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Podcast: PRETEND
Episode: The Real Donnie Brasco
Description: Johnny Depp played Donnie Brasco in the Academy Award-nominated film. But the real-life story of Donnie Brasco is even more fascinating. Joe Pistone, an FBI agent, went deep undercover as Brasco and spent six years inside the Bonanno and Columbo crime families.The movie, if you remember, starts with Joe Pistone immediately infiltrating with the mob. In today's episode, we will talk about everything that happened before the movie even begins.What was Donnie Brasco's backstory? Where did he come from, and how did he earn money? The FBI...