How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History

By Joseph Cooper,

Published July 6, 2015 at 1:00 PM EDT

07/06/15 - Monday’s Topical Currents chronicles a farfetched and fantastic story.

Our guest is journalist Guy Lawson. . . and the title of his latest book says it all: ARMS AND THE DUDES: How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History. Within a cloud of pot smoke, three nobodies figured in international arms sales and intrigue with dictators and warlords. That’s Topical Currents. . . Monday at 1pm.

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