The President Street Boys - MBM Podcast Ep. 31

<p>Today on the podcast we're breaking down the 2016 book "The President Street Boys: Growing Up Mafia" by Frank DiMatteo. "The President Street Boys" chronicles the events surrounding DiMatteo's neighborhood of Red Hook Brooklyn in the 60’s, and the gangsters who controlled the area at that time, Crazy Joe Gallo and his brothers. DiMatteo tells the story of Joe Gallo and his fight against the boss's of the New York Mafia from the point of view of a young kid looking up to the larger than life characters who ran the President street neighborhood. Frank DiMatteo shows just how hypocritical the Mafia really was, and that any depiction of them being "gentlemen gangsters" couldn't be further from the truth.</p> <p>Welcome to Movies By McManus, a new YouTube channel and Podcast discussing movies, TV, books, comics, and all types of media in the context of who created it and what effect it's trying to have on the world. Short video breakdowns hosted by Greg McManus and accompanying long form podcasts hosted by Greg and his brother Michael McManus will be released every week.</p> <p>Follow us on social media @moviesbymcmanus</p>