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Deep Cover Presents: Snowball
Deep Cover Live in Boston on December 19
If you've ever wondered what goes into making an episode of Deep Cover, now's your chance. Join Jake Halpern and Jess McHugh for a live bonus taping of Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah at WBUR's Boston CitySpace on December 19. Listen to never-before-heard recordings from interviews, go behind-the-scenes on Jake and Jess' reporting and storytelling process. Find more details and tickets here: https://www.wbur.org/events/1046207/deep-cover-the-truth-about-sarah-liveSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-10-23
00 min
Scam Goddess
The Night the Art Ghosted Boston’s Gardner Museum w/ Jake Halpern and Jess McHugh
This week, Laci welcomes Jake Halpern and Jess McHugh (Deep Cover Podcast) to discuss Boston's 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist. Several works of art worth half a billion dollars were stolen, making it the biggest property crime in U.S. history, and it’s still unsolved, with the art still missing. There’s a $10 million reward on the table for any information leading directly to its safe return. Plus, Laci, Jake and Jess dig into Sarah Cavanaugh, who was convicted of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, forgery, and fraudulent use of military medals, after pretending to be a wounde...
2025-07-08
1h 03
Ologies with Alie Ward
Aquaculture Ecology (SUSTAINABLE OCEAN FOODS) with Ben Halpern
Farmed versus wild. Basement shrimp hustles. Mangrove drama. Anthropology. Animal welfare and plant-based diets. Climb aboard to meet UCSB’s super cool dude, researcher and Aquaculture Ecologist, Dr. Ben Halpern. You’ll hear about sustainable food sources, land vs. sea farming, bycatch, shellfish guilt, salmon who wear makeup, global marine populations, ditching iceberg for seaweed, and a gentle nudge toward vegetables. Progress over perfection; every little step counts.Visit the Halpern Lab and browse Dr. Halpern’s publications on ResearchGateA donation went to the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)More e...
2025-06-18
1h 25
Nobody Should Believe Me
Introducing: Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah
Deep Cover is a true crime podcast about people who lead double lives, from our friends at Pushkin Industries. The new season, The Truth About Sarah, reveals a story of stolen valor and misplaced heroism. Sarah Cavanaugh was many things to the people who knew her: a decorated veteran, a Marine who saved her comrades, a young woman fighting cancer. Sarah was everything people wanted her to be—until she wasn’t. Turns out, no one knew the real Sarah. In Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jake Halpern and acclaimed investigative journalist Jess McHugh unravel an e...
2025-06-17
46 min
Nobody Should Believe Me
Introducing: Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah
Deep Cover is a true crime podcast about people who lead double lives, from our friends at Pushkin Industries. The new season, The Truth About Sarah, reveals a story of stolen valor and misplaced heroism. Sarah Cavanaugh was many things to the people who knew her: a decorated veteran, a Marine who saved her comrades, a young woman fighting cancer. Sarah was everything people wanted her to be—until she wasn’t. Turns out, no one knew the real Sarah. In Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jake Halpern and acclaimed investigative journalist Jess McHugh unravel an e...
2025-06-17
46 min
Spotlight: Snitch City
Introducing Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah
If you enjoyed Spotlight: Snitch City, you might be interested in the new season of Deep Cover from Pushkin Industries. Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah is a podcast about people who lead double lives, reveals a story of stolen valor and misplaced heroism. Sarah Cavanaugh was many things: a decorated veteran, a Marine who saved her comrades, a young woman fighting cancer. Sarah was everything people wanted her to be – until she wasn’t. Turns out, no one knew the real Sarah. Not her comrades. Not her wife. No one. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jake Halpern and acclaimed investigative jour...
2025-05-23
44 min
Criminology
Listen Now — Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah
Deep Cover is a true crime podcast about people who lead double lives, from our friends at Pushkin Industries. The new season, The Truth About Sarah, reveals a story of stolen valor and misplaced heroism. Sarah Cavanaugh was many things to the people who knew her: a decorated veteran, a Marine who saved her comrades, a young woman fighting cancer. Sarah was everything people wanted her to be—until she wasn't. Turns out, no one knew the real Sarah. In Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jake Halpern and acclaimed investigative journalist Jess McHugh un...
2025-05-20
41 min
Lost Hills: Dark Canyon
Listen Now — Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah
The new season of Deep Cover, a podcast about people who lead double lives, reveals a story of stolen valor and misplaced heroism. Sarah Cavanaugh was many things to the people who knew her: a decorated veteran, a Marine who saved her comrades, a young woman fighting cancer. Sarah was everything people wanted her to be—until she wasn’t. Turns out, no one knew the real Sarah. Not her comrades. Not her wife. No one. In Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jake Halpern and acclaimed investigative journalist Jess McHugh unravel an epic six-year deception that...
