{"podcast":{"title":"Be Great with Bruce Colero","slug":"be-great-with-bruce-colero-7425553","podcast_index_feed_id":7425553,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/106e66994/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://perfectsports.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44007309/44007309-1751605374873-b14aadb5c9174.jpg","author":"Be Great","episode_count":59,"summary":"Be Great with Bruce Colero is a weekly podcast where entrepreneur and motivator Bruce Colero sits down with fascinating guests from all walks of life. Each episode dives deep into their unique stories, insights, and defining moments, exploring what it really means to pursue greatness. If you're either chasing your goals or just love hearing from inspiring people, Be Great brings thought-provoking conversations that push you to think bigger, aim higher, and never settle.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T08:21:11.884592+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/be-great-with-bruce-colero-7425553"},"episode":{"title":"The USC Quarterback Who Owed the Sinaloa Cartel $4,000,000 | Owen Hanson","slug":"the-usc-quarterback-who-owed-the-sinaloa-cartel-4-000-000-owen-hanson","published_at":"2026-04-29T17:07:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/be-great-with-bruce-colero-7425553/the-usc-quarterback-who-owed-the-sinaloa-cartel-4-000-000-owen-hanson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/be-great-with-bruce-colero-7425553","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/be-great52/episodes/The-USC-Quarterback-Who-Owed-the-Sinaloa-Cartel-4-000-000--Owen-Hanson-e3ifg4a","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/106e66994/podcast/play/119045706/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-25%2F422870123-44100-2-8dfe364186b65.mp3","summary":"He was a USC Football star with a bright future. Then, he became the Sinaloa Cartel's most unlikely Kingpin.In this deep dive, we uncover the shocking true story of Owen Hanson, famously known as the "Cocaine QB." From the locker rooms of the Coliseum to the inner circles of the world's most dangerous drug cartel, Hanson built an international empire moving $1,000,000 of product every single day.But when a $4,000,000 debt put a target on his back and the FBI closed in, the game changed forever. This is the story of greed, survival, and the most bizarre redemption arc in sports history.Subscribe to Be Great for more elite deep dives into the world's wildest stories.Inside The Episode:00:00 – The Deadliest Double Life in Sports01:00 – The USC Origin: How an elite athlete turned to the underground05:00 – The High-Stakes Hustle: Building a celebrity gambling empire10:00 – The Cartel Connection: Meeting the Sinaloa leadership19:00 – $1 Million A Day: Scaling a global criminal enterprise22:00 – The Australian Operation: Smuggling gold and cash across borders26:00 – Ghost Money: How Owen hid millions from the FBI32:00 – The $4,000,000 Debt: The mistake that put a price on his head40:00 – The Takedown: The high-stakes betrayal that ended the reign55:00 – 21 Years to Life: Surviving the violence of Federal Prison1:10:00 – The Ultimate Pivot: From Kingpin to Protein Ice Cream inventor","meta_description":"He was a USC Football star with a bright future. Then, he became the Sinaloa Cartel's most unlikely Kingpin.In this deep dive, we uncover the shocking tru…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4853,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/be-great-with-bruce-colero-7425553/episodes/the-usc-quarterback-who-owed-the-sinaloa-cartel-4-000-000-owen-hanson/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/be-great-with-bruce-colero-7425553/the-usc-quarterback-who-owed-the-sinaloa-cartel-4-000-000-owen-hanson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}