Snowball - Episode 4: Charmed
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ollie turns to Lezlie's emails for clues of her whereabouts. Here, he uncovers a bizarre story invol...
Snowball - Episode 3: The Coconut Wireless
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The stories Lezlie Manukian has told people about her time in Hawaii usually end with murderous loca...
Snowball - Episode 2: The Great Houdini
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What looks like a dream marriage for Ollie Wards' brother Greg soon morphs into a nightmare. With th...
Snowball - Episode 1: The Girl With the Dragonfly Tattoo
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ollie Wards was MC at his brother's wedding. "It was a fun party," he recalls, "kind of rowdy. But i...
Deep Cover Presents: Snowball
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2006, Greg Wards was your average Kiwi backpacker on an overseas adventure in the UK, working har...
Episode 5: Santos Released From Prison
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Description: Last week, President Trump commuted George Santos’ prison sentence — a deci...
Deep Cover Live in Boston on December 19
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever wondered what goes into making an episode of Deep Cover, now's your chance. Join Jake...
From Revisionist History: The Alabama Murders
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a preview from the new season of Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History podcast, The Alabama ...
Introducing The Chinatown Sting: Lucky Bird
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s a preview of a new Pushkin podcast, The Chinatown Sting, that I'm really excited about....
Introducing Charlie’s Place: Who Was Charlie Fitzgerald?
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re sharing an episode of Charlie’s Place, a new podcast that explores the unbe...
Warlords, Espionage, and Disinformation | Introducing Hot Money: Agent of Chaos
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In 2020, the Financial Times exposed a 2 billion euro fraud at Wirecard, a high-flying German fintec...
Rosemarie’s Story
23 Jun 2025
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Rosemarie Coffey helped Sarah Cavanaugh for years. As a community support specialist, her services w...
Seth’s Story
16 Jun 2025
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Seth Cole believed Sarah Cavanaugh was a wounded veteran, seeking healing through creative outlets. ...
Episode 6: The Defendant
09 Jun 2025
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As the walls close in, Sarah finds herself alone—abandoned by friends, facing federal charges,...
Episode 5: The Wife
02 Jun 2025
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One overlooked detail in Sarah’s story: she was married. Her wife, Nicole, never spoke to the ...
Episode 4: The Suspect
26 May 2025
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A former Marine and media personality asks questions and publicly challenges Sarah Cavanaugh’s...
Episode 3: The Confidante
19 May 2025
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Jess and Jake speak with Sarah and learn about her past life. As a social worker, she really knew ho...
Episode 2: The Poster Child
12 May 2025
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In her home state of Rhode Island, Sarah builds her reputation as a celebrated war hero. But as her ...
Episode 1: The Warrior
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
A mysterious handwritten letter arrives from Sarah Cavanaugh. In it, she asks: What do you think of ...
Introducing Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Sarah was everything people wanted her to be—until she wasn’t. Deep Cover: The Tr...
Introducing Underbelly: Killing Kurt
28 Apr 2025
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We’re sharing a trailer from season three of the Underbelly podcast: Killing Kurt. Kurt Calabr...
Episode 4: The Donor
28 Aug 2024
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Amy Gaines McQuade sits down with GOP donor and former Santos supporter Cathy Soref. Then Amy and Ja...
Episode 3: The Plea
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
George Santos pleaded guilty in federal court this week. Amy Gaines McQuade was in the courtroom. Am...
Episode 2: The Congressman
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
George Santos takes office. His communications director, Naysa Woomer, walks us through her five mon...
Episode 1: The Campaign
19 Aug 2024
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George Santos runs for Congress and wins. Then the stories he told on the campaign trail start to fa...
Deep Cover: George Santos
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
George Santos, the former Republican Congressman from New York, told a lot of stories about his life...
Unpacking the Verdict
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Jake Halpern speaks with Jerri Williams, former FBI agent and host of the podcast, FBI Retired Case ...
Behind the Scenes of The Nameless Man
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Jake Halpern speaks with James Forman Jr., story consultant on Deep Cover’s fourth season, The Nam...
Episode 6: The Verdict
27 May 2024
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Our season finale. What the jury decided and how the verdict sits with the federal agents, jurors, a...
Episode 5: The Trial
20 May 2024
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Witnesses testify. A vigorous defense is mounted. What will the jury decide?See omnystudio.com/liste...
Episode 4: The Grand Jury
13 May 2024
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An assistant prosecutor in Philadelphia prepares the case to be heard by a grand jury. Is there enou...
Episode 3: The Yearning
06 May 2024
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After nearly 20 years with no answers, the Wood family learns that police are investigating a new le...
Episode 2: The Confession
29 Apr 2024
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The alleged accomplice confesses. Investigators try to piece together who the victim might be from t...
Episode 1: The Rumor
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Two federal agents investigate a rumor about a decades old murder. See omnystudio.com/listener for ...
The Nameless Man: Deep Cover Season 4
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How do you solve a murder case when you don’t know who the victim is? Deep Cover: The Nameless Man...
Camouflage Bias: Part 3
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In 2022, we released a series called Camouflage Bias that told the story of Ronnie Carrasquillo– a...
