Deep Cover: The Nameless Man

by Pushkin Industries
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True Crime #73

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. 

Welcome to a new miniseries, Deep Cover: George Santos. 

George Santos, the former Republican Congressman from New York, told a lot of stories about his life and his credentials. Many of which, it turns out, were not true. And now–in just a few weeks–Santos is scheduled to face a criminal trial. 

Deep Cover Producer Amy Gaines McQuade, who grew up in Santos’ congressional district, speaks with insiders and experts to try to answer the question: Who is George Santos… really? Amy shares her findings with Jake Halpern as she covers Santos' rise and fall, the double life he led and reports from his upcoming trial in New York.

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 episodes early and ad-free, subscribe to Pushkin+ in Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus.

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  • Episode 1: The Campaign
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  • Deep Cover: George Santos
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  • Unpacking the Verdict
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  • Behind the Scenes of The Nameless Man
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Recent Reviews
  • shauyanne1994
    Thrilling and Very Well Narrated.
    I loved this. Totally worth it.
  • allie87mallie
    Way too many ads
    Only got 19 minutes into the episode and there were already 3 ad breaks, one of which was almost 2-3 minutes. Unlistenable.
  • Panzollitto
    Underwhelming
    Came for season 4 because NYT best of 2024… BEYOND underwhelming
  • TC main
    Good reporting, unlistenable due to adverts
    Some good reporting but the adverts ruin the whole show and make it totally unlistenable. I would guess over half the episode is adverts. They have tried to deliberately make them blend in too, making them hard to skip. This is a guide for every podcast maker on how NOT to make a podcast. Yes you need to make money but if you make an unlistenable show, no one is there to listen to your adverts . A shame as the journalist knows what they’re doing. Id give 2 stars but it is so deeply hard to enjoy that i will never come back.
  • 2728!:&
    Season 4. Deeply dissapointing
    The number of minutes spent on ads and the sorts of ads are really disorienting. The content on season 4 is reall dissapointing as well. A lot of very slow buildup to a conclusion that amounts to more or less a nothing burger. Can’t believe this was on NYTs best podcasts of 2024.
  • tinternmarissa
    Too many ads
    The ads make this an excruciating listening experience.
  • jilly t
    bizarre ads
    content of the actual show is decent, but the ads are so bizarre, frequent and lengthy that it becomes confusing and not worth the trouble.
  • J.cah
    Earlier seasons are better
    The first few seasons are better than the last few. There are way too many ads, and sometimes the narrative isn’t pushed forward too much. This is especially true in seasons 4 and 5, but the early seasons are great.
  • Postwarrior
    Too slow, too thin
    These episodes have too little content and too much foreshadowing. The episode entitled Grand Jury spent about 20 minutes ruminating over how the testimony and evidence might go over, then just jumps and say they issued an indictment. The rest of the time was ads: pointless, endless, painful and repetitive. If you want to punish those who don’t want to pay for the ad-free version, you are overdoing it.
  • FengLida
    This should have been a movie
    This podcast was at least 50 percent ads and 25 percent, “these questions, after the break” or, “next time…” I listened to the nameless man after seeing it recommended on a list of best podcasts of 2024, but if this is one of the best then we are really in trouble. Similarly to when people complain that a tv series could have been a movie, this would have been a great hour long conversation. Fast forwarding the ads won’t help me, because of all the filler about “the next episode “ etc that is more difficult to skip.
  • Bilas Peles
    Great storytelling destroyed by too many ads
    Deep cover Five star storytelling in between tons of ads. Keep your hands on the fast forward button or all you’ll get is ads. But the storytelling is so very good, it’s almost it. In spite of my ad-phobia, I just had to binge listen to the murder story “Never Seen Again”.
  • MeOLbT
    Too many ads
    More ads than podcast
