters (00:00) – Cold Open (05:11) – Cartel Torture Tactics (07:06) – The El Mayo Extraction: How It Happened (18:20) – Did the FBI Know? The Cover-Up Questions (22:29) – Why Joaquin Set Up the Kidnapping (26:05) – The Pilot's Fate and Extradition (36:48) – Aftermath: Civil War and 4,000 Dead (44:46) – Cartels Expanding North and Abroad (48:16) – Joe's Next Investigation Sponsors: 1st Phorm: Go to⁠ ⁠https://www.1stphorm.com/borderland⁠⁠ and get free shipping on any orders over $75, free 30 days in the app for new customers, and 110% money back guarantee on all of our products. Marek Health: Visit https://marekhealth.com/ and use code IRONCLAD to receive 10% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Borderland: Narcosis with Vincent 'Rocco' Vargas
The Cartel War That Turned Zacatecas, Mexico into a WAR ZONE: Katarina Szulc & Vince 'Rocco' Vargas
Sep 14, 202640 min
Vince “Rocco” Vargas sits down with Katarina Szulc to discuss her recent investigation in Tlaxcala, Mexico (which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rXThHW2xeg ), an uptick in violence in Zacatecas, cartels operating Canada and more. Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original. Chapters (00:00:37) Being chased on camera while reporting in Mexico (00:04:09) The cartel's PR angle and the FTO designation debate (00:06:33) Claudia Sheinbaum's stress and Mexican political intrigue (00:12:38) Car bombings and cartel war in Zacatecas (00:17:10) Hells Angels' role in Canada's drug trade (00:21:23) Why prosecution fails in Canada (00:26:42) Record-low border seizures vs. ongoing drug flow (00:29:22) How smuggling methods have shifted — tunnels, aircraft (00:37:16) What's next for Katarina Sponsors: 1st Phorm: Go to⁠ ⁠https://www.1stphorm.com/borderland⁠⁠ and get free shipping on any orders over $75, free 30 days in the app for new customers, and 110% money back guarantee on all of our products. Marek Health: Visit https://marekhealth.com/ and use code IRONCLAD to receive 10% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Canada's Cartel Crisis: Assassinations, Extortion & the Bishnoi Gang's Reach (with Kim Bolan)
Sep 8, 202646 min
Today's guest is Kim Bolan. Kim is an award-winning investigative reporter for the Vancouver Sun, where she has covered gangs and organized crime for over four decades, including the Air India bombing, the Robert Pickton case, and the Surrey Six gangland slaying. She runs the anti-gang blog The Real Scoop and is the author of Loss of Faith: How the Air India Bombers Got Away with Murder. She recently reported on the FBI's Operation Hardball investigation into transnational gangs operating out of Canada. Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original. Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:00:40) Operation Hardball the Bishnoi gang investigation (00:02:16) The assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar (00:05:11) The extortion campaign targeting the South Asian community (00:12:48) Ryan Wedding: Olympian turned major trafficker (00:20:10) Rural drug labs, BC Bud, and the meth/fentanyl economy (00:26:41) Why Canada isn't the "Next Mexico" yet (00:30:11) Port corruption and Hells Angels on the docks (00:34:21) Creative smuggling border crossings and hidden compartments (00:40:11) Closing thoughts Sponsors: 1st Phorm: Go to⁠ ⁠https://www.1stphorm.com/borderland⁠⁠ and get free shipping on any orders over $75, free 30 days in the app for new customers, and 110% money back guarantee on all of our products. Marek Health: Visit https://marekhealth.com/ and use code IRONCLAD to receive 10% off The Uprising: From the director of JASON BOURNE, Paul Greengrass brings you THE UPRISING. Andrew Garfield stars as the leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II. Set against the true events of the Uprising that helped inspire the legend of Robin Hood, he forms an army of the people to face the King’s might in a fight for justice. Only in theaters this Thursday. Get tickets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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This Journalist Spent a Month in Cuba: What He Saw Was Shocking
Aug 31, 20261h 1m
Today's guest is Sean Williams. Sean is an investigative report whose work has apeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, Rolling Stone, GQ, The Daily Beast, The New Republic, Wired, The Economist, The Guardian, Sports Illustrated and many more. He host The Underworld Podcast, a weekly show investigating global organized crime with journalist Danny Gold. He recently spent 4 weeks in Havana investigating the situation there. Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original. Sponsors: 1st Phorm: Go to⁠ ⁠https://www.1stphorm.com/borderland⁠⁠ and get free shipping on any orders over $75, free 30 days in the app for new customers, and 110% money back guarantee on all of our products. Marek Health: Visit https://marekhealth.com/ and use code IRONCLAD to receive 10% off The Uprising: From the director of JASON BOURNE, Paul Greengrass brings you THE UPRISING. Andrew Garfield stars as the leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II. Set against the true events of the Uprising that helped inspire the legend of Robin Hood, he forms an army of the people to face the King’s might in a fight for justice. Now-8/26: Only in theaters September 10. Watch The Trailer. 8/27-9/6: Only in theaters September 10. Get tickets. *9/7-9/9: Only in theaters this Thursday. Get tickets. 9/10-on: Now playing only in theaters. Get tickets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Borderland: Narcosis with Vincent 'Rocco' Vargas

