The Deductionist Podcast

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Look no further, dear listener, for The Deductionist podcast is here to sharpen your deductive skills and blow your mind with its clever insights.Hosted by the charming and enigmatic deductionist himself (HA!) and the Watson of awesomeness! Each episode is a masterclass in observation, deduction, and logic, as they take you on a journey through the mysteries of everyday life.From analyzing crime scenes to decoding the hidden meanings in social interactions, The Deductionist podcast brings a fresh and witty perspective to the art of deduction. With a razor-sharp mind and quick wit...ish, they'll have you hooked from the very first episode.So join us as we explore the secrets of the world around us, and learn how to become a master of deduction like the one and only Deductionist. It's time to uncover the truth and take your deductive skills to the next level. Don't miss a single episode of The Deductionist podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 1h ago

    The Real Life Sherlock | Cain's Jawbone Ep 3 | Can't Cheat This

    I have been called a Real Life Sherlock by many folks I respect within Law Enforcement. Cain's Jawbone is the puzzle that gets to decide if that's actually earned. In 1942 a crossword got too easy, so the Daily Telegraph built one vicious enough to recruit five strangers into Bletchley Park without their knowledge. Cain's Jawbone runs the same test, except the Laurence Sterne Trust holds a verified solution, so every page I get right or wrong actually means something. In this episode: The true story of the 1942 Telegraph crossword that became a Bletchley Park recruitment filter Why Cain's Jawbone sits in that same category, not in Masquerade's or Cicada 3301's What happens when the Real Life Sherlock reputation gets thrown at a puzzle that's beaten almost everyone who's tried it Real material lifted straight into the fiction: Defoe, Whitman, Shakespeare, Conrad, a Jacobite execution, an Egyptian cigarette brand down to the exact sizing Arthur Conan Doyle turning up four separate times, including a dummy bell rope built exactly like the murder weapon in The Speckled BandEvidence the narrator changes page to page, and what two possible voices sound like so far Ten pages down, ninety to go, and why the narrator insisting they're out of their depth might be the actual lie Subscribe if you want to see whether the Real Life Sherlock reputation survives ninety more pages of this. Access the free tier or go deeper with exclusive paid challenges: https://www.omniscient-insights.com/axiomhttps://www.omniscient-insights.com/community-home MERCH -- https://the-deductionist.myspreadshop.co.uk/allE-SCAPE GAME -- https://www.youtube.com/@thedeductionistteamEverything else you need -- https://linktr.ee/bencardall Music provided by https://robertjohncollinsmusic.com/` #podcast #cainsjawbone #murdermystery

    The Real Life Sherlock | Cain's Jawbone Ep 3 | Can't Cheat This

  2. Jul 24

    Close Protection Is Observation, Not Action

    Everyone thinks close protection is the suit, the earpiece, the guy scanning a crowd like he's in a Statham film. It isn't. It's advance work nobody sees, a plan already three versions deep before the principal arrives, and hundreds of hours of nothing happening on purpose. Jim Wenzel joins The Deductionist Podcast with Behavioural Intelligence to break down what close protection actually is: proactive prevention, not reactive tactics. We cover the POLAR framework (positioning, observable behaviour, location, access, risk), why "boring is best" is the real measure of success, why training for decisions beats training for drills, and why the principal should never pay for the protector's ego. If you've ever wondered what separates someone who can read a room from someone who can act on what they've read, this is the episode. Access the free tier or go deeper with exclusive paid challenges: https://www.omniscient-insights.com/axiomhttps://www.omniscient-insights.com/community-home MERCH -- https://the-deductionist.myspreadshop.co.uk/allE-SCAPE GAME -- https://www.youtube.com/@thedeductionistteamEverything else you need -- https://linktr.ee/bencardall Music provided by https://robertjohncollinsmusic.com/` #podcast #closeprotection #deduction

    Close Protection Is Observation, Not Action

  3. Jul 20

    What Actually Predicts Divorce (According to the Divorce Doctor)

