From Mob Ties to Movie Icons with Miles Stephenson
The Hollywood Godfather Podcast
GRI Entertainment
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
On the Hollywood Godfather podcast, hosts Gianni and Jeanie welcome back filmmaker Miles Stephenson, who discusses his documentary The Real Godfather about Joe Colombo and how the making of The Godfather intersected with New York’s mafia. Gianni shares stories from his youth, including receiving a radio from Carlo Gambino while quarantined at Bellevue, killing a pedophile that led to his release, and being protected and supported by Frank Costello, who later gifted him a million dollars and left him an apartment. Miles describes his family’s emphasis on education, his mentorship experiences interviewing Jon Voight for a Robert Duvall documentary, and promotes his Instagram. He announces a novel in progress about the Romanian mafia’s origins under communist Romania, outlines his research approach, and the hosts caution him about safety and offer help and contacts.
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| 0:00.0 | Gianni's got the stories from the coast to countryside |
| 0:08.0 | Genie's got the questions sharp as a natural sway |
| 0:15.0 | Every Wednesday night we take you all away. |
| 0:23.6 | From the back streets of Tinsel Town to the Tritorious Globe, |
| 0:29.6 | Old Hollywood meets mafia tales, and you're about to know It's the Hollywood Godfather |
| 0:40.3 | Where the big band plays and the stories don't stop |
| 0:44.3 | With Gianni and Jeannie and Jeannie everywhere, they're taking you to the top |
| 0:49.3 | Keep it smooth and keep it classy. |
| 0:55.3 | Feel that swing nonstop on the Hollywood Godfather the beach. |
| 1:02.4 | Welcome everybody. |
| 1:04.2 | It's another Hollywood Garden Father podcast. |
| 1:07.2 | Thank God. |
| 1:08.3 | Let's introduce the lady first, Jeannie Raymond. |
| 1:12.5 | Hello, everyone. As I promise you, he's back for another show. |
| 1:19.3 | Miles Stephenson, thank you for giving us all this time and all your knowledge. I love listening to you. Again, egotistically, |
| 1:30.7 | and maybe I should be not even saying this, you remind me of me because you're really a good-looking |
| 1:36.3 | kid. I'm not. But you got a lot of going on, and I'm so happy to share it. And you're more |
| 1:43.1 | than generous to the young people and anybody out there. |
| 1:47.8 | You want to learn about our business. |
| 1:49.4 | They should listen to you and what you're doing. |
| 1:52.2 | Thank you, Johnny. |
| 1:53.1 | You don't give yourself enough credit. |
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