2025-05-19
41 min
Where's Dia?
Listen Now — Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah
The new season of Deep Cover, a podcast about people who lead double lives, reveals a story of stolen valor and misplaced heroism. Sarah Cavanaugh was many things to the people who knew her: a decorated veteran, a Marine who saved her comrades, a young woman fighting cancer. Sarah was everything people wanted her to be—until she wasn’t. Turns out, no one knew the real Sarah. Not her comrades. Not her wife. No one. In Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jake Halpern and acclaimed investigative journalist Jess McHugh unravel an epic six-year deception that...
2025-05-19
41 min
Hot Money: Agent of Chaos
Listen Now — Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah
The new season of Deep Cover, a podcast about people who lead double lives, reveals a story of stolen valor and misplaced heroism. Sarah Cavanaugh was many things to the people who knew her: a decorated veteran, a Marine who saved her comrades, a young woman fighting cancer. Sarah was everything people wanted her to be—until she wasn’t. Turns out, no one knew the real Sarah. Not her comrades. Not her wife. No one. In Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jake Halpern and acclaimed investigative journalist Jess McHugh unravel an epic six-year deception that...
2025-05-12
41 min
Medal of Honor: Stories of Courage
Listen Now — Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah
The new season of Deep Cover, a podcast about people who lead double lives, reveals a story of stolen valor and misplaced heroism. Sarah Cavanaugh was many things to the people who knew her: a decorated veteran, a Marine who saved her comrades, a young woman fighting cancer. Sarah was everything people wanted her to be—until she wasn’t. Turns out, no one knew the real Sarah. Not her comrades. Not her wife. No one. In Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jake Halpern and acclaimed investigative journalist Jess McHugh unravel an epic six-year deception that...
2025-05-12
41 min
The Jake Feinberg Show
The Dallas Smith Interview
Cosmic musician talks about the transformative musical experience he had at the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music and how that propelled him into creating a plethora of new age music with Steve Halpern and his comrades in Mill Valley.
2025-01-31
58 min
The Explanation
The Media Show: Jake Paul v Mike Tyson
Friday’s Netflix boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson was more than a fight; it was a media moment. Evan Shapiro, media commentator, sees it as evidence of influencer dominance over traditional media. Oliver Brown, Chief Sports Writer of The Daily Telegraph, discusses whether such events mark a shift from genuine sport to spectacle. Crosswords and puzzles are becoming an integral part of newspaper business strategies. Zoe Bell, Executive Producer of Games at The New York Times, explains how games like Wordle and Spelling Bee are driving engagement and subscriptions. Crossword setter John Halpern shares his journey in...
2024-11-21
22 min
Deep Cover Presents: Snowball
Episode 4: The Donor
Amy Gaines McQuade sits down with GOP donor and former Santos supporter Cathy Soref. Then Amy and Jake Halpern discuss some of the most serious charges that George Santos faced, and pled guilty to in federal court. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-08-28
36 min
Deep Cover Presents: Snowball
Episode 1: The Campaign
George Santos runs for Congress and wins. Then the stories he told on the campaign trail start to fall apart. Semafor’s Kadia Goba wants to figure out where his money is coming from. Saurav Ghosh, of the Campaign Legal Center, finds the Santos filings suspicious. As Santos’ criminal trial approaches, Producer Amy Gaines McQuade walks Jake Halpern through the moment when the cracks began to show. Note: George Santos is now expected to plead guilty, as first reported by Talking Points Memo. This is a developing story. We will update listeners as more information become...
2024-08-19
35 min
Deep Cover Presents: Snowball
Unpacking the Verdict
Jake Halpern speaks with Jerri Williams, former FBI agent and host of the podcast, FBI Retired Case File Review about the case at the center of our series, The Nameless Man. Then, Beth Wilson Devlin, a founding partner at Edge Litigation Consulting, joins the show to analyze the verdict and discuss what prosecutors and defense attorneys look for when choosing a jury. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-07-29
35 min
Deep Cover Presents: Snowball
Behind the Scenes of The Nameless Man
Jake Halpern speaks with James Forman Jr., story consultant on Deep Cover’s fourth season, The Nameless Man. James Forman Jr. is the J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School, and the author of Locking Up Our Own. We recommend listening to this episode after you’ve heard the whole series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-07-01
37 min
1-800-BJJ-HELP
#83 Matt Halpern: Drummer with Periphery, Jiu Jitsu While Traveling, Mental Health, and More
In this episode, we talk to Matt Halpern! He's the drummer in Periphery, co-founder of getgooddrums.com, avid jiu jitsu practioner, and all around awesome dude. We talk about the logistics of training jiu jitsu while on the road, how Matt keeps himself safe while rolling so he doesn't put himself at risk as a drummer, mental health, and a whole lot more. Hope you enjoy his unique journey and story! Download Sherpa, the free AI-powered journaling app for athletes. Join the convo with Josh on Discord here. Use the code "BJJHELP" for 50...
