Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ Steve on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bigstevebigmoves/ This week on Honor Among Thieves, we sit down with Steve Prohaska—a man whose life began in unimaginable tragedy. After losing both parents in a Colombian cartel hit, Steve was adopted by a Jewish couple and brought to the U.S., where he was given a shot at a new life. In this raw and emotional episode, Steve opens up about how the trauma of his past shaped his future, ...
Jul 06, 2025•53 min
Jamie Driver on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theredqueen_444/ Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ This week on Honor Among Thieves, host Nelson Rodriguez Jr. sits down with Jamie Driver — the reigning BYB bareknuckle boxing welterweight champion — fresh off her first title defense. Jamie opens up about her upbringing, addiction struggles, and surviving abusive relationships. But perhaps most powerful is how she overcame a brain tumor that threatened to end eve...
Jun 29, 2025•1 hr 27 min
Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ Jason on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/8upjay/ In this gripping episode of Honor Among Thieves, host Nelson Rodriguez Jr. sits down with Jason Votrobek, a former drug trafficker from Vero Beach, Florida, who rose from small-town drug dealer to international smuggler with ties to the infamous Cali Cartel. When Florida's powder supply dried up in the 2000s, Jason took matters into his own hands—traveling to the Bahamas in searc...
Jun 22, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ Manny on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/myfightourwar/ Former Detroit police officer Manny Vitale reveals how he went from enforcing the law to riding with the notorious Detroit Highwaymen Motorcycle Club—a 1% outlaw biker gang. Manny opens up about the double life he once led, the brutal realities of gang-infested Detroit, and the dirty cops he encountered along the way. But the wildest twist in his story? He was given just s...
Jun 15, 2025•1 hr 1 min
John "Poet" Thorton on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/johnpoetthornton/ Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ John "Poet" Thorton News Article https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2008/05/02/10-years-for-murder-attempt/ On this explosive episode of Honor Among Thieves, host Nelson Rodriguez Jr. sits down with John "Poet" Thornton, infamously known as The White Tony Montana and King of the Underground. Once dubbed by local newspapers as the leader of "The Society", Poe...
Jun 08, 2025•2 hr 3 min
Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ Josh on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hellonrikers/ Use Promo Code MONTANA Gus Villa Jewelry https://gusvillajewelry.com/ In this episode of Honor Among Thieves, we sit down with Josh—better known as Hell On Rikers—as he shares the raw, unfiltered truth about life growing up in the Bronx projects, his upbringing in the crack trade, and his harrowing experiences doing time in Rikers Island and the New York State prison system....
Jun 01, 2025•2 hr 6 min
Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ Lonnie Jones on instagram https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterlife20/ Lyle Jones on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jonesjr.lyle/ Ever seen "New Jack City" starring Wesley Snipes? Well meet two men who lived that movie in real life. This is Lonnie and Lyle Jones. Now typically when people hear Connecticut, they think of rich white people that live in one giant suburb just outside New York City. The Jones Brothers will introduce ...
May 27, 2025•1 hr 52 min
Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ Jerry Ormond on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/universalartsfitness/ Nelson sits down with Jeremiah Ormond, an Irish-American kid from Stafford, Connecticut, whose life took a sharp turn from promising hockey star to convicted felon. Growing up surrounded by a crew that lived on the edge—fighting, stealing, and constantly in trouble—Jeremiah shares how one bad decision led to another, until a single violent incident changed ev...
May 18, 2025•1 hr 37 min
Jorge Valdes on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drjorgeluisvaldes/ Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ Nelson Rodriguez Jr. reunites with Jorge Valdes, the original architect of the U.S. cocaine trade and a central figure in Cocaine Cowboys: Kings of Miami. While Part One told the story of his meteoric rise and fall, this episode picks up in 1984, right after Jorge is released from prison—and builds his drug empire all over again. But one night, a moment with his...
May 11, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ Jorge Valdes on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drjorgeluisvaldes/ Nelson sits down with none other than Dr. Jorge Valdes, the man credited with bringing cocaine into the United States and one of the central figures behind the infamous Cocaine Cowboys: Kings of Miami docuseries. In the late 1970s, Jorge Valdes helped architect the billion-dollar cocaine pipeline that forever changed Miami and American drug culture. A former U.S...
May 04, 2025•2 hr 12 min
Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ Alysia Smith on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/allie.say.what/ Nelson Rodriguez Jr. welcomes Alysia Smith, a survivor with a powerful story of chaos, survival, and redemption. Born and raised in Akron, Ohio—a city plagued by gangs, biker wars, and rampant violence—Allie knew from a young age that the streets could swallow her whole. When neighbors were caught up in a major federal fentanyl bust, she made the bold decision to e...
