The Sound of Pursuit

About The Sound of Pursuit

This is the official podcast of Pursuit Magazine, an online community of private investigators, journalists, and truth-seekers of all stripes. In the podcast, we explore information sources, share tradecraft tips, and discuss ways to integrate new technology with old-school gumshoe know-how. We dig into myths about PI work and hear hard-won lessons from the field. And for the spy-curious outsider, we offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the lives of real spies and PIs. We CAN handle the truth.

Publisher

Hal Humphreys

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Mar 2014

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

58 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Telling Stories That Make Juries (and Readers) Care

   As a criminal defense investigator and the author of five acclaimed literary mysteries, it's Rene Denfeld's job to make juries — and readers — feel invested in the stories she's telling and the humans involved. In this episode, we'll hear about Denfeld's fact and mitigation investigative work, her fiction writing, and the secret to telling stories that make people care. Buy Rene Denfeld's new book: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-talking-bone-rene-denfeld?variant=44413756178466 S...

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   The Ag Scammers Who Stole the Rain

   How do you manufacture a bogus drought? Rainfall is a measurable fact: it rains or it doesn’t. Ten inches fall, or twenty. It’s not open to debate. Or so I thought. Full disclosure: agriculture fraud is a category that was not really on our radar — until we spotted this fantastic headline in Farm Journal: RAIN ROBBERS: How Four Farmers Faked a Drought and Stole Millions in Crop Insurance. The tagline gets even better: “Dust became dollars in one of the wildest agriculture crimes on reco...

3. 

   16 Sept 2026

   The Deserving: What the Lives of the Condemned Reveal About American Justice

   Capital cases are criminal prosecutions where a defendant may face the death penalty. These trials have two phases: In the guilt phase, a jury decides whether a defendant is guilty or innocent. In the penalty phase, the jury hears arguments about aggravating or mitigating factors and decides on a sentence. Elizabeth Vartkessian plays a huge but little-known role on defense teams in capital cases: As a mitigation specialist, it’s her job to spend hundreds of hours visiting with defendant...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

4.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

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Quality

31

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

81

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