{"podcast":{"title":"How To! with Mike Pesca","slug":"how-to-with-mike-pesca-514226","podcast_index_feed_id":514226,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/604130/destinations/5259555.xml","website_url":"https://www.mikepesca.com/how-to-with-mike-pesca","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/e/1/3/ee13402cf1a6daeb16c3140a3186d450/How_To_-_Podcast_Cover_NEW-20260213-4f5ssk6kt0.png","author":"Peach Fish Projects","episode_count":393,"summary":"You've got questions. We find answers. We all need advice, but it's not always clear who to ask. Each week, Mike Pesca invites a listener on the show to tackle a real problem, like protecting our elderly loved ones from scammers, emigrating as a throuple, and speaking without saying \"um\" - all with help from world-class experts: attorneys, doctors, entrepreneurs, authors, researchers - who actually know what they're talking about. Think of it as eavesdropping on someone else's therapy session, without the co-pay or awkward silence.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T08:19:23.442014+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-with-mike-pesca-514226"},"episode":{"title":"How To Solve a Mystery","slug":"how-to-solve-a-mystery","published_at":"2026-04-14T23:04:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-with-mike-pesca-514226/how-to-solve-a-mystery","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-with-mike-pesca-514226","url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/64aa8e49-9b03-4c77-acab-15d1eaa269a1/HT_Solve_a_Mystery_Fixed_Edit_2_FINALno_guns.mp3","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/64aa8e49-9b03-4c77-acab-15d1eaa269a1/HT_Solve_a_Mystery_Fixed_Edit_2_FINALno_guns_2.mp3?dest-id=5259555","summary":"Brett has spent her career in foreign policy — shaping strategy, advising governments, moving pieces on a board whose outcomes she may never live to fully see. It's meaningful work. It just never feels finished . So she's started thinking about a different kind of problem: the kind with a beginning, a middle, and an answer. Oh, also, and these mysteries keep presenting themselves in her workplace, and Brett loves mysteries! On this episode of How To!, Mike brings on Christian, a private investigator to talk through the realities of being a PI. He walks Brett through the subtle art of \"elicitation,\" the unglamorous realities of tailing cars and tracing skips, and why cracking a case in the real world is less about lurking in shadows and more about being the kind of person people want to talk to. Executive Producer Corey Wara Edited by Geoff Craig Booking by Ben Astaire Do you have a burning question or a problem you need help with? Email us at howto@mikepesca.com and we will consider your topic for the show. For full Pesca content and updates, check out our website at https://www.mikepesca.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To receive ad-free content, become a Pesca Plus subscriber at ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ For Mike's daily takes on Substack, subscribe to The Gist List https://mikepesca.substack.com/ Follow us on Social Media:⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pescagist/ X https://x.com/pescami YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@pescagist ⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@pescagist To advertise on the show, contact ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ad-sales@libsyn.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://advertising.libsyn.com/howto","meta_description":"Brett has spent her career in foreign policy — shaping strategy, advising governments, moving pieces on a board whose outcomes she may never live to fully…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2385,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-to-with-mike-pesca-514226/episodes/how-to-solve-a-mystery/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-with-mike-pesca-514226/how-to-solve-a-mystery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}