Can You Train Someone to Spot a Liar?

We've all heard the claim: people are terrible at detecting lies. The academic literature says we're barely above chance. But Israel runs its airport security on a completely different model — trained interviewers who talk to every passenger, looking for signs of hostile intent. Is Israel fooling itself, or have they cracked something the rest of the world missed? This episode unpacks the difference between lab studies and real-world screening, why the TSA's similar program failed, and what it actually takes to train someone to read behavioral cues. Episode #358515 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/358515