Donnie's Tapes

Deep Cover: The Real Donnie Brasco

Leo Rossi and Joe Pistone are back with the third season! This season is called “Donnie’s Tapes." All season, Joe and Leo will be going over the actual tapes that Joe carried while undercover for six years with the mafia as Donnie Brasco.

The tapes were recently found by Joe and then remastered by Jam Street Media. In this episode, Joe talks about how he did the actual recordings, the technology then versus today, and how others were not as lucky as him with their undercover recordings over the years.

In this first episode of the season, you will hear a few of the tapes played "before and after" style to appreciate how much better they sound now. Buckle up, 'cause this season it’s all about the tapes on Deep Cover: The Real Donnie Brasco.

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Episode notes and links:

[00:00:00] - Season 3 introduction; I am Leo Rossi[00:01:40] - Leo and Joe Pistone are back!

[00:03:16] - Joe found additional tapes from his Mafia days

[00:04:44] - Old school ways agents secretly recorded conversations

[00:08:40] - Introduction to Jules, Joe’s sounding board

[00:10:20] - Speaks on the validity of two Donnie Brasco movie scenes

[00:11:35] - What you will hear and subscribers will see in the forthcoming season

[00:12:47] - Leo speaks on meeting Joe for the first time 25 years ago with a $500,000 hit on his life

[00:13:55] - What’s coming next? Meet Quinn, the next 2 episodes and a fun game.

[00:15:25] - Before and after #1 -- original tape audio vs remastered audio; "a great clean-up job"

[00:16:30] - Re-introducing Lefty Ruggiero

[00:18:10] - Do mob wives know who is in “the life”?

[00:18:39] - The backstory on Lefty and Joe’s heated conversation; re-introducing Tony Mirra (re-listen to "Donnie Brasco vs. Tony Mirra" from season 1 ) ; Michael Francis Interview with Joe

[00:20:20] - Before and after #2

[00:21:50] - Joe explains “the boat” and how Lefty identified it belonging to the FBI; Abscam

[00:25:42] - Before and after #3

[00:26:30] - Explanation of audio; Lefty at the club questioning Joe on details

[00:28:40] - The difference between Sonny Black and Lefty

[00:29:10] - Joe compares Al Pacino as Lefty compared to real-life Lefty

[00:30:30] - Join The Motion Lounge to go deeper!

[00:31:40] - Season 3 overview

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