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.
The Sound of Pursuit
Latest Episodes
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
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 abo...
Finding Heirs, Shaping Laws, and Mentoring the Next Generation of PIs
Somewhere out there is an heir who has no idea they're about to inherit something. Or a family that's been looking for a lost relative for decades. Finding them takes a lot more than a Google search. It's deep detective work into family trees a...
Reading the Room: Jury Research
Twelve strangers walk into a courtroom. By the end of the trial, they decide whether someone walks free or loses everything. The lawyers spend months building a case. But who's been studying the twelve people who decide the verdict?That’...
In "Night in West Texas," an Attorney Fights to Exonerate Her Client
How did a 40-year-old wrongful conviction go from a lost cause to a feature documentary watched by millions?This is the story of a closeted priest brutally murdered in Odessa, Texas and a young Apache man found guilty of a crime he did n...