A Job with Less Stress with Eric Robinson

A Job with Less Stress with Eric RobinsonEric Robinson spent 12 years in Christian ministry — youth pastor, associate pastor, church planter — before telling his wife he needed a job with less stress. So he joined the FBI. For 24 years, Eric worked drug cartels in Chicago, SWAT operations across the Midwest, crimes against children, white collar fraud, counter-terrorism, and everything in between. He's now retired and releasing a book called Irreverend.In this conversation, Eric talks about what it's like to bust down a door as an FBI breacher ("the most important and least valuable person on the SWAT team"), how pastoral skills translated to getting confessions out of criminals, a surreptitious search warrant where his team stole a million dollars of cocaine from a drug supplier's apartment, a white collar case involving a bond supposedly worth a quadrillion dollars, preventing mass shootings, the reality of working crimes against children, and a story so disturbing that even seasoned agents couldn't top it.He also weighs in on the Nancy Guthrie case, explains how people actually end up on the FBI's radar, and reveals what retirement looks like — obviously, it involves the Milwaukee Brewers and a career in senior modeling.Fair warning: there's one story in this episode that earns its content advisory. You'll know it when you hear it.Follow Eric on Instagram: @_eric_robinson Follow the show: @atleastitsagoodpodcast