<p>Patrick Bet-David sits down with Nick Shirley - who just returned from Cuba after nearly being taken hostage - for a raw, unfiltered conversation about what life under communism really looks like on the ground. </p><p><br></p><p>Nick reveals how Cuban intelligence followed him from the moment he landed, how a two-star general was waiting in the hotel lobby when he tried to flee at 3 a.m., and why the Cuban president himself knew he was there. </p><p><br></p><p>Then: the latest on the Quality Learning Center fraud explosion in Minnesota, Ilhan Omar blocking a subpoena and submitting zero evidence in the $250M COVID fraud probe, the &quot;Stop Nick Shirley Act&quot; being pushed by California lawmakers to make investigative journalism illegal, fraud-riddled daycares and hospices across LA, and what Nick found on the streets of Skid Row - including a 12-year-old living among fentanyl dealers and prostitutes. </p><p><br></p><p>Plus: Candace Owens coming after him, his falling out with Andrew Callahan, the five-year plan he wrote at age 20 in Chile with $0 in his pocket - and how almost every line of it has already come true.</p><p>------</p><p>Ⓜ️ MINNECT WITH NICK SHIRLEY: <a href="https://bit.ly/49gyFlE" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://bit.ly/49gyFlE</a></p><p><br></p><p>👕 VISIT NICK&#39;S STORE: <a href="https://bit.ly/3RreQTq" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://bit.ly/3RreQTq</a></p><p><br></p><p>🦁 THE VAULT 2026: AUG 31ST TO SEPT 1ST: <a href="https://bit.ly/4mZdLhD">⁠https://bit.ly/4mZdLhD⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>Ⓜ️ CONNECT ON MINNECT: ⁠⁠<a href="https://bit.ly/4kSVkso ">⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4kSVkso ⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>Ⓜ️ PBD PODCAST CIRCLES: <a href="https://bit.ly/4mAWQAP">⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4mAWQAP⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>👔 BET-DAVID CONSULTING: <a href="https://bit.ly/4lzQph2 ">⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4lzQph2 ⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>🥃 BOARDROOM CIGAR LOUNGE: <a href="https://bit.ly/4pzLEXj">⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4pzLEXj⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>🇰 KALSHI: ⁠<a href="http://kalshi.com/pbd⁠">⁠⁠⁠http://kalshi.com/pbd⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>💬 TEXT US: Text “PODCAST” to 310-340-1132 to get the latest updates in real-time!</p>