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A New Podcast: “The Backstory”

 

M.G. Crisci is the best-selling author of 20 critically books based on true stories. Genres include: crime, history, love and drama. Each title has a BACKSTORY that poses thoughtful questions about societal nuances and cultural differences. Appearances include television, radio, newspapers, museums, cultural centers, and embassies. M.G. is also internationally-recognized expert in consumer behavior and branding, having been elected to Who’s Who in the World 24 times.

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EPISODE 1: Call Sign White Lily: World’s first female fighter-pilot becomes Hitler’s Worst Nightmare.

A breathtaking story of female accomplishment, lost-in-time for 60+ years. A teenage Russian schoolgirl shatters the norms of a male-dominated military society.
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EPISODE 2: The Salad Oil King: A Distinctly American Tale Of Greed And Generosity.

A 15-year-old high school dropout masterminds a sophisticated $14 billion white-collar scam that closes trading on Wall Street for two days. The tale is ripe with creative government scams, complex characters, creative scams, Mafia mayhem, dark humor, unexpected pathos, familial loyalty, and grandiose philanthropy. Contradictions abound as a series of government scams turns onto thousands, then millions, then, ultimately, billions…
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EPISODE 3: Only In New York Vol. 1: An unexpected look into the quirky citizens and surprising secrets of a Manhattan that is almost gone.

Learn how to negotiate the purchase of fireworks in Chinatown. Watch two wealthy Garment District haggle over a quarter of a cent per yard price increase in a busy midtown deli. Hear a hungover Whitey Ford and Micky Mantle play ball with a stadium vendor during batting practice.
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EPISODE 4: Donny and Vladdy: The Ultimate Politically-correct, Curiously Candid Conversations Between The World’s Two Most Controversial.

This is an over-the-top yet challenging contemporary political satire that is not for the faint of heart. The two leaders agree to meet privately 12 times without media scrutiny, each man selecting six locations and topics. A few of the meeting see Putin In Siberia boasting about Russian scientific superiority while Trump boasts about America ‘s Creative in a holographic boat in the Google board in Silicon Valley.
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EPISODE 5: Ergonia: Land of the Giant Ants

Three teenage friends, Peter, Victor and Masha join a group of accomplished scientists seeking to answer the centuries-old quandary: What life exists at the base of the fog shrouded 27,000-foot-high Mount Erebus in Antarctica. Shortly after landing on the frozen tundra, the group discovers a civilization run by vicious five-in-million-year-old flying ants that dominate a playful, gentle, quasi-human penguins colony. During their first exploration, the children are attacked by the giant ants and find themselves…
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EPISODE 6: Mrs. Banker. No Ceilings. No Rules. No Judgements.

A determined woman creates a series of unconventional business and personal tactics to battle her way to the top of the New York’s banking world. The woman, as the youngest daughter of Irish immigrants, graduates cum laude from the Carnegie Mellon university with very specific life goals: build a successful career in New York’s male-dominated banking industry, be swept off her feet by the man of her dreams, and become a nurturing mother. But as life would have it, Hannah ….
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EPISODE 7: Still Standing: One woman’s struggle with betrayal, depression and suicide.

A publicly successful young woman privately struggles with betrayal, depression, and suicide. Despite a series of poor choices in men and life, by 28, the perennially perky Vicki had built a career as a noted crime reporter, loving wife, and was the mother of two beautiful children. Without warning, her neat little world crumbled bringing a series of unplanned circumstances laden with complex decisions. First Vicki….
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EPISODE 8: Indiscretion: A workplace flirtation creates unimaginable collateral damages.

A single mother brings a tiny gift home from a Paris vacation to her married male boss. The gift raises questions in the man’s mind. A few casual afternoon lattes morph into flirtatious dinners. Coworkers notice; the man’s wife does not. Family crises abound…bankruptcies, family humiliations, and suicide enter the story. Soon the wife…
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EPISODE 9: The Rise and Fall of Mary Jackson Peale: A young icon in the business crashes and burns with a thud heard round the world.

The razor-sharp Mary Jackson-Peale became one of the United Kingdom’s most prominent, entertainment agents at the tender age of 23. As her professional reputation grew, her appetite to live an obsessive, reckless, experimental lifestyle increased so did her excesses. She became a felon-on-the-run from Scotland Yard after the involuntary manslaughter of her sex-craved boss. From there things only got worse….
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EPISODE 10: Save the Last Dance: A Bittersweet Love Story About Broken Promises And Shattered Dreams.

A little boy draws a caulk picture of butterflies and a bright sun on the concrete pavement outside a tenement building in Manhattan’s Little Italy. He announces to his eight-year-old special friend, “Fanny, this is for you.” Soon, their friendship turns to puppy love. By the age of 20, they become soulmates, sharing unconditional hopes, dreams, and wishes. Despite the best of intentions, their lives take very different courses during the next 79 years…he becomes a famous musician With a marriage marred by suicide and substance abuse while she….
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EPISODE 11: Only In New York Vol 2: Short Stories That Can Only Happen In New York.