Apr 27, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ Devin on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/devindon22/ Nelson sits down with Devin Donovan, a man whose life reads like a gritty crime drama—but whose journey is all too real. Born just outside of Boston into a world surrounded by addiction and criminality, Devin was raised in the shadow of a father who was a habitual offender and addict, and a mother who eventually fled to Australia to escape the chaos. Influenced by street life...
Apr 21, 2025•55 min
Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ Kyle on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/federalprisontips/ Kyle on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@federalprisontips Nelson sits down with Kyle Sandler, the man behind the viral TikTok page @federalprisontips and the internet’s #1 source for all things federal prison. Known today as a trusted consultant who’s helped thousands of inmates and their families navigate the federal system, Kyle’s story begins in a much different place...
Apr 13, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ Klazzik on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/inkgod_klazzik/ Nelson sits down with Klazzik, a man whose journey from chaos to creativity is nothing short of remarkable. As a young man, Klazzik was consumed by violence—involved in over 37 street fights before adulthood and raised in a trap house where drug dealing was a daily reality. By his teenage years, he was selling crack, building a reputation that ultimately led to a federa...
Apr 06, 2025•2 hr 12 min
Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ Locked In with Ian Bick https://www.youtube.com/@ianbickCT Mr. Michael Bick on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stfcatering/ In this powerful and emotional episode, I sit down with Michael Bick, father of Ian Bick—host of Locked In with Ian Bick—to hear the untold side of what families endure when a loved one is indicted by the federal government. Michael opens up about the emotional chaos that surrounded Ian’s indictment and pr...
Mar 30, 2025•56 min
Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ Locked In with Ian Bick https://www.youtube.com/@ianbickCT Ian Bick on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/ Ian Bick joins the podcast to share his unbelievable journey from federal prison to podcasting success. At just 19 years old, Ian was sentenced to time in the federal system for wire fraud. He walks us through every gritty detail of his incarceration—from six brutal months in solitary confinement, to surviving the ch...
Mar 23, 2025•51 min
Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ Inside True Crime with Matt Cox on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@InsideTrueCrime Matt Cox on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/insidetruecrime/ In this raw and emotional two-hour episode, I sit down with Matt Cox, once one of America’s most notorious con men, to dive deep into his redemption story like never before. Known for orchestrating a $40 million mortgage fraud scheme and landing on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, Matt take...
Mar 22, 2025•2 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 2
Janel Baez on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/officialjanelbaez/Nelson Rodriguez Jr. on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/In this special first episode of Honor Among Thieves, the tables are turned as Miami-based journalist Janel Baez interviews the usual host, Nelson Rodriguez Jr., uncovering his story in raw detail like never before.For two hours, Nelson takes us deep into his past—his childhood, the influence of his stepfather, an infamous Miami underworld figure, and th...
Mar 09, 2025•2 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Montana Method Audio Bookhttps://open.spotify.com/show/1y5U4w3z43FRHvKc23dbMC?si=952c7b549d4748dfRoss Mandell on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rossmandell/Connect With Nelson On All Platforms Through LinkMehttps://link.me/montanamethodmindsetFor the final episode of Montana Method Podcast, Sunday, March 2, 2025—14 months after it was recorded—the world finally gets to hear Ross Mandell’s first podcast on the very day he was released from federal custody. In this exclusive episode, Ross sits...
Mar 02, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Season 5Ep. 132
Montana Method Audio Bookhttps://open.spotify.com/show/1y5U4w3z43FRHvKc23dbMC?si=952c7b549d4748dfGeorge on instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/gkit_fitness/Connect With Nelson On All Platforms Through LinkMehttps://link.me/montanamethodmindsetNelson sits down with George Kitmiridis, a Greek American native from Connecticut, who shares his raw, unfiltered journey through the grip of cocaine addiction. Once completely controlled by the substance, George recounts his tumultuous battles with personal...
Feb 23, 2025•49 min•Season 5Ep. 131
Montana Method Audio Bookhttps://open.spotify.com/show/1y5U4w3z43FRHvKc23dbMC?si=952c7b549d4748dfGabrielle on instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/gabriellecacciola/Connect With Nelson On All Platforms Through LinkMehttps://link.me/montanamethodmindsetNelson sits down with Gabrielle Cacciola, a rising recording artist whose journey is as hard-hitting as her music. Gabrielle shares how she overcame a brutal legal battle stemming from a violent street fight that saw her mother assaulted, endured a s...