2024-05-19
56 min
Revisionist History
The Rumor from Deep Cover: The Nameless Man
Here’s an episode from another Pushkin Industries podcast that you may enjoy. Introducing Deep Cover: The Nameless Man. This season, host Jake Halpern tells the epic tale of two federal agents who investigate a rumor about a murder that supposedly took place 15 years prior. It is also the story of a family searching for answers about why their brother was killed. These two storylines collide in a courtroom in Philadelphia, where murder, memory, and morality go on trial. Listen to Deep Cover wherever you find your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...
2024-04-29
40 min
The Dissenter
#909 Paul Halpern: The Allure of the Multiverse
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2024-03-07
1h 30
The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
Myth-Busting Book Publishing with Agent Lucinda Halpern: Redux
NOTE: This is an updated replay of an amazing chat I had with Lucinda Halpern, Founder and President of Manhattan-based literary agency Lucinda Literary LLC turned author. Lucinda’s new book, Get Signed: Find an Agent, Land a Book Deal, and Become a Published Author (2/6/2024, Hay House) “... lets readers in on the secrets to writing a book agents will battle over.” Congrats Lucinda!President and Founder of Manhattan-based agency Lucinda Literary, Lucinda Halpern, gave me an insider’s take on why literary agents can't just be deal-makers anymore.Lucinda Halpern is a literary...
2023-12-22
39 min
Deep Cover Presents: Snowball
The Search for Brooke Henson
In July of 1999, a young woman named Brooke Henson went missing from Travelers Rest, South Carolina. In this follow up episode to Deep Cover: Never Seen Again, Jake Halpern talks to Ben Ford, the chief of police in Travelers Rest about what we know and don’t know about her case, as the search continues. If you have any new information at all that might be helpful, please contact him at ford@trpolice.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023-04-13
33 min
Deep Cover Presents: Snowball
Deep Cover Live with Emily Bazelon
In this special episode of Deep Cover, recorded live at Littlefield in Brooklyn, host Jake Halpern and his friend and fellow journalist Emily Bazelon (of New York Times Magazine and Political Gabfest) talk all things crime reporting. They talk about the ways female offenders have been portrayed in the media, the complicated ethics of telling these stories, and Jake gives the inside scoop on season three: “Never Seen Again.” For more about Emily’s reporting on Noura Jackson’s case, check out her New York Times Magazine article and her book Charged. See omnystudio.com/listener...
2023-03-27
51 min
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
America's Mata Hari? The Double Life of Esther Reed
Cautionary Conversation: When a small-town detective gets a tip about a missing woman, he believes he's uncovered a highly-trained chameleon: a foreign spy. Soon, Esther Reed is on the Secret Service's Most Wanted list, and a nationwide manhunt has commenced. But all is not as it seems. Jake Halpern joins Tim Harford to talk about the latest season of his Pushkin podcast Deep Cover: Never Seen Again. They discuss the dangers of incrementally increasing lies; how and why certain stories are escalated up the media "food chain"; and what it takes to lead a double life.
2023-03-24
36 min
The Best Podcasts
Cautionary Conversation: When a small-town detective gets a tip about a missing woman, he believes he's uncovered a highly-trained chameleon: a foreign spy. Soon, Esther Reed is on the Secret Service's Most Wanted list, and a nationwide manhunt has commenced. But all is not as it seems. Jake Halpern joins Tim Harford to talk about the latest season of his Pushkin podcast Deep Cover: Never Seen Again. They discuss the dangers of incrementally increasing lies; how and why certain stories are escalated up the media "food chain"; and what it takes to lead a double life.
2023-03-24
00 min
Wolves Among Us
Presenting Deep Cover: Never Seen Again
Enjoy this preview of Deep Cover, a show about people who lead double lives. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Halpern reveals webs of deception and dark underworlds, through interviews with federal agents and convicted criminals. In Deep Cover’s new season, Never Seen Again, we hear the story of two young women, living on opposite sides of the country, who went missing at almost the exact same time. Seven years later, their stories collided when one of these young women resurfaced – posing as the other. A small town detective became obsessed with the case. He believes he's uncovered an imposter. A fr...
