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Jan 2022
38m 48s

Episode 4: The Favorite Son

Pushkin Industries
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July 1942. How did Bob Cooley, an Irish ex-cop from a family of cops and lawyers, become Bob Cooley, criminal defense lawyer and fixer for the Chicago Outfit?   


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