{"id":4356,"date":"2021-03-31T04:53:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T09:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=4356"},"modified":"2026-05-19T02:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:08:48","slug":"part-2-of-the-pretend-podcasts-interview-with-doug-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2021\/03\/31\/part-2-of-the-pretend-podcasts-interview-with-doug-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 2 of the Pretend Podcast&#8217;s Interview with Doug Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UjQj9m2uiew\">season 7, episode 7<\/a> (The Lie Detector part 2) of the Pretend true crime documentary podcast, Javier Leiva concludes what is likely the last public interview of the late polygraph critic, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doug_Williams_(polygraph_critic)\">Doug Williams<\/a>. AntiPolygraph.org co-founder George Maschke and private polygraph operator <a href=\"https:\/\/thepolygraphexaminer.com\/polygraph-lie-detection-lie-detector-about\/\">Andrew Goldstein<\/a> were also interviewed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode, Leiva addresses Williams&#8217; decision to continue providing polygraph countermeasures training to an undercover federal agent after the agent stated that he had engaged in illegal behavior that would preclude him from the federal job he was pretending to be seeking. <s>Additional text commentary and a video clip from the undercover operation are available on the Pretend podcast&#8217;s web page for this episode.<\/s><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In season 7, episode 7 (The Lie Detector part 2) of the Pretend true crime documentary podcast, Javier Leiva concludes what is likely the last public interview of the late polygraph critic, Doug Williams. 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