Evert 'Eddie' Smallegange's life story is a tale of highs and lows, starting with a tough childhood in the Netherlands that led him into Amsterdam's drug trade.
Degeneracy and drugs tear societies apart—addiction fuels crime while broken families breed chaos.
— Theodore Dalrymple, physician
My conversation with Eddie is based on his book, Fast Women Slow Horses, which is a metaphor for the destructive allure of reckless pleasures and poor choices that lead to ruin.

He openly shares how addiction shaped his life, the thrill and chaos of his choices, and the heavy price he paid, including time behind bars in multiple countries. For example, he was jailed for 10 months in Jersey for smuggling 1kg of cannabis resin (199 pellets, street value £20,000–£30,000) by swallowing them.
'I made a shitload of money and spent it.'
Obviously, Eddie also discussed the dark world of international drug trafficking and its risks, yet admitted it was worth it—a brutally honest confession I loved. 🤣
HIV/AIDS
The chapter that interested me most was about his HIV-positive diagnosis and why he (rightly) calls it pharmaceutical nonsense.
'You're bombarding your body with poison.'

Before you knee-jerk—as most do when HIV/AIDS is questioned—consider what PCR inventor and Nobel laureate Kary Mullis, who studied it for over a decade, said in a superb interview.
Also consider The Perth Group’s extensive research, founded in 1981 in Perth, by biophysicist Eleni Papadopulos-Eleopulos. Their website is flagged by some search engines as ‘unsafe’ (likely because they’re over the target).
I highly recommend the 2009 documentary House of Numbers, which exposes how pharmaceutical and political interests inflate ‘HIV-positive’ cases using PCR to push a fake disease, fake data, and toxic, profitable AIDS drugs. Kary Mullis spoke out against using PCR for HIV testing—as it amplifies non-specific genetic material—and was ignored. However, former South African president Thabo Mbeki didn't ignore him, but was removed as president after challenging the HIV/AIDS narrative. Jacob Zuma, who took over from Mbeki, took pharmaceutical backhanders and launched South Africa’s largest ever AIDS drug rollout.
Listen to my inspiring interview with a South African diagnosed HIV-positive over 20 years ago, given four years to live. He’s now happily married, has a family, stays healthy, and (rightly) avoids AIDS drugs.

Imagine being healthy and being told you have fewer than four years to live.
And then you go on to live a normal life.
Think about what that does to your trust in doctors and the medical system.
Science is broken—p-hacking and cherry-picked data churn out papers that crumble under scrutiny.
— John Ioannidis, professor of medicine
Yet the newfound distrust in the medical system can—and does—lead to healthier lives, as my guests have found.
Score! 🏆

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🎙️ Podcast episode
Eddie reflected on his role in organised crime, his fight against HIV myths, and the vital lessons learned, urging us to challenge common beliefs and rethink life’s choices.