The U.S. edition of the U.K. newspaper The Guardian covered the release of our new book, "Get the Truth," in a March 31 article headlined, "CIA Self-help Book: How to Win Friends and Interrogate People." Here's an excerpt:Philip Houston, Michael Floyd and Susan Carnicero believe the methods that have helped them to winkle out traitors in various unspecified sandy locations
"Well, here's a business communications book with a difference." That's how writer Sam Leith opened his review of our new book "Get the Truth" in the March 30 edition of the Financial Times in London. Here's an excerpt:The secret, they say, is to keep your interlocutor in “short-term thinking mode”, so their mind stays in the room, not on the big picture.
Interest in our new book, "Get the Truth," has spread to Australia, where "Weekend Sunrise," a popular morning show on Sydney's Channel 7, invited QVerity's Michael Floyd to share our tips on how to tell when someone is lying. In the March 29 segment, co-hosts Monique Wright and Andrew O'Keefe engaged Michael in an enjoyable interview that captured the essence
In a March 26 article, Harry Ritchie of the Daily Mail in the U.K. provided an entertaining look at our new book, "Get the Truth: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Persuade Anyone to Tell All." Here's an excerpt:Not only will you learn how to have the guilty singing like canaries, this book also comes up with some genuinely important insights about
On March 24, QVerity's Phil Houston appeared on Fox News's "The Kelly File" to discuss Get the Truth, sequel to the New York Times bestseller Spy the Lie.
On February 17, QVerity's Michael Floyd was a guest on Ohio Public Radio's "Sound of Ideas" program, hosted by Mike McIntyre. The segment, "Liars and the Lies They Tell," focused in large part on the controversy surrounding NBC News anchor Brian Williams's false claim to have been in a helicopter that was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in a war
On January 2, Phil Houston appeared on The Kelly File with Megyn Kelly for a special report on the Baby Lisa case. When young Lisa Irwin went missing from her Kansas City home in October 2011, authorities quickly identified the girl's parents as likely suspects. But during his interviews with both Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin just 10 days later, Houston concluded
How can you tell when your child is lying? QVerity's Phil Houston recently addressed that topic for an article on the Yahoo! Parenting site. Here's an excerpt:Every child at least attempts to lie, says Phil Houston, a former CIA polygraph examiner, co-author of “Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception,” and a father of three.
A July 15 Psychology Today article about detecting deception featured QVerity's Phil Houston, who provided some valuable advice for interviewers on reliable indicators of deception, as well as on popular approaches that may not be so reliable. Here's an excerpt:"Houston warns that it’s often too difficult to discern valid deviations from baseline. So instead, he encourages interviewers to simply look