  • makepatsingmore
    Too many ads
    More ads than content. Sad.
  • Sleepyfel
    Too many ads, too little depth
    I swear this thing is at least half ads. You can barely remember what was happening in the story because of all the ad breaks. The reporting itself does not seem that interesting or groundbreaking either.
  • Cynographer
    Lazy, shallow
    Does not go “deep” in any sense of the term. Omits great scads of widely reported, interesting, contextualizing, and entertainingly salacious background. Unskilled and timid reporting. Loses focus frequently. Much of episode 4 is a recording of the the two principles yakking on the phone with terrible audio quality. Know what has great audio quality? The many, many ads aimed at convincing us that it’s dangerous to leave the house.
  • MegTheHippie
    Boring
    We tried to listen to the 3rd season and felt it didn’t go anywhere. Turned it off because I was falling asleep. No great details or storyline to keep things moving and the audience interested. Maybe try a test audience next time or focus group to see if you grab listeners. Hope you can learn from this. Not being rude, just think it could be told better.
  • renejr525
    so many ads
    i really wanted to listen to this, there was an ad every 3 minutes seemingly. felt like i was only ning to ads.
  • papakila
    Professional malpractice
    This is just flat out crappy journalism. I know more about George Santos than you will learn in this podcast. You probably do too. The producers shamelessly ripped off the actual reporters who dug up all the lies and misdeeds of this man and made it 50% less interesting. There’s nothing here about how the NYT missed the scoop, about Kitara, about the North Shore paper that broke the story BEFORE the election, about elder abuse in Brazil….don’t waste your time. And Malcolm Gladwell better clean house.
  • USA Mknitter
    George Santos - Season 5
    Why did George lie? Affirmation of his self worth? Maintain a level of expectations, as required by our current culture? Think of modern day influencers and smooth talkers. Refusal to accept the evidence (no different than a current politician who refuses to accept evidence from 2020)? No different than others who have pushed “the envelope” and not pay the consequences? TRUTH requires hard work and effort, and our society has become so accustomed to comfort that it refuses to accept blame. Thanks for this deeper dive into Mr. Santos than what I was able to hear briefly from the regular news media. Great reporting and narrators and speakers!
  • Bugseye66
    Poor delivery
    This is one podcast I was so looking forward to , such an interesting story, but I can’t get past the first episode , how the presenter (female) speaks is like nails on a chalkboard . I know a lot of people that age group speaks like that, but I just can’t.
  • Namsalot
    Disjointed bad story telling
    I really wanted to love this. It was hard to listen to. It’s not the story of who Santos is and how his life/political career/downfall unfolded. It’s more listening to a teenage girl reading a group text thread. I really hope another better podcast does his story. It’s so worth telling.
  • TildaJean
    For heaven’s sake
    Learn the difference between loan and lend! You set my teeth on edge.
  • looska
    Interesting but annoying for a number of reasons
    The story of Santos is strong and the reporting was good but I wish it had been more in depth. Overall I think they were too soft on Santos. The reporter (Amy) sounded like she thought Santos antics were a lark when it’s anything but funny. Kathy the donor infuriated me. She made excuses for him too. I wonder what Warren Zevon would think of Republicans who’d named their ginormous house after his song. Finally, both hosts have an annoying verbal tic of completing sentences with “right?” Please stop.
  • Janith
    Vocal fry alert
    Why can’t female reporters realize that their vocal fry is offensive? Good grief.
  • Fthisnikcnames
    This should have been 2 episodes MAX
    At the end I didn’t learn anything new. Instead heard the same thing over and over repeated by different people. Way to stretch a podcast, truly with no added value for the listener.
  • X13 b45 8
    Adverts
    If you like ads, this is the podcast for you! Have fun! 🤩
  • deemcc02
    tenacious!
    Impressive research and stellar journalism. I don’t know how they find these stories. I am going to be sad when I get through season 5. Good stuff!
  • SMT883
    Too many ads
    It was a meh for me & too many ads to hang in there.