2023-02-23
10 min
Personally: Resurrection
Run, Hide, Repeat Introduces: Deep Cover: Never Seen Again
Deep Cover from Pushkin Industries is a show about people who lead double lives. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Halpern reveals webs of deception and dark underworlds, through interviews with federal agents and convicted criminals. In Deep Cover’s new season, Never Seen Again, you’ll hear the story of two young women, living on opposite sides of the country, who went missing at almost the exact same time. Seven years later, their stories collided when one of these young women resurfaced – posing as the other. A small town detective became obsessed with the case. He believes he's uncovered an imposter. A frau...
2023-02-14
35 min
Cover Story
Presenting Deep Cover: Never Seen Again
Here’s the trailer for Deep Cover, a show about people who lead double lives, how far they’re willing to go in pursuit of a greater cause, and how sometimes, seemingly small decisions can change the course of history. In the new season, Deep Cover: Never Seen Again, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Jake Halpern tells the story of two young women, living on opposite sides of the country, who went missing at almost the exact same time. Seven years later, their stories collided when one of these young women resurfaced – posing as the other. A small town detective became obsess...
2023-02-07
04 min
Once Upon A Crime
Deep Cover: Never Seen Again with Jake Halpern
I’m pleased to have Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Jake Halpern, back with me again to discuss a new case he investigated for his podcast “Deep Cover”. Deep Cover, a Pushkin podcast, is all about people who lead double lives. In the new season, Jake follows the story of a girl who goes missing without a trace in South Carolina in 1999. Years later, the missing girl is connected to another missing person’s case on the other side of the country. There are twists and turns in this story that you won’t see coming connected to stolen identities, a female fugitive o...
2023-02-06
59 min
Women and Crime
Presenting Deep Cover: Never Seen Again
Here’s a preview of Deep Cover, a show about people who lead double lives.Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Halpern reveals webs of deception and dark underworlds, through interviews with federal agents and convicted criminals. In Deep Cover’s new season, Never Seen Again, we hear the story of two young women, living on opposite sides of the country, who went missing at almost the exact same time. Seven years later, their stories collided when one of these young women resurfaced – posing as the other. A small town detective became obsessed with the case. He believes he's uncove...
2023-02-06
12 min
Case Closed
Presenting Deep Cover: Never Seen Again
Here’s a preview of Deep Cover, a show about people who lead double lives. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Halpern reveals webs of deception and dark underworlds, through interviews with federal agents and convicted criminals. In Deep Cover’s new season, Never Seen Again, we hear the story of two young women, living on opposite sides of the country, who went missing at almost the exact same time. Seven years later, their stories collided when one of these young women resurfaced – posing as the other. A small-town detective became obsessed with the case. He believes he's uncovered an imposter. A frau...
2023-01-30
10 min
Deep Cover Presents: Snowball
Never Seen Again: Deep Cover Season 3
A small town detective gets a tip that leads him on an epic search. He believes he's uncovered an imposter. A fraud. A highly-trained chameleon. A foreign spy. The federal government gets involved. A nationwide manhunt commences. No one can find her. Now, she's telling her story to Jake Halpern for Deep Cover Season 3: Never Seen Again. Deep Cover Season 3: Never Seen Again, launches January 30th with new episodes weekly. Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the whole season at once. Find Pushkin+ on the Deep Cover showpage in Apple Podcasts, or at pushkin.fm./plus. See om...
2023-01-18
03 min
Quick Book Reviews. Spoiler-free author interviews & book reviews.
Interviews with Alexandra Benedict & Red Dog Press
I interview Alexandra Benedict about her latest book "Murder On The Christmas Express" and also review "Sometimes People Die" by Simon Stephenson, "Welcome To The New World" by Jake Halpern & Michael Sloan, "The Six Who Came To Dinner" by Anne Youngson and "The Hive" by Scarlett Brade. Plus I interview Sean Coleman of Red Dog Press about the highs and low of Indie Publishing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-12-19
52 min
True Crime News: The Podcast
Murder, corruption, and the mob: How a Chicago mafia lawyer became an undercover informant
This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: A former lawyer for the Chicago mob who bribed judges and helped killers walk free goes undercover with the FBI to expose the city’s corruption. Jake Halpern, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and host of the podcast “Deep Cover,” joins host Ana Garcia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022-07-22
45 min
True Crime Campfire
Thieves Like Us: The Greatest Art Heist of the 21st Century
Some people are born for a certain vocation. Mozart, for music. Shakespeare, for drama. Steven Hawking, for physics, and...let's say...Machine Gun Kelly? for rap music. Vjeran Tomic was born for the steal—as comfortable scaling the side of a tightly-guarded museum as a leopard is, stalking through the jungle. He says he’s in it for the love of art—a modern-day Robin Hood. But we seem to remember something about Robin Hood giving the money away…hmm. Sources:The New Yorker, Jake Halpern: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/14/the-french-burglar-who-pulled-off-his-generations-biggest-art-heistThe New York Times: https...
