🫢 #98 - The Bullet Changed Everything. | Kevin Donaldson

Julian Dorey Podcast

Julian Dorey

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4.6 • 649 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2022

⏱️ 188 minutes

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(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Kevin Donaldson is a former police officer and podcaster. In 2013, he nearly lost his life in the line of duty when a bullet grazed his head. Kevin currently Co-Hosts a Podcast with John Gotti’s former hitman, John Alite –– as well as his own podcast geared towards those suffering with Post-traumatic stress. The Mob, The Mafia, And The Man Podcast (John Alite & Kevin Donaldson): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/john-alite-the-mob-the-mafia-and-the-man/id1608464955 ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Intro; An executive murder; The Scarfo Daysw in Philly were wild; Cops & Criminals; John Alite story; the Iceman 25:08 - How Kevin became a cop; Stopping a tragedy; George Floyd - Derek Chauvin; Debating the state of police; the problem of “being what you do” 59:35 - Kevin tells the story of the day he almost died in the line of duty 1:21:22 - The aftermath of the shooting and the downward spiral that happened; Kevin recalls not wanting to be here anymore 1:47:28 - Kevin talks about the drinking that consumed his life after the shooting; Kevin’s retirement from the force 2:05:17 - Figuring out what to do with life after being a cop; “Dented”; kevin talks about his partnership with John Alite and tells stories about John; Kevin’s buddy Mike Dowd (of 75th Precinct infamy in NYC) 2:29:04 - Cannabis and Psychedelics; Kevin’s cousin who had to clean up the USS Cole Aftermath; Kevin tells autopsy stories; The importance of humor in darkness 2:41:48 - Political extremes and state of discourse; Julian gives his 2010s political theory; Everybody turns a blind eye to something; Helping yourself in order to be able to be capable to help others ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q ~ Get $150 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover (USING CODE: “TRENDIFIER”): https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier PRIVADO VPN FOR $4.99/Month: https://privadovpn.com/trendifier/#a_aid=Julian Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey ~ Beat provided by: https://freebeats.io Music Produced by White Hot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I get on my knees. I put the gun in my mouth. I feel I could tell you what the ridges of that
0:09.0	trigger felt like on my finger. It's a double action gun so I put my thumb on the hammer and I cock it back once and I can feel there's little notches on the on the hammer.
0:20.0	Now once with a double action gun when you cocked that hammer back, it's hair trigger.
0:24.6	It's right, a sneeze, you're going.
0:27.1	I put the gun in my mouth.
0:28.3	I can taste the gum powder.
0:29.3	That's because I recently qualified.
0:31.3	I can feel the metal on my tongue and I just start replaying everything, replaying everything.
0:36.9	You know, the whole incident.
0:38.8	I say goodbye to my kids.
0:40.6	I mentioned my grandfather.
0:43.6	My grandfather was most important man in my life,
0:45.6	and I apologize to him for not being the man that I should be for him.
0:52.8	And I'm just ready to go. I'm ready to die.
0:55.0	How long is it in there?
0:57.0	Probably a good five minutes.
1:02.0	What's cooking, everybody? I am joined in the bunker today by Mr. Kevin Donaldson. You'll hear all about what he does and what he did. But if you heard that front snippet of the episode, you can tell this one got very, very intense. About 55 minutes in, we started getting to his story and what happened to him. And you will hear all about that.
1:29.9	But I very, very much appreciated not only his openness in this episode, but having some nice humor in there as well.
1:36.7	It was just a really, really good conversation. And I hope you guys enjoy. If you are on YouTube, please hit that subscribe button, hit that like button on the video. And as always, would love to hear from you in the comment section. If you are on youtube please hit that subscribe button hit that like button on the video
1:44.2	and as always would love to hear from you in the comment section if you are on apple and spotify
1:48.4	thank you for checking out the show over there if you haven't already be sure to follow on either
1:51.8	one of those platforms leave a five-star review and look forward to seeing you guys again for future
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