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The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show

Life Skills for Success and Fulfillment | Evy Poumpouras

The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

Medicine, Science, Health & Fitness, Life Sciences

4.6911 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Evy Poumpouras is a former Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service, co-host of Bravo TV’s competition series Spy Games, and author of the best-selling book Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, Live Fearlessly. During her time as a United States Secret Service Special Agent, Evy was considered one of the agency’s elite interview and interrogation experts. Evy holds a Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology as well as a Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University. She teaches Criminal Justice and Criminology as an Adjunct Professor at the City University of New York and Leadership and Negotiation at the Athens University of Economics and Business.

 

In this episode we discuss:

  • How to build courage and make tough choices.
  • Why it’s important to serve humanity and leave behind a legacy.
  • How to read people and question them.
  • What real power and strength in difficult situations looks like.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, where I believe a healthy world is based on transparent

0:08.5

conversations.

0:14.3

In today's episode of the Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, I sit down with my friend Evie Pomporous.

0:20.4

Evie is a former special agent with the U.S.

0:23.1

Secret Service. She is the co-host of Bravo TV's competent author of an amazing book called

0:29.2

Becoming Bulletproof. During her time as a United States Secret Service Special Agent,

0:35.4

Evie was considered one of the agency's elite interview and interrogation experts.

0:40.2

Having been trained by the U.S. Department of Defense, Evie traveled the world conducting polygraph

0:45.6

examinations on some of the most hardened criminals. And what's so amazing in this interview,

0:51.8

when I sit with her, she is just beautiful, articulate,

0:55.6

and I can't even imagine her sitting down and interviewing these hardened criminals.

1:00.1

And after being selected to be on the protective detail of U.S. President Barack Obama,

1:07.0

Evie's time in the White House further honed her craft as a top-tier communication strategist.

1:12.4

Evie is one of the best in the world.

1:14.9

Her mission focused on keeping the most power.

1:17.5

Evie's understanding of human behavior strengthened her ability to negotiate with high-level foreign officials, military leaders, and political appointees.

1:26.3

Evie holds a master's of arts and forensic psychology,

1:29.0

as well as a master's of science and journalism from Columbia University. She teaches criminal

1:34.5

justice and criminology as an adjunct professor at the City University of New York and

1:39.2

leadership and negotiation at the Athens University of Economics and Business. In this episode, I have the great

1:46.1

privilege to sit down with her, and we talk about how to exist in extreme environments,

1:51.2

how to read people and understand the interrogation process. Finally, ways to build courage

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