2022-07-01
42 min
Begin Into A Unforgettable Full Audiobook Between Meetings.
City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life into a Dying American Town by Susan Hartman
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538754to listen full audiobooks. Title: City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life into a Dying American Town Author: Susan Hartman Narrator: Samara Naeymi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: A gripping portrait of refugees who forged a new life in the Rust Belt, the deep roots they’ve formed in their community, and their role in shaping its culture and prosperity. 'This is an American tale that everyone should read. . . . The storytelling is so intimate and the characters feel so deeply real tha...
2022-06-07
7h 29
Listen To The Unforgettable Full Audiobook Experience!
City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life into a Dying American Town by Susan Hartman
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538754to listen full audiobooks. Title: City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life into a Dying American Town Author: Susan Hartman Narrator: Samara Naeymi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: A gripping portrait of refugees who forged a new life in the Rust Belt, the deep roots they’ve formed in their community, and their role in shaping its culture and prosperity. 'This is an American tale that everyone should read. . . . The storytelling is so intimate and the characters feel so deeply real tha...
2022-06-07
7h 29
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in History, The Americas
City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life into a Dying American Town by Susan Hartman
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538754to listen full audiobooks. Title: City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life into a Dying American Town Author: Susan Hartman Narrator: Samara Naeymi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: A gripping portrait of refugees who forged a new life in the Rust Belt, the deep roots they’ve formed in their community, and their role in shaping its culture and prosperity. 'This is an American tale that everyone should read. . . . The storytelling is so intimate and the characters feel so deeply real tha...
2022-06-07
7h 29
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social Science
City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life into a Dying American Town by Susan Hartman
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538754to listen full audiobooks. Title: City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life into a Dying American Town Author: Susan Hartman Narrator: Samara Naeymi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: June 7, 2022 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: A gripping portrait of refugees who forged a new life in the Rust Belt, the deep roots they’ve formed in their community, and their role in shaping its culture and prosperity. 'This is an American tale that everyone should read. . . . The storytelling is so intimate and the characters feel so deeply real tha...
2022-06-07
7h 29
Original Gangsters Podcast
Deep Cover with Jake Halpern
Epic crossover episode! We're talking to Jake Halpern from the critically acclaimed podcast "Deep Cover." We're discussing public corruption and the Chicago Mob, which is the focus of Deep Cover's season two. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
2022-04-29
1h 00
History Unplugged Podcast
The Rise and Fall of 1970s Mob-Run Chicago
In 1970s America, no city was arguable under more mafia control than Chicago. Murderers operated without fear of retribution. Getting an “innocent” verdict took nothing more than one bribe. Everyone got a cut of the action: policemen, aldermen, lawyers, cops, and judges. But it all came crashing down when a lawyer and fixer went undercover with the FBI to try to bring down one of the most powerful criminal syndicates in the country.Today’s guest is Jake Halpern, host of the new podcast series Deep Cover: Mob Land, an investigative series that looks at Chicago’s criminal underworld and thos...
2022-04-26
42 min
Les grimoires de l'imaginaire
Les livres pour découvrir la fantasy
Dans cet épisode, nous parlons de notre lecture commune, Wyld de Nicholas Eames Et vous conseillons les livres suivants: - Les 13 vies et demi du capitaine Ours Bleu de Walter Moers - Le club de l'ours polaire d'Alex Bell - Nightfall de Jake Halpern et Peter Kujawinski - Le don de Fiona McIntosh - Déracinée de Naomi Novik - Les griffes et les crocs de Jo Walton - Le chien noir de Lucie Baratte
2022-03-09
44 min
Gangland Wire
Deep Cover: Mob Land
Venmo me @ganglandwire or Click here to “buy me a cup of coffee” To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup click here Gary interviews Jake Halpern about his interviews with Ned Timmons and Bob Cooley. Jake hosts Deep Cover: Mob Land which is a new podcast in its second season. Deep Cover takes a single subject and situation and develops it out to its conclusion. For example, in the first season, Jake starts interviewing a retired FBI agent named Ned Timmons as he tells how he was as...
2022-02-21
39 min
Gangland Wire
Deep Cover: Mob Land
Venmo me @ganglandwire or Click here to “buy me a cup of coffee” To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup click here Gary interviews Jake Halpern about his interviews with Ned Timmons and Bob Cooley. Jake hosts Deep Cover: Mob Land which is a new podcast in its second season. Deep Cover takes a single subject and situation and develops it out to its conclusion. For example, in the first season, Jake starts interviewing a retired FBI agent named Ned Timmons as he tells how he was as...