Canada's Cartel Crisis: Assassinations, Extortion & the Bishnoi Gang's Reach (with Kim Bolan)

Sep 8, 202646 min

Today's guest is Kim Bolan. Kim is an award-winning investigative reporter for the Vancouver Sun, where she has covered gangs and organized crime for over four decades, including the Air India bombing, the Robert Pickton case, and the Surrey Six gangland slaying. She runs the anti-gang blog The Real Scoop and is the author of Loss of Faith: How the Air India Bombers Got Away with Murder. She recently reported on the FBI's Operation Hardball investigation into transnational gangs operating out of Canada. Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original. Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:00:40) Operation Hardball the Bishnoi gang investigation (00:02:16) The assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar (00:05:11) The extortion campaign targeting the South Asian community (00:12:48) Ryan Wedding: Olympian turned major trafficker (00:20:10) Rural drug labs, BC Bud, and the meth/fentanyl economy (00:26:41) Why Canada isn't the "Next Mexico" yet (00:30:11) Port corruption and Hells Angels on the docks (00:34:21) Creative smuggling border crossings and hidden compartments (00:40:11) Closing thoughts Sponsors: 1st Phorm: Go to⁠ ⁠https://www.1stphorm.com/borderland⁠⁠ and get free shipping on any orders over $75, free 30 days in the app for new customers, and 110% money back guarantee on all of our products. Marek Health: Visit https://marekhealth.com/ and use code IRONCLAD to receive 10% off The Uprising: From the director of JASON BOURNE, Paul Greengrass brings you THE UPRISING. Andrew Garfield stars as the leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II. Set against the true events of the Uprising that helped inspire the legend of Robin Hood, he forms an army of the people to face the King’s might in a fight for justice. Only in theaters this Thursday. Get tickets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Recent episodes

China's Plan to TAKEOVER the Drug Trade and Use Canada as a Backdoor into the U.S. (with Scott McGregor)

The Capture of El Mayo Was NOT What It Seemed: The Violent Real FBI Operation That Brought Him Down

The Cartel War That Turned Zacatecas, Mexico into a WAR ZONE: Katarina Szulc & Vince 'Rocco' Vargas

Canada's Cartel Crisis: Assassinations, Extortion & the Bishnoi Gang's Reach (with Kim Bolan)

This Journalist Spent a Month in Cuba: What He Saw Was Shocking

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Johnny Mitchell

Scott McGregor

Steve Fisher

Kim Bolan

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What is Borderland: Narcosis with Vincent 'Rocco' Vargas?

About the host

Recent episodes

China's Plan to TAKEOVER the Drug Trade and Use Canada as a Backdoor into the U.S. (with Scott McGregor)

The Capture of El Mayo Was NOT What It Seemed: The Violent Real FBI Operation That Brought Him Down

The Cartel War That Turned Zacatecas, Mexico into a WAR ZONE: Katarina Szulc & Vince 'Rocco' Vargas

Canada's Cartel Crisis: Assassinations, Extortion & the Bishnoi Gang's Reach (with Kim Bolan)

This Journalist Spent a Month in Cuba: What He Saw Was Shocking

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Johnny Mitchell

Scott McGregor

Steve Fisher

Kim Bolan

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