Camouflage Bias: Part 2
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This episode originally ran in 2022. We’re rereleasing it today along with an update on Ronnie’s...
Camouflage Bias: Part 1
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This episode originally ran in 2022. We’re rereleasing it today along with an update on Ronnie’s...
The Search for Brooke Henson
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In July of 1999, a young woman named Brooke Henson went missing from Travelers Rest, South Carolina....
Deep Cover Live with Emily Bazelon
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this special episode of Deep Cover, recorded live at Littlefield in Brooklyn, host Jake Halpern a...
Episode 6: A Shared Name
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Esther's past catches up with her, as investigators in South Carolina seek answers about what happen...
Episode 5: The Searchers
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Esther’s sister has been looking for her for nearly a decade without any luck. A US Marshal is bro...
Episode 4: A Very Sophisticated Gal
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When Esther flees New York, she inadvertently ignites a media firestorm. Reporters and TV producers ...
Episode 3: The Imposter
13 Feb 2023
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A woman named Esther Reed has been living in New York, but attending college under a different ident...
Episode 2: The Star Man
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Detective Jon Campbell wants more information about the woman – at Columbia University – claimin...
Episode 1: The Dark Corner
30 Jan 2023
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Brooke Henson disappears from her home in Travelers Rest, South Carolina. No one can find her. She’...
Never Seen Again: Deep Cover Season 3
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
A small town detective gets a tip that leads him on an epic search. He believes he's uncovered an ...
Camouflage Bias: Part 2
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
2022. After Ronnie Carrasquillo exhausts his appeals, he faces the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. B...
Camouflage Bias: Part 1
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
1978. A few months after the Aleman trial wraps up, the presiding judge, Frank Wilson, sentences a y...
Episode 10: The Witness
14 Mar 2022
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September 1997. Bob’s wiretap evidence culminates in two major trials and the downfall of a mafia ...
Episode 9: The Vanishing
07 Mar 2022
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November 1989. Bob’s undercover work has some serious consequences for an old friend. His days as...
Episode 8: The Big Fish
28 Feb 2022
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April 1989. Bob goes after his most important target: Pat Marcy. But as he works his way up the cri...
Episode 7: The Philosopher King ft. Michael Imperioli
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
December 1988. Bob wires up. He and the FBI set their sights on three targets: a mobbed-up car sales...
Episode 6: The Breaking Point
14 Feb 2022
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February 1986. Bob Cooley represents a bodybuilder who brutally assaulted a female police officer. T...
Episode 5: The Babe in the Woods
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
July 1973. Who can stem the tide of corruption in Chicago? In this episode: two attempts to clean up...
Episode 4: The Favorite Son
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
July 1942. How did Bob Cooley, an Irish ex-cop from a family of cops and lawyers, become Bob Cooley,...
Episode 3: The Fix
31 Jan 2022
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May 1977. After a witness decides to speak out, a hitman named Harry Aleman stands trial for the mur...
Episode 2: The Murder
24 Jan 2022
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September 1972. A teamster named William Logan is gunned down outside his home, in what’s widely t...
Episode 1: The Walk-In
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
March 1986. A high-rolling lawyer named Bob Cooley walks into a federal prosecutor’s office and sa...
Deep Cover Season Two Trailer
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Who was Bob Cooley? Deep Cover Season Two launches on January 24th. Listen to the whole season earl...
The Origin of Ned’s Novel, Plus a Sneak Peek of Deep Cover Season Two
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The launch of Deep Cover Season 2 is just a month away. Until then, we bring you a conversation betw...
The Supply Side
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Jake delves into one piece of the puzzle that he didn’t quite get into in season one but has conti...
Episode 9: 1989
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Ned gets too close with a female source, a dangerous move that stands to end his marriage and perhap...
Episode 8: The Political Shitstorm
24 Aug 2020
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Word gets out that the smugglers have a silent partner who is none other than Manuel Noriega – the...
Episode 7: The Honeymoon is Over
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This is the story of Leigh Ritch’s escape. It begins with his friends, Tommy Lee and Heather Lockl...
Episode 6: The Silent Partner
10 Aug 2020
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As Ned is in Grand Cayman working undercover to investigate Leigh Ritch, he hears talk about a “ge...
Episode 5: A Different Kind of Animal
03 Aug 2020
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The kingpin of the smuggling syndicate – Leigh Ritch – is safely out of reach in the Cayman Isla...
Episode 4: The Gentleman Smuggler
27 Jul 2020
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Shine takes Ned to Beaufort, North Carolina, where an abandoned boat full of marijuana had been disc...
Episode 3: El Dorado
20 Jul 2020
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Ned makes his move on Shine by baiting him into a chili cook-off. It turns out Shine is also looking...
Episode 2: What Will the Neighbors Think?
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
As Ned goes deeper undercover with Toby, making busts and infiltrating biker gangs, his wife Kathy b...
Episode 1: The Masked Man
13 Jul 2020
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Detroit FBI agent Ned Timmons busts Toby Anderson, a violent criminal who also fancies himself a bud...
Introducing Deep Cover
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Marijuana, motorcycles, and mayhem. Deep Cover is the true story of an FBI agent in Detroit who goes...