2022-02-21
00 min
Infamous America
Introducing "Deep Cover: Mob Land" from Pushkin Industries
Deep Cover tells true stories of crime and corruption. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Halpern reveals dark underworlds most of us know nothing about. The new season, Mob Land, tells the true story of a high-rolling Chicago lawyer who fixed court cases for the mob. He did this for years... until he decided to betray them and work with the FBI. He wears a wire to expose a black market of corruption—where politicians were bought and justice was sold. Where, for the right price, even murderers could walk free... With first-hand interviews from FBI agents, mobsters, family members, and cr...
2022-02-21
10 min
Once Upon A Crime
Deep Cover - A Conversation with Jake Halpern
In this special episode, Esther sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jake Halpern to talk about Season 2 of his podcast Deep Cover: Mob Land. They also discuss podcast storytelling and Jake reveals which well-known actor makes a surprise guest appearance on Deep Cover in Season 2. Links: Listen to Deep Cover on Pushkin.fm - https://www.pushkin.fm/show/deep-cover/ Become a Pushkin+ member to binge all episodes of Deep Cover ad-free. You will also have ad-free access to more than 20 Pushkin+ shows. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pri...
2022-02-21
43 min
Public Official A
From Pushkin Industries - Deep Cover: Who Was Bob Cooley?
We're sharing a preview of a new podcast from Pushkin Industries. Deep Cover tells true stories of crime and corruption. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Halpern reveals dark underworlds most of us know nothing about. The new season, Mob Land, tells the true story of a high-rolling Chicago lawyer who fixed court cases for the mob. He did this for years... until he decided to betray them and work with the FBI. He wears a wire to expose a black market of corruption—where politicians were bought and justice was sold. Where, for the right price, even murderers could walk free... Wi...
2022-01-31
08 min
Crime Analyst
Preview: Deep Cover - Who Was Bob Cooley?
Deep Cover tells true stories of crime and corruption. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Halpern reveals dark underworlds most of us know nothing about. The new season, Mob Land, tells the true story of a high-rolling Chicago lawyer who fixed court cases for the mob. He did this for years... until he decided to betray them and work with the FBI. He wears a wire to expose a black market of corruption—where politicians were bought and justice was sold. Where, for the right price, even murderers could walk free... With first-hand interviews from FBI agents, mobsters, family members, and criminals, th...
2022-01-31
10 min
DIE-ALOGUE
Jake Halpern | Mob Land
Let's go back to 1970's Chicago when the mob ruled the courts. What could go wrong? I had an incredible conversation with the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Jake Halpern. Jake is the host of the new investigative podcast, Mob Land, which just dropped this week! The story centers around Bob Cooley - a mafia "fixer" turned FBI cooperator. Jake and I get into whether or not Bob can be trusted, what justice is or isn't — especially when corruption exists — and I think I stun Jake into silence with a Real Housewives analogy. Jake is an excellent stor...
2022-01-26
49 min
The Underworld Podcast
SPECIAL PROMO: From Deep Cover: Who Was Bob Cooley?
SPECAL PROMO: Deep Cover tells true stories of crime and corruption. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Halpern reveals dark underworlds most of us know nothing about. The new season, Mob Land, tells the true story of a high-rolling Chicago lawyer who fixed court cases for the mob. He did this for years... until he decided to betray them and work with the FBI. He wears a wire to expose a black market of corruption—where politicians were bought and justice was sold. Where, for the right price, even murderers could walk free... With first-hand interviews from FBI agents, mobsters, family me...
2022-01-24
10 min
Mafia
From Deep Cover: Who Was Bob Cooley?
Deep Cover tells true stories of crime and corruption. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Halpern reveals dark underworlds most of us know nothing about. The new season, Mob Land, tells the true story of a high-rolling Chicago lawyer who fixed court cases for the mob. He did this for years... until he decided to betray them and work with the FBI! He wears a wire to expose a black market of corruption - where politicians were bought and justice was sold. Where, for the right price, even murderers could walk free. With first-hand interviews from FBI agents, mobsters, family...
2022-01-24
08 min
The New Yorker Radio Hour
For a French Burglar, Stealing Masterpieces Is Easier Than Selling Them
Vjeran Tomic has been stealing since he was a small child, when he used a ladder to break into a library in his home town, in Bosnia. After moving to Paris, he graduated to lucrative apartment burglaries, living off the jewels he took and often doing time in prison. He became known in the French press as Spider-Man, and he began to steal art. Tomic has a grand sense of his calling as a burglar; he considers it his destiny and has described his robberies as acts of imagination. He eventually carried out a truly epic heist: a break-in...