    Sherlock built his method on reading behaviour before anyone spoke a word. Turns out marriages run on the same evidence. Sue Palmer Cole, the divorce doctor and founder of the Divorce Academy, joins Ben and Bob to break down what actually predicts whether a relationship survives, and it isn't compatibility. It's adaptability, communication style and how a couple handles conflict when it shows up. Sue walks through the real inflection points: the affair risk window during early parenthood, the brain rewiring that hits women in perimenopause, and why two thirds of divorces are instigated by women between 45 and 55. John Gottman's five to one ratio gets a mention, as does the difference between a couple leaning into a relationship versus leaning out of it. If you've ever wondered why some marriages adapt and others just accumulate silence, this one's for you. Divorce doctor: https://www.divorce-doctor.com/meet-the-divorce-doctor/ Access the free tier or go deeper with exclusive paid challenges: https://www.omniscient-insights.com/axiomhttps://www.omniscient-insights.com/community-home MERCH -- https://the-deductionist.myspreadshop.co.uk/allE-SCAPE GAME -- https://www.youtube.com/@thedeductionistteamEverything else you need -- https://linktr.ee/bencardall Music provided by https://robertjohncollinsmusic.com/`

    What Actually Predicts Divorce (According to the Divorce Doctor)

  4. Jul 13

    Solving Cain's Jawbone | The Man Who Built The Trap w/Real Life Sherlock (Ep 2)

    Before you can solve the world's hardest literary puzzle, you need to understand who built it and why. Edward Powys Mathers was a Persian poetry translator who spent thirteen years setting cryptic crosswords for the Observer under a pseudonym borrowed from history's most enthusiastic torturer. In 1934 he published Cain's Jawbone, a 100-page murder mystery with its pages deliberately scrambled, the numbers removed, and no instructions beyond the implication that a correct order exists. Two people solved it within a year. Then it went quiet for eight decades. In 2020, comedian and crossword compiler John Finnemore became the fourth person in history to crack it, spending four months of lockdown underlining nearly every sentence before finding the breakthrough that made the architecture visible. He swore to keep the solution secret. He has. This episode profiles the man who built the trap and the man who finally beat it, then I walk into chapter two of the puzzle live on camera. Four correct solutions in ninety years. I'm attempting the fifth in public.Solving Cain's Jawbone is a real-time investigation into the most difficult literary puzzle ever published. New episodes as the case develops. Access the free tier or go deeper with exclusive paid challenges: https://www.omniscient-insights.com/axiomhttps://www.omniscient-insights.com/community-home MERCH -- https://the-deductionist.myspreadshop.co.uk/allE-SCAPE GAME -- https://www.youtube.com/@thedeductionistteamEverything else you need -- https://linktr.ee/bencardall Music provided by https://robertjohncollinsmusic.com/` #cainsjawbone #murdermystery #puzzle #truecrime

    Solving Cain's Jawbone | The Man Who Built The Trap w/Real Life Sherlock (Ep 2)

  5. Jul 6 ·  Bonus

    Why "Limited" Breaks Your Brain

    "Only 3 left." "Offer ends tonight." Your brain doesn't ask if it's true, it just reacts. This episode breaks down exactly why manufactured scarcity works and how to spot it before it spots you. In this episode:- The real psychology behind scarcity and loss aversion (Kahneman, Cialdini)- Why "limited time" and "limited quantity" hit different parts of the brain- How investigators encounter manufactured urgency inside interview rooms- The line between honest scarcity and manufactured scarcity- A structural method for defending against urgency tactics- Why political scarcity messaging uses the identical architecture as sales scarcity- What Sherlock Holmes can teach you about resisting unverified claims Subscribe for more on behavioural intelligence, deductive reasoning, and the psychology of influence. Access the free tier or go deeper with exclusive paid challenges: https://www.omniscient-insights.com/axiomhttps://www.omniscient-insights.com/community-home MERCH -- https://the-deductionist.myspreadshop.co.uk/allE-SCAPE GAME -- https://www.youtube.com/@thedeductionistteamEverything else you need -- https://linktr.ee/bencardall #criticalthinking #interviewing #elonmusk Music provided by https://robertjohncollinsmusic.com/`

    Why "Limited" Breaks Your Brain

  6. Jun 26

    Zachary Elwood (People Who Read People) on Poker Tells and Why Most Body Language Advice Is Wrong

