Conflict and Loyalty in the Mafia: A Deadly Turn

Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (@gravanothebull) is the host of the Our Thing podcast, former second-in-command of the Gambino organized-crime family who played a major role in prosecuting "Teflon Don" John Gotti, and subject of Peter Maas' Underboss: Sammy "The Bull" Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Be on the lookout for the conclusion later this week!]

• How does someone growing up in a relatively "normal" family get involved in a life of crime?
• What compels someone entrenched in the comforts of the gangster lifestyle to reject it?
• How has the code by which the mafia lives changed over time?
• What kinds of people do you meet when you spend half a decade behind bars?
• How true does on-screen gangster life ring to reality?
• And much more...

Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/587

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