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Upcoming events

Upcoming podcast appearances:

  • Crime Talk with Scott Reisch
  • Strong Enough
  • The Killer Psychologist

Interviews & Podcasts

  • The Human Pattern – podcast about Evil at Our Table. Discussed my years evaluating men under California’s Sexually Violent Predator Law, why the line between victim and perpetrator is so often blurred, what the research says about reoffending, why some policies meant to protect us may be making things worse, and what writing the book meant to me.
  • Interview with the International Autoimmune Encephalitis Society about ambiguous loss – what it is and how to survive it, and even thrive.
  • The LawBusiness Insider interview about Evil at Our Table – about the intersection of good and evil, crime, punishment, law, and psychology, and our very humanity, as well as how to achieve a sane balance between community safety and civil liberties.
  • DEVIANT true crime podcast about Evil at Our Table. We discuss how the SVP program actually works—and why it’s so controversial. We discuss the tension between public safety and civil liberties, the emotional toll of sitting across from serial predators—and why treating them is prevention work, as well as the broader questions society faces when deciding how to deal with people who’ve committed unthinkable crimes.
  • Patterns & Rituals podcast about Evil at Our Table. Amongst other things, we discuss deviant human sexuality, the psychology of sexually violent predators, and the complexities of their rehabilitation.
  • Bound by the Cloak podcast about Evil at Our Table. We explore what it was like to sit less than 3 feet away from some of the most danerous and violent offenders in the state of California, how the law works, and the ethics it raises.
  • The Consult podcast about Evil at Our Table. Join me and an FBI agent in a discussion about the challenges of evaluating dangerous offenders, the complexities of human behavior, common misconceptions about “evil,” and what it’s like to sit face-to-face with some of society’s most disturbing individuals.
  • The Consult – myself and real FBI agents profile Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell (4 part series)
  • IDO podcast – interview about how to effectively communicate love in relationships.
  • IDO podcast – interview about navigating relationships when there are conflicting values.

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Past Events

  • Book Launch Party, Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA
  • Books & Bubbles: A Bedside Reading Holiday Book Fair, The Marker Union Square, San Francisco, CA
  • Book reading at Page Against the Machine in Long Beach, CA
  • Jewish Book Council Network Conference, May 18-20, 2026
  • CrimeCon2026, Las Vegas, NV