    Poker tells made Zachary Elwood's name, then made him a skeptic of his own industry. Zachary Elwood, host of the People Who Read People podcast and author of the Reading Poker Tells trilogy. Join us as dig into what years of high stakes poker actually proved about deception, why most popular body language advice collapses under scrutiny, and how a game with instant feedback taught him to distrust claims the rest of the field still sells as fact. Access the free tier or go deeper with exclusive paid challenges:https://www.omniscient-insights.com/axiomhttps://www.omniscient-insights.com/community-home MERCH -- https://the-deductionist.myspreadshop.co.uk/allE-SCAPE GAME -- https://www.youtube.com/@thedeductionistteamEverything else you need -- https://linktr.ee/bencardallMusic by Robert John Collins #Zacharyelwood #podcast #readingpeople

    Zachary Elwood (People Who Read People) on Poker Tells and Why Most Body Language Advice Is Wrong

  7. Jun 26

    Cains Jawbone: 100 Pages. No Order. Six Murders Part 1

    Cains Jawbone is a 1934 literary puzzle by Edward Powys Mathers, pen name Torquemada. 100 pages of dense prose, six murders, six murderers, printed deliberately out of order with no map, no key, and no instructions. The number of possible arrangements is 9.3 followed by 157 zeros. Only four people in history have solved it correctly. This is Episode 1. I'm a licensed private investigator, trained mentalist, and memory competitor, and I'm treating this exactly like a criminal investigation: evidence gathered, weighted, corroborated, and tested before any conclusion gets made. No guessing. No rushing to a solution that feels right. Every connection has to be earned. We start here. With method. With one page. With the question of who is actually speaking.Follow along. This is going to take a while. Access the free tier or go deeper with exclusive paid challenges:https://www.omniscient-insights.com/axiomhttps://www.omniscient-insights.com/community-home MERCH -- https://the-deductionist.myspreadshop.co.uk/allE-SCAPE GAME -- https://www.youtube.com/@thedeductionistteamEverything else you need -- https://linktr.ee/bencardall #CainsJawbone #Torquemada #truecrimepodcast #investigations00:00 Introduction01:24 Introduction to the jawbone27:32 Technical aspects of puzzle solving33:18 The studio solving room47:07 Closing

    Cains Jawbone: 100 Pages. No Order. Six Murders Part 1

  8. Jun 5

    The Likeability Algorithm: How Trust Gets Manufactured Before You Notice

    Trust is not something you give. It is something that gets taken, using documented mechanisms, before you have processed a single piece of evidence. Ben Cardall and Bob Pointer map the full architecture of manufactured likeability: the Halo Effect, affinity bias, the chameleon effect, the Liking Principle, and the mere exposure effect. Then they show you how to audit your own responses and spot engineered rapport in real interactions. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Access the free tier or go deeper with exclusive paid challenges:https://www.omniscient-insights.com/axiomhttps://www.omniscient-insights.com/community-home MERCH -- https://the-deductionist.myspreadshop.co.uk/allE-SCAPE GAME -- https://www.youtube.com/@thedeductionistteamEverything else you need -- https://linktr.ee/bencardall #criticalthinking #interviewing #trust Music provided by https://robertjohncollinsmusic.com/`

    The Likeability Algorithm: How Trust Gets Manufactured Before You Notice
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Look no further, dear listener, for The Deductionist podcast is here to sharpen your deductive skills and blow your mind with its clever insights.Hosted by the charming and enigmatic deductionist himself (HA!) and the Watson of awesomeness! Each episode is a masterclass in observation, deduction, and logic, as they take you on a journey through the mysteries of everyday life.From analyzing crime scenes to decoding the hidden meanings in social interactions, The Deductionist podcast brings a fresh and witty perspective to the art of deduction. With a razor-sharp mind and quick wit...ish, they'll have you hooked from the very first episode.So join us as we explore the secrets of the world around us, and learn how to become a master of deduction like the one and only Deductionist. It's time to uncover the truth and take your deductive skills to the next level. Don't miss a single episode of The Deductionist podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    ben cardall
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2026
  • Episodes
    237
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Copyright 2023 ben cardall
  • Show Website
    The Deductionist Podcast

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