2021-12-28
21 min
Deep Cover Presents: Snowball
The Origin of Ned’s Novel, Plus a Sneak Peek of Deep Cover Season Two
The launch of Deep Cover Season 2 is just a month away. Until then, we bring you a conversation between host Jake Halpern and screenwriter/author James Coyne about the genesis of Ned’s novel and the role it played in Jake’s writing of season one. Also, in this episode–a sneak peek of Deep Cover season 2: Mob Land. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2021-12-23
27 min
Comics Syllabus
Comics Syllabus: "Laid-Back Camp" and Other Comics with Cohost Kid
Cohost Kid joins Paul again to talk about “Laid-Back Camp” by Afro (Yen Press) volumes 1-2. This charmingly low-key manga was an enjoyable read.But first, dad and kid talk about other recent comics reads for each of them, including the “Wings of Fire” series by Tui T. Sutherland and Mike Holmes (Graphix), the “Frazzled” series by Booki Vivant (HarperCollins), “¡¡Manu!!” by Kelly Fernandez (Graphix), “Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles” by Fermín Solís (Self-Made Hero), and “Welcome to the New World” by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan (Metropolitan).And of course, we HAVE to check in w...
2021-11-14
59 min
The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
Myth-Busting Book Publishing with Agent Lucinda Halpern
#PodcastersForJusticePresident and Founder of Manhattan-based agency Lucinda Literary, Lucinda Halpern, gave me an insider’s take on why literary agents can't just be deal-makers anymore.Lucinda Halpern is a literary, lecture, and PR agent with over 15 years of experience on both the corporate and agency sides of publishing.Specializing in "books that change the way people work, behave, and live," she represents authors writing in the categories of business, health, lifestyle, popular science, narrative nonfiction, memoir, and upmarket fiction.Her agency, Lucinda Literary, boasts a roster of au...
2021-06-02
37 min
Enjoy The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Edge-Of-Your-Seat!
Americanon: An Unexpected U.S. History in Thirteen Bestselling Books by Jess Mchugh
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486888to listen full audiobooks. Title: Americanon: An Unexpected U.S. History in Thirteen Bestselling Books Author: Jess Mchugh Narrator: Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: June 1, 2021 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: “An elegant, meticulously researched, and eminently readable history of the books that define us as Americans. For history buffs and book-lovers alike, McHugh offers us a precious gift.”—Jake Halpern, Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author “With her usual eye for detail and knack for smart storytelling, Jess McHugh takes a savvy and sensitive look at the 'secret orig...
2021-06-01
10h 59
Listen to New Full Audiobooks in History, World
Americanon: An Unexpected U.S. History in Thirteen Bestselling Books by Jess Mchugh
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486888to listen full audiobooks. Title: Americanon: An Unexpected U.S. History in Thirteen Bestselling Books Author: Jess Mchugh Narrator: Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: June 1, 2021 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: “An elegant, meticulously researched, and eminently readable history of the books that define us as Americans. For history buffs and book-lovers alike, McHugh offers us a precious gift.”—Jake Halpern, Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author “With her usual eye for detail and knack for smart storytelling, Jess McHugh takes a savvy and sensitive look at the 'secret orig...
2021-06-01
10h 59
ESL For Equality Podcast
Episode 20: Book Recommendations
Listen to episode 20 where I discuss some books I've read recently that have opened my mind and had me questioning. The books are: Race, Empire, and English Language Teaching - Suhanthie Motha - https://www.tcpress.com/race-empire-and-english-language-teaching-9780807755129 Decolonisation, Globalisation: Language-in-Education Policy and Practice - Angel Lin & Peter Martin - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234705882_Decolonisation_Globalisation_Language-in-Education_Policy_and_Practice_New_Perspectives_on_Language_and_Education On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/600633/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous-by-ocean-vuong/ Radio Congo: Signals of Hope from Africa’s Deadliest War - Ben Rawlence - https://www.simonandschuster.com...
2021-04-09
18 min
Book Club of One
Episode 26: It Gets Worse Before it Gets Better
Featured Books and lists Welcome to the New World by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan Worldcat Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age by Modris Ekstein Worldcat The Girl Who Stole My Holocaust: A Memoir by Noam Chayut, Translated by Tal Haran Worldcat Guts & Glory: Great American War Movies by Lawrence Howard Suid Worldcat Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, translated by Olena Bormashenko Worldcat An expanded and revised edition of Book # 4 was published in 2002 as Guts and Glory: The Making of the American Military Image in Film.
