Near-Death Experiences, Secret Missions, and Facing Mortality — Don Winner

Four Fs Podcast: Leadership, Entrepreneurship, & Reinvention | Stories From Founders|Veterans|Execs · Feb 26, 2026 · 2h 29m

Military intelligence officer. Journalist for 48 Hours and Dateline. Don Winner has stared death in the

face more than once.

Don Winner has lived more lives than most people can imagine. Military intelligence officer. Investigative

journalist for 48 Hours and Dateline NBC. Survival school graduate. He's faced death multiple times —

and it changed everything about how he lives.

In this gripping 2.5-hour conversation with Jeff Cluff, Don Winner shares the stories he's never told

publicly: near-death experiences, classified missions, the psychology of survival, and why confronting

your own…