Joe Pistone, AKA Donnie Brasco, Was Almost Murdered by the Mafia
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Well, in this episode, Donnie Brasco himself, at least that was his deep cover name, Joe Pistone joins us and talks us all the way through the crazy FBI undercover mafia world. Also, Mayhem's coming in. He's doing the news, and we'll do all that right after this.
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From Corolla One Studios in Glendale, California, this is The Adam Corolla Show. Adam's guest today, famed FBI undercover agent Joe Pistone. Plus the news with Jason Mayhem Miller. And now, on his drive in, he saw a homeless guy roasting his chestnuts over an open fire underneath the 101.
Adam Carolla. Yeah, get it on. Got to get it on. The Treasury's going to mandate you get it on. Joe Pistone in studio. You may know him as Donnie Brasco. You remember that movie. We talk all about the deep cover world. He's got a podcast, Deep Cover, the real Donnie Brasco. Out wherever you find finer podcasts. Good to meet you. My pleasure, Adam. My pleasure. So let's walk all the way through it. You start with the FBI in 69? 69, yes, sir. And the deep cover starts in 76, 75? That was the case known as the Donnie Brasco case. But I started working undercover actually in the late 70s, yeah. How do they figure out who's going undercover and who's not going undercover? Well, back in the day, remember, when I came in, there was no real undercover program in the FBI.
There was maybe 25, 30 of us throughout the country who did short-term stuff, maybe two days, three days. And it was basically street guys, guys that had some street smarts that knew what they were doing. Right. So they wanted guys that looked the part, knew the language, knew the streets literally, and could fit in. Exactly. Right. And you were that guy.
Exactly.
One of those guys. I grew up in Patterson, New Jersey, you know, basically a street kid. Right. And how'd you get to the FBI as a street kid?
Well, you know, I always knew I wanted to be a police officer.
I always knew I wanted to be in law enforcement, even though I grew up in a pretty rough neighborhood. And I couldn't get in. You know, I went to college. Get out of college and to get into the FBI, you needed three years of work experience, which I didn't have coming out of college. Work experience? Law enforcement? Well, either law enforcement or some kind of supervisory position with a firm, which I didn't have. Yeah. I went into naval intelligence. I spent time in naval intelligence almost three years, and then that qualified me to apply to the FBI.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–13:49
2
How did Joe Pistone become an undercover FBI agent?
13:49–28:20
3
What challenges did Joe face while undercover?
28:20–58:36
4
How did Joe's infiltration into the Mafia begin?
58:36–58:42
5
How does Joe Pistone manage his undercover operations?
58:42–59:49
6
What illegal activities did the Mafia focus on?
59:49–1:00:53
7
How do movies like Goodfellas and Donnie Brasco compare in accuracy?
1:00:53–1:03:02
8
What is the current state of the Mafia compared to the past?
1:03:02–1:53:50
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