#2343 - Joe Pistone

The Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan

Comedy

4.6 • 228.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 141 minutes

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Joseph D. Pistone is a retired FBI agent who, under the cover identity Donnie Brasco, infiltrated the Bonanno and Colombo crime families, leading to the conviction of over 100 mafia members. Today, he is a law enforcement consultant specializing in organized crime. Go to https://ExpressVPN.com/ROGAN to get 4 months free! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Joe Rogan podcast checking out.
0:04.0	The Joe Rogan Experience.
0:06.1	Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night all day.
0:12.6	Nice to meet you.
0:15.1	My pleasure.
0:16.0	You always wear sunglasses.
0:17.1	Is that to hide your identity still?
0:19.3	Yeah.
0:20.2	Actually, it's, I i have to see number one
0:23.4	but where i where i reside now uh my neighbors that have no idea that they're living next to
0:31.0	donnie barasco so well you have a very distinct voice yeah i know i don't want to ask where you live, but, you know, what a wild life you've had, sir.
0:42.4	Well, pretty much. Yeah. Never expected to go like that, but it took off. So when you first started
0:53.5	working, it was with the FBI, correct?
0:55.8	Well, I was with Naval Intelligence for three years.
0:59.7	And then I always wanted to be in law enforcement.
1:05.1	And I was working in Philadelphia, actually.
1:08.4	And you do a lot of work with the FBI because you know on the
1:12.2	government installations government basis so I became friendly with some FBI agents
1:19.0	and I figured if I you know when I get up when I finish this tour with NIS I'm'm going to go into law enforcement, so I might as well
1:30.5	tried for the best and the best, you know, the FBI. And so how does that lead to you
1:37.7	infiltrating the mob? Well, you know, I didn't, I didn't infiltrate the mob right from the get-go, you know.
1:47.2	Look, I grew up in, in Patterson, New Jersey.
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