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The Outfit

The Outfit

By: Headgum
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Welcome to The Outfit — where each week, a fascinating (and often hilarious) Mafia story reveals something deeper about the way our society works. Hosted by Alana Hope Levinson and Dan O'Sullivan.

From Higher Ground and Headgum

© Higher Ground
Social Sciences True Crime World
Episodes
  • Al Capone All-American: Downfall and the Feds
    Mar 5 2026

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    Parting is such sweet sorrow, and never more-so than in the season one finale of The Outfit. In the final episode of “Al Capone: All-American,” Al Capone, at the height of his powers, finds himself trapped in a gilded cage — hunted by gangland enemies, the IRS, the President, and a little-known fed named Eliot Ness. And just as we can learn from history on how to launch a podcast on Patreon, Capone's successors learned how best to hang on to the power he lost—a dark lesson still adhered to by the gangsters in power today.

    To keep up with Alana, follow her on Instagram: @alanalevinson

    Sources

    Historian Mario Gomes's excellent website, My Al Capone Museum (https://www.myalcaponemuseum.com/)

    Milwaukee PBS Presents "Al Capone: Prohibition and Wisconsin"

    "The O’Hares: A Story Of Redemption Between Father And Son Easy Eddie And Butch O’Hare," Aimee Lamoureux, All That's Interesting

    Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster by Jonathan Eig

    Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero by Douglas Perry

    Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness and the Battle for Chicago by Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz

    Capone: The Man and the Era by Laurence Bergreen

    Mr. Capone: The Real - and Complete - Story of Al Capone, by Robert J. Schoenberg

    Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone by John Kobler

    Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend by Deirdre Bair

    The Wicked City: Chicago From Kenna to Capone by Curt Johnson with R. Craig Sautter

    Al Capone’s Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago During Prohibition by John Binder

    Gangland Chicago: Criminality and Lawlessness in the Windy City by Richard C. Lindberg

    Prohibition Gangsters: The Rise and Fall of a Bad Generation by Marc Mappen

    The Outfit: The Role of Chicago's Underworld in the Shaping of Modern America by Gus Russo

    Newspapers and magazines: The Chicago Tribune, The Daily Worker, Time Magazine, New York Daily News, Chicago Magazine, The New York Times.

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    The Outfit is a production of Higher Ground and Headgum.

    Hosted by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson

    Executive Produced by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson

    Produced by Julia Murray

    Production Assistance by CJ Archerd and Franchesca Diaz

    Sound Design and Engineering by Ryan Kozlowski and Andrew Eapen

    Show theme is Bittersweet Defeat by OTE


    Like the show? Rate The Outfit on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and leave a review.

    Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok.

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Al Capone All-American: Jake Lingle and the Media
    Feb 26 2026

    When a popular crime reporter for the Chicago Tribune is executed in broad daylight, all eyes turn to Capone. In the penultimate episode of "Al Capone All American," the heat is on, and Dan and Alana find not all is what it appears as the tides change on the public’s perception of our infamous mobster.


    Sources

    Historian Mario Gomes's excellent website, My Al Capone Museum (https://www.myalcaponemuseum.com/)

    The great Chicago history site Chicagology (https://chicagology.com/)

    Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness and the Battle for Chicago by Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz

    All Things Considered by Howard Vincent O'Brien

    Capone: The Man and the Era by Laurence Bergreen

    Mr. Capone: The Real - and Complete - Story of Al Capone, by Robert J. Schoenberg

    Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone by John Kobler

    Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend by Deirdre Bair

    The Wicked City: Chicago From Kenna to Capone by Curt Johnson with R. Craig Sautter

    Al Capone’s Beer Wars: A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago During Prohibition by John Binder

    Gangland Chicago: Criminality and Lawlessness in the Windy City by Richard C. Lindberg

    Prohibition Gangsters: The Rise and Fall of a Bad Generation by Marc Mappen

    The Outfit: The Role of Chicago's Underworld in the Shaping of Modern America by Gus Russo

    Newspapers and magazines: The Chicago Tribune, The Daily Worker, Time Magazine, New York Daily News, Chicago Magazine.

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    The Outfit is a production of Higher Ground and Headgum.

    Hosted by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson

    Executive Produced by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson

    Produced by Julia Murray

    Production Assistance by Franchesca Diaz and CJ Archerd

    Sound Design and Engineering by Ryan Kozlowski and Andrew Eapen

    Show theme is Bittersweet Defeat by OTE


    Like the show? Rate The Outfit on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and leave a review.

    Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok.

    Advertise on The Outfit via Gumball.fm

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    57 mins
  • Casino with Demi Adejuyigbe
    Feb 19 2026

    This week, Dan and Alana are joined by Demi Adejuyigbe — writer, comedian, and internet personality — to talk Martin Scorsese’s Casino. From lavish costumes to Oscar snubs, the crew breaks down this classic 1995 film to see how it measures up against the mob movie hall of fame.


    Check out Demi's stand-up special on Dropout


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    The Outfit is a production of Higher Ground and Headgum.

    Hosted by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson

    Executive Produced by Dan O’Sullivan and Alana Hope Levinson

    Produced by Julia Murray

    Production Assistance by CJ Archerd and Franchesca Diaz

    Sound Design and Engineering by Ryan Kozlowski and Andrew Eapen

    Show theme is Bittersweet Defeat by OTE


    Like the show? Rate The Outfit on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and leave a review.

    Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok.

    Advertise on The Outfit via Gumball.fm

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
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