  • IMHO FR
    9 ads per episode??
    It’s insane to me that a ~30 minute episode has 9 ads, it is so off-putting and ruins the flow of the show. While the topic is interesting, given that they’re just retelling other people’s research and insight into the topic, throwing in a couple of interviews, it’s a pass for me.
  • matty2lines
    The voice over
    I like this show. The reporting is solid. Her voice over is very hard to take. Most of the time it sounds like she wants to laugh. It makes it hard to take the information seriously. It’s a very immature way of telling the story.
  • teenuts23
    Good story, SO. Many. Commercials.
    Good story telling, but no flow because there are so many ad breaks. skip.
  • Calipodlistener
    Too Many Ads!!
    Season 4 is a decent story but the ads are making it unlistenable. The same ads over and over and over. I spend half my time fast forwarding. I understand you need sponsors but what makes you think your audience will be okay with that?
  • Smollett454
    Not for me
    Lots of guessing and innuendo. The host doesn’t clarify or go back and state truths when clear lies are spoken by the people being interviewed.
  • by50&;hx
    Terrible audio
    That very long phone conversation was so hard to understand. The audio was terrible. Didn’t you listen to how this sounded before you included it in the podcast?
  • BernieSpencer
    Love Amy!
    Amy is incredible! So smart and enjoyable to listen to. This is a great season!
  • CarlyGard
    All good but the santos season
    This is a great pod but the last season doesn’t hit for me. It’s such an interesting story, but the hosts style of talking - like she’s holding in a laugh and having to halt after every word drives me insane! Take a breath, get to the story, and do some editing.
  • HardKnockSal
    Season 4 Episode 3
    Could this conversation NOT have waited until both the host and the producer weren’t walking in public? Wait until you are home and hop on a zoom
  • TubelessSchwinn
    Well worth a listen
    Each season is different and enjoyable!
  • dougparsons23
    State Run Media
    How come you don’t do hit pieces on democrats, all you podcasts are the same, why don’t you ever do pieces on how the democrats lie, cheat, and steal, and if that doesn’t work, they outright break the law. Like Biden, how many laws did he break, that if it were Trump, he’d been indicted? You’re all a bunch of biased, hypocritical, propagandist
  • Scot2944
    Santos
    Who cares who George Santos is! Boring!!
  • JZE
    Excellent podcast
    I love this podcast. It’s very well written. My favorite is season 3.
  • idontknowY
    Really enjoy season 4 but
    The speculation on Craig’s racial identity at the end with no evidence is very strange
  • MoLyJann
    Drags on and on and on…..
    Season four could have been done in two episodes. There is not much to the story and cut out the insane amount of advertisements!
  • Cuca Girl
    Really enjoyed!
    I liked the fact that this podcast is to the point and not just made to hear themselves speak. Some podcasts that are ten plus episodes are often repetitive. This was not.
  • Engman19
    Lovely story!
    Season 4 summary: two white kids randomly kill a black drug dealer. Not sure how many kids died from the drugs the drug dealer sold. The drug dealers killing becomes the object of justice. Skinhead vs drug dealer. This is how dumb our society has become. All three of them should be dead and no one should care.
  • Lord Ruphus
    Great show. Last season not.
    I LOVE this show but the last season let us down.
  • stlouislegrands
    Love this podcast!
    Such interesting cases and Jake is very entertaining to listen to…starting season 4 now.
  • meganm1990
    A long winded, boring story disguised as intriguing
    Listened to season 3. Starts off alluding to murder, then espionage. Then come to find out it’s just a story of some average woman with anxiety. So anti climactic. Sure, produce 1 episode about it, but an entire season???
  • dantmamn
    It’s ok
    In season four, Scott seems to get confused between liking a family that have been victims of a crime and evidence. You make up your own mind, but be prepared. He’s gonna knock you over the head with his beliefs and make anything that opposes it sound doubtful.
  • pipatty113
    Too much.
    The story takes too long. Great story. But I find myself often getting bored in parts. That being said, as a trial attorney it is always great listening to juries talk.
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