Living a double life: Lou Valoze discusses the duality of undercover life with Jon Bernthal
REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal
Jon Bernthal
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2023
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
Jon sits down with Lou Valoze, a former undercover agent, to explore the thrilling and often morally complex world of undercover work. Lou shares his journey from a directionless young man to a determined DEA agent, driven by the thrill of the game and the desire to take dangerous criminals off the streets. The conversation delves into Lou's experiences infiltrating motorcycle gangs, facing betrayals, and the philosophical questions that arise from his work. Lou also reflects on his post-retirement life, emphasizing the importance of self-care and family. His insights into law enforcement and human nature provide a unique perspective on crime, justice, and personal integrity.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's guest is Lou Belosi. Lou is a dear friend. He's a former undercover agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. |
| 0:07.0 | I think what I most appreciate and admire about Lou is his ability for empathy. |
| 0:13.0 | He talks in great detail about what you have to do to go over and be part of the criminal element in order to pull off the things that he was able to pull off going undercover for years at a time. |
| 0:24.0 | He talks about the enormous toll that that took on his family, but Lou traded on his ability to connect, empathize and get to know people in order to be his cloak that got him into these worlds. |
| 0:36.0 | And I think what he left with is a beautiful and human understanding of how this world works and how the criminal world is not black and white and how there's so much gray area in between. |
| 0:48.0 | I think Lou gets to the heart of what this entire show is about. When you get to really put your foot on both sides of the issues, you see that there's no such thing as good and bad and that we're all just trying the best that we can. |
| 0:58.0 | Hope you all dig the episode. |
| 1:19.0 | Brother, thank you for doing this man. |
| 1:22.0 | Man, my honor brother. |
| 1:23.0 | Oh, my God. |
| 1:24.0 | It's my honor and I met you down in South Carolina at one of Sid's events. |
| 1:33.0 | Sid's events are something, man. |
| 1:36.0 | What do you love about him? |
| 1:38.0 | So he gets this group of guys together, men and women who have these incredible backgrounds and experiences. |
| 1:46.0 | And you never know who you're talking to. |
| 1:48.0 | That's right. |
| 1:49.0 | What their background might be. |
| 1:50.0 | And then you find out and you're like, wow, this girl did that or this guy did that. |
| 1:54.0 | And it's just an amazing collection of people and I love to hear their stories. |
| 1:58.0 | Me too, man. |
| 1:59.0 | And it's crazy because you know, it's like all from, you know, just titans have a law enforcement community and special forces community and like people have been through. |
| 2:07.0 | But one thing is I just find like everybody's so humble. |
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