45 episodes
Deep Cover: The Nameless Man Pushkin
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4.5 • 146 Ratings
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Deep Cover 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.
Season four, The Nameless Man, 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.
Season three, Never Seen Again, tells the story of two women living on opposite sides of the country, who went missing in the summer of 1999. Seven years later, their stories collided when a small town detective got a tip and became convinced that if he could solve one mystery, he'd solve the other.
Season two, Mob Land, is about a high-rolling lawyer who joins forces with the feds to try to bring down one of the most powerful criminal syndicates in the country.
Season one, The Drug Wars, tells the story of an FBI agent who goes undercover with a biker gang, and follows a trail of clues that eventually leads to the US invasion of a foreign country.
Deep Cover drops on Mondays. To hear all of season four early and ad-free, subscribe to Pushkin+ in Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus.
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Episode 1: The Rumor
Two federal agents investigate a rumor about a decades old murder.
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Episode 2: The Confession
The alleged accomplice confesses. Investigators try to piece together who the victim might be from the scant details he remembers.
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Pushkin+ Early Listen: Episode 3: The Yearning
You can hear this episode for free starting Monday, May 6th. To learn more about Pushkin+ offerings, like ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and early access, visit pushkin.fm or the show page on Apple.
After nearly 20 years with no answers, the Wood family learns that police are investigating a new lead in Aaron’s death. -
Pushkin+ Early Listen: Episode 4: The Grand Jury
You can hear this episode for free starting Monday, May 13th. To learn more about Pushkin+ offerings, like ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and early access, visit pushkin.fm or the show page on Apple.
An assistant prosecutor in Philadelphia prepares the case to be heard by a grand jury. Is there enough evidence to make an arrest, and bring the case to trial? -
Pushkin+ Early Listen: Episode 5: The Trial
You can hear this episode for free starting Monday, May 20th. To learn more about Pushkin+ offerings, like ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and early access, visit pushkin.fm or the show page on Apple.
Witnesses testify. A vigorous defense is mounted. What will the jury decide? -
Pushkin+ Early Listen: Episode 6: The Verdict
You can hear this episode for free starting Monday, May 27th. To learn more about Pushkin+ offerings, like ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and early access, visit pushkin.fm or the show page on Apple.
Our season finale. What the jury decided and how the verdict sits with the federal agents, jurors, and Wood family today.
Customer Reviews
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Excellent series
Puzzled
Why on earth couldn’t a picture of the girl be sent to the parents to verify? It really was just that simple. So convoluted when it could have be sorted out rather quickly.
Did this story need to be told?
This podcast mainly seems to focus, very sympathetically, around one woman who stole women’s identities and didn’t think it was a big deal. That and, embarrassingly, a policeman who thought she was a spy, without any proof whatsoever. I’m not sure what the story is here?
It’s quite clear that Esther Reed is a narcissist - she doesn’t ever really take responsibility or seem remorseful for her actions unless it’s to draw attention to her own experience or trauma. It’s incredibly self centred.
The interviews with Esther are very friendly and upbeat, they never probe or talk about the impact she had on people, the time she wasted and fundamentally, how sinister her actions were - whether she realised it or not. I’m not sure if it’s lazy journalism or an unwillingness to ask the hard questions, either way, it’s galling.
The upset she undoubtedly caused to traumatised families, surviving on scraps of hope that will one day their loved one could come home, is unfathomable. How anyone could be so cruel and think so little of it is beyond me. Yet, it’s not tackled in any authentic way here?
This whole podcast comes from a very strange angle, and frankly, I think it’s distasteful.
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