The Real Donnie Brasco
Things Police See: Firsthand Accounts
Steven D Gould
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Steve interviews legendary FBI agent Joseph Pistone. Joe went deep undercover for 6 years infiltrating the New York Mafia resulting in hundreds of arrests. Joe made history with the FBI and was later portrayed by Johnny Depp in the movie Donnie Brasco. Steve and Joe are joined by Joe's podcast co-host Leo Rossi. Leo has been a successful Hollywood actor for many years accruing over 100 film credits. Their podcast dives deep into Joe's unreal experience being undercover for such a long period of time.
Deep Cover: The Real Donnie Brasco
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome to the podcast that interviews active and retired police officers about their |
| 0:15.6 | most intense bizarre and sometimes humorous moments on the job, I'm Steve Gould. |
| 0:20.8 | Thank you for joining us. |
| 0:21.8 | This was a really fun episode. |
| 0:24.6 | It's a little bit different than the other interviews. |
| 0:27.5 | I got the opportunity to interview retired FBI agent Joe Pistone who is of course the real |
| 0:34.4 | Donnie Brasco, the movie Donnie Brasco is based on his under cover six year undercover stint |
| 0:40.4 | with the New York Mafia. |
| 0:42.2 | He was played by Johnny Depp in that movie. |
| 0:44.6 | It's a fantastic movie and the story is totally insane just as insane as the as it's portrayed |
| 0:52.1 | in the movie. |
| 0:53.1 | When I got the opportunity to interview Joe, I was of course super excited about it couldn't |
| 0:58.8 | wait to get to it and also on the interview, it's his friend and co-host of their podcast |
| 1:05.8 | Leo Rossi. |
| 1:06.8 | Leo's been a Hollywood actor for many many years, been in hundreds of movies and he's just |
| 1:13.3 | a great guy. |
| 1:14.3 | They have a podcast together where Leo kind of interviews Joe and just kind of extrapolates |
| 1:21.0 | out all the craziness that happened in those six years that you just couldn't fit into |
| 1:27.0 | it to our movie. |
| 1:28.2 | I've been listening to their podcast and it's really fun. |
| 1:31.3 | You should check it out. |
| 1:32.3 | I'll put a link to it in the show notes. |
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