# The Story of the Original Milwaukee Mafia Book Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/milwaukee-mafia-1385296/the-story-of-the-original-milwaukee-mafia-book Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/milwaukee-mafia-1385296/the-story-of-the-original-milwaukee-mafia-book.md Podcast: [Milwaukee Mafia](https://stenobird.com/podcast/milwaukee-mafia-1385296) Published: 2026-05-19T14:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://milwaukeemafia.com/episode/the-story-of-the-original-milwaukee-mafia-book Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/2a3eb2d2-e833-4789-98e2-dffd57435edc.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/milwaukee-mafia-1385296/episodes/the-story-of-the-original-milwaukee-mafia-book Duration seconds: 2226 ## Resource In this episode talks about some of the challenges of getting a book published, and the struggles he had when he tried writing a book for the first time. -- Join the Milwaukee Mafia Newsletter and get updates about the Mafia and Gavin https://milwaukeemafia.com/join-the-mailing-list/ Got a question about this episode? Email Gavin and Eric at milwaukeemafia@gmail.com Explore the Milwaukee Mafia Wiki: https://milwaukeemafia.com/ Become part of the Family: https://www.patreon.com/Milwaukeemafia -- Gavin Schmitt is the leading historical expert on the mafia in Wisconsin. He has written several books on the subject and regularly speaks across the country. Get Gavin’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/Gavin-Schmitt/e/B00E749XFS Book Gavin for a Presentation: https://gavinschmitt.com/ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/milwaukee-mafia-1385296/episodes/the-story-of-the-original-milwaukee-mafia-book/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/milwaukee-mafia-1385296/the-story-of-the-original-milwaukee-mafia-book.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.