2021-01-25
21 min
Deep Cover Presents: Snowball
Introducing Deep Cover
Marijuana, motorcycles, and mayhem. Deep Cover is the true story of an FBI agent in Detroit who goes undercover in an outlaw motorcycle gang and makes a series of bizarre discoveries that inadvertently lead to the US invasion of foreign country. Hosted by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jake Halpern. Launching July 13th. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2020-06-29
03 min
Snap Judgment
Outbreak
What do you do when a life-threatening disease makes it too dangerous to save the person closest to you? Dr. Phillip Ireland was a physician at JFK Hospital in Liberia during the virulent outbreak of Ebola in 2014 when families were torn apart by the runaway virus. Produced by Jake Halpern with additional assistance from Mark Ristich, Anna Sussman, Adizah Eghan, and Eliza Smith. Original score by Renzo Gorrio. Special thanks to Yale NGN.
2020-05-08
16 min
The Power Entrepreneur's Podcast
2020 Top 20 Tips
It's the beginning of a new decade, and everyone is focused on their 2020 vision, so we thought it fit to run through the top 20 pieces of advice we've gotten on the show so far. Before we get into it, we just want to give a huge shoutout to you, our listener. You are the reason we continue to host this show, and we appreciate your support! If you know someone who'd appreciate this show, make sure to share it with them. This episode is a...
2020-01-03
53 min
The New Yorker Radio Hour
For a French Burglar, Stealing Masterpieces Is Easier Than Selling Them
Vjeran Tomic has been stealing since he was a small child, when he used a ladder to break into a library in his home town, in Bosnia. After moving to Paris, he graduated to lucrative apartment burglaries, living off the jewels he took and often doing time in prison. He became known in the French press as Spider-Man, and he began to steal art. Tomic has a grand sense of his calling as a burglar; he considers it his destiny and has described his robberies as acts of imagination. He eventually carried a truly epic heist: a break-in at...
2019-09-10
20 min
Journalism Land
Episode 17: Jake Halpern, "The French Burglar Who Pulled Off His Generation’s Biggest Art Heist"
In this episode, journalist Jake Halpern discusses his New Yorker story, "The French Burglar Who Pulled Off His Generation’s Biggest Art Heist,". Jake is a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and writer, who has written for all the top places, such as the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and Outside Magazine. Here's a link to Jake’s website: https://www.jakehalpern.com/ And here's a link to the New Yorker piece: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/14/the-french-burglar-who-pulled-off-his-generations-biggest-art-heist
2019-06-14
32 min
The Power Entrepreneur's Podcast
Practical Psychology with Benjamin Halpern
He's a speaker, quoted expert, and author of “Supercharge Your Emotions To Win” a powerful mindset-shifting book. From the moment he got into the business world, he crushed it, successfully providing multiple services surrounding the real estate industry, closing hundreds of millions in loans. After the crash in 2008, he realized his passion for the psychology behind success, and got his degree in mental health. From there, he went on to create the "Staying on Track…One Step at a Time TM" Program for overcoming anxiet...
2019-03-25
42 min
Dead Pilots Society
Episode 29 - Suspended written by Justin Halpern & Patrick Schumacker (Powerless, S#*! My Dad Said)
This month’s pilot is hilarious! It's written by Justin Halpern & Patrick Schumacker (Powerless, S#*! My Dad Said). It’s called Suspended and it centers around an honors English Literature teacher accustomed to teaching the best and brightest who winds up being put in charge of a bunch of students in in-school suspension. We had a great cast for this one including Matt Jones as Paul, Phil Lamarr as Principal Wendell, Carrie Wampler as Claudia, Kira Kosarin as Cayley, Ayden Mayeri as Diana, John Gemberling as Jake, Nathan Anderson as Kid in Crowd, Lou Wilson as Steven/Gabe, Lauren Holt...
2018-08-23
1h 27
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Learning in Stories with Jake Halpern (014)
Jake and I scheduled a phone date in May to catch up after he won a 2018 Pulitzer Prize. In the highlights of our conversation included in today’s show, we talk about storytelling as a project that has run through his wide-ranging work as a journalist for print and radio, and as a best-selling author of young adult fiction. He shares that contending with rejection is an important part of his work, and how learning keeps everything lively. (Note to parents: A few salty words season this conversation between old friends, which is why I added the explicit icon to th...
2018-07-24
48 min
Point of Learning
Learning in Stories with Jake Halpern (014)
Dedicated to the memory of Mr. John Owen Toy (14 July 1944-22 July 2018), who electrified history for so many students. Jake and I scheduled a phone date in May to catch up after he won a 2018 Pulitzer Prize. In the highlights of our conversation included in today’s show, we talk about storytelling as a project that has run through his wide-ranging work as a journalist for print and radio, and as a best-selling author of young adult fiction. He shares that contending with rejection is an important part of his work, and how learning keeps everything lively.
2018-07-24
48 min