Feb 16, 2025•47 min•Season 5Ep. 130
Montana Method Audio Bookhttps://open.spotify.com/show/1y5U4w3z43FRHvKc23dbMC?si=952c7b549d4748dfElliot on instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/elliotrosenberg_/Connect With Nelson On All Platforms Through LinkMehttps://link.me/montanamethodmindsetElliot Rosenberg, a Long Island native whose promising future took a wild detour. After a great childhood and early success, Elliot ventured to Costa Rica where he discovered the dark underbelly of sweepstakes scams—a quick money-making scheme that spira...
Feb 09, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 129
Montana Method Audio Bookhttps://open.spotify.com/show/1y5U4w3z43FRHvKc23dbMC?si=952c7b549d4748dfRob on instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/odaatgamblingawareness/Connect With Nelson On All Platforms Through LinkMehttps://link.me/montanamethodmindsetRob Minnick shares his harrowing journey from a high school gambling addict to a recovery advocate. Rob recounts how he fell into addiction at 18, got entangled with a local bookie at 19, and worked 90-hour weeks only to blow his entire paycheck on ga...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 128
Montana Method Audio Bookhttps://open.spotify.com/show/1y5U4w3z43FRHvKc23dbMC?si=952c7b549d4748dfD'nita on instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/_nitastrong_/Connect With Nelson On All Platforms Through LinkMehttps://link.me/montanamethodmindsetDnita Hamilton, a former college basketball star and correctional officer whose life took a devastating turn after a tragic car accident. What seemed like a promising future unraveled in the blink of an eye when Dnita was launched through the windshield of h...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 127
Get Your Copy of Montana Method: The Scarface Playbookhttps://a.co/d/8hlnY2NManny Vitale on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/myfightourwar/Connect With Nelson On All Platforms Through LinkMehttps://link.me/montanamethodmindsetManny Vitale is former Detroit Police Officer that gave up his badge to join the infamous Detroit Highwaymen Motorcycle Club. Manny has been shot, stabbed, beaten and caught in gunfights, bar brawls and everything in between. In this episode of the podcast Manny tells us ...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 126
Get Your Copy of Montana Method: The Scarface Playbookhttps://a.co/d/8hlnY2NGrecia on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/grecia_ordonez_d/Connect With Nelson On All Platforms Through LinkMehttps://link.me/montanamethodmindsetGrecia Ordonez is a Content Creator and Spiritual Advisor based in Providence, Rhode Island. She tells her powerful story of surviving the streets of Cuba in her childhood with barely any food to eat. Things were so bad at one point that her and her mother would share shoes ...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 125
Get Your Copy of Montana Method: The Scarface Playbookhttps://a.co/d/8hlnY2NSpencer Cook/Soberin40 on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/soberin40inc?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==Connect With Nelson On All Platforms Through LinkMehttps://link.me/montanamethodmindsetSpencer cook was indicted by the Feds on drug related charges and served seven and half years in Federal Prison. He was an alcoholic and drug addict since he was a teenager growing up on Long Island. S...
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 124
Get Your Copy of Montana Method: The Scarface Playbookhttps://a.co/d/8hlnY2NChris Dietz on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/chrisdietzceo/Connect With Nelson On All Platforms Through LinkMehttps://link.me/montanamethodmindsetChris Dietz is an Entrepreneur from Erie, Pennsylvania. He now resides in Miami and helps companies grow, scale and train sales teams. Reach out to him if you're looking to grow a sales team and bring in more paying customers to your business. Montana Method: The Scarface ...
Dec 30, 2024•49 min•Season 5Ep. 123
Get Your Copy of Montana Method: The Scarface Playbookhttps://a.co/d/8hlnY2NMatt Cronin on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/notmattcronin/Connect With Nelson On All Platforms Through LinkMehttps://link.me/montanamethodmindsetThe recent capture of Luigi Mangione in New York City after the shooting the CEO of United Healthcare has led to big headlines in media. As someone who has worked on the inside, I talk about what I was while working at for a Health Insurance company, the inner workings and...
Dec 23, 2024•42 min•Season 5Ep. 122
Get Your Copy of Montana Method: The Scarface Playbookhttps://a.co/d/8hlnY2NMichael Washington on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thegodcastttConnect With Nelson On All Platforms Through LinkMehttps://link.me/montanamethodmindsetMy second night in prison I walked outside the unit to get some peace and quiet. It was maybe 7:30 at night and out was coming in a little over an hour. Mike and I met out by the stairs that led to the F-4 Unit. He had just gotten there himself recently and we found c...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 121