The 37 stories run the gamut from hilarious and hysterical to moving and contemplative. Among others, you’ll learn why a former ministry student and internationally-recognized Chiquita Banana’s CEO, jumped out a 44th Floor window on Park Avenue, during the morning rush hour. And, how a stoned international rock icon, Neil Young wowed a New York businessman…And
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EPISODE 12: Papa Cado: The joyous celebration of a life well-lived.

For whatever reason, God took a humble, ordinary man named Arthur Mercado, known as “Papa Cado” to friends and family, on a breathtaking roller-coaster ride through life. His life was filled with little challenges that would drive most to bouts of depression: 51 heart procedures, a five-bypass, 2 outer-body experiences, 36 cancer radiation treatments, and stage four Parkinson’s, among others. But Arthur’s stood fast with belief that…
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EPISODE 13: Project Zebra: Roosevelt And Stalin’s Top-secret Mission To Train 300 Soviet Airman In America.

This little-known daring military mission and surprisingly human event was declassified by the U.S. State Department, 60 years after the fact. Zebra was, and still is, was the only time in history, America would build 185 huge, state-of-the-art warplanes exclusively for Soviet use. And, despite language barriers and cultural differences, a select group of US Naval officers taught 300 elite Soviet airmen to fly these planes in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, where…
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EPISODE 14: Only in New York Vol 3: Short stories that codify the implausible contradictions of everyday life in the Big Apple.

Watch self-declared, worldly wise New Yorkers, beaten at their own game. Read about former world heavyweight boxing champion, Floyd Patterson, falling victim to a salacious rumor created by a cub reporter anxious to get an interview… Watch a high-powered New York executive lose his shirt negotiating on a street corner with a street-savvy Arabic vendor….plus other stories like like “The Tea Lady Must Go” and “Ken’s Turkish Kilims”…
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EPISODE 15: The King of Violins: The Extraordinary Life of China’s greatest violin virtuoso.

Ma Sicong composed his first concerto at the age of 12. During his career, this gentle, dignified, patriotic man composed 57 symphonies and performed in front of hundreds of sold-out audiences across the globe. But, not long after World War 2, Chairman Mao Zedong’s brutal Cultural Revolution distorted the truth of Ma’s music, calling it a “a vile product of bourgeois excess.“ Ma was publicly humiliated by the Red Guards. After Chairman Mao Zedong died in 1976, the real events of Ma’s poignant, bittersweet life were buried in the pages of history by an image-sensitive Chinese government. Nevertheless…
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EPISODE 16: He Said. She Said: How Does The Court Decide Between Two Dramatically-Different Versions Of The Truth?

A CEO in midlife crisis flirts with a young female employee which leads to a litany of lies, deceptions, romantic dinners, and gifts willingly accepted by both. Under personal pressure, the female employee files a very public claim of sexual abuse. The CEO counters with his version of the truth. The courts are left to determine that truth, while friends and family of both parties struggle to deal with the collateral damage.…
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EPISODE 17: This Little Piggy: Unspoken Part of Wall Street that Lurks in the Shadows.

A senior corporate executive in a 25-year storybook marriage is enticed to take a trip through the dark side of Wall Street to become an instant billionaire. His teachers and partners are a collection of slick-talking, morally-corrupt group of dealmakers, known on Wall Street as “the lunatic fringe. In the end, This Little Piggy raises the age-old questions, “when is enough, enough?” and…
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EPISODE 18: What a Wonderful World: A Book of Visual poetry

A 167 collection of full page, four-color photographs from 57 countries on Planet Earth, calorized by the colors of the rainbow. Each picture also contains a subtle social commentary for the reader to ponder. Some of the 167 people and places you visit include: a busy popup vendor in Shenzen, China; a member of the nouveau riche languishing on a beach of South Hampton, New York; and mingle with residents of Kissame Sheep Farm in Kenmare, Ireland…
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EPISODE 19: Wit and Wisdom for the Heart and Soul

Sometimes life is so difficult you want to scream! Arthur Mercado survived an astounding 51 heart procedures, stage four Parkinson’s, 36 cancer treatments, a five bypass, and a few outer-body experiences. Along the way, he created a pocket-sized book filled with common sense for God’s little challenges all told in…
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EPISODE 20: 7 Days in Russia: One Photojournalist’s eye-opening travelogue.

As a skeptical native-born New Yorker, I decided to take my photojournalistic skills on an unescorted seven-day trip to Moscow and St. Petersburg, arguably the historical and cultural heart and soul of Russia. In 150 four-color photographs and the words of everyday citizens, you hear about homes dreams and wishes of the locals I met and ate and shared a bed with. You touch, and feel the every day Russians beyond media stereotypes. My journey will also….
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