In the years before the French Revolution, the king allowed a massive cartel to put French markets in a chokehold. Foods like coffee and sugar were flooding in from the far reaches of European colonies, but only the wealthy were enjoying the spoils.

Until the people defied the law and laid the groundwork for a global underground. A daring smuggler became their champion, ramming a spoke in the wheels of colonial extraction and making himself the Robin Hood of France.

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Thanks to Dr. Michael Kwass for joining us on this episode. Check out his book, Contraband: Louis Mandrin and the Making of a Global Underground.

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In the 1970s, an anarchist pie thrower took justice into his own hands. From the head of the CIA, to anti-feminist campaigner Phyllis Schlafly, to Nixon’s Watergate goons, no national bullies were safe from his pie plates of justice. Along the way, he inspired fellow travelers in the art of edible civil disobedience around the world.

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Thanks to Rossi Anastopoulo for joining us on this episode. Check out her book, Sweet Land of Liberty: A History of America in 11 Pies.

Outlaw’s Digest is a production of KC Hysmith and Good Egg Audio, an independent worker-cooperative.