PRETEND Creators & Guests

Javier Leiva is a marketer and media producer, who currently writes and produces the podcasts "Pretend" and "Criminal Conduct."Prior to becoming a full-time podcaster, Leiva was a marketer who worked on ad campaigns. He has also been a documentary writer and producer for PBS in Tampa FL.Leiva received his B.A. in Mass Communication and Media Studies from the University of South Florida.

Frank William Abagnale Jr. is an American security consultant known for his background as a former con man, check forger, and impostor while he was between the ages of 15 and 21.

M. Chris Fabricant is an author, lawyer, and expert on the use of junk science in the criminal justice system. Currently, he is Director of Strategic Litigation at The Innocence Project.Fabricant's first book, "Busted!: Drug War Survival Skills," was published in 2009. His most recent book, "Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System," was published in 2022.Fabricant received his B.A. from the University of Arizona and his J.D. in Criminal Law from The George Washington University Law School.

Doug Williams is a former Oklahoma City detective sergeant.

Founder of Tink MediaCurator of Podcast the Newsletter and Podcast Marketing MagicCurator for Hark Audio

Kurtis Minder is the CEO and co-founder at GroupSense.

Eva Velasquez is the President and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center.

Eileen Ormsby is a writer at Casefile True Crime Podcast.

Kerri Rivera is a homeopath, author, speaker, health consultant, and autism mom. Rivera advocates for the use of chlorine dioxide to cure a variety of diseases and disorders, primarily autism.Rivera claims autism is caused by parasites that can be killed by chlorine dioxide. Although her dietary supplement has not cured her own son, she claims that it has cured 800 children from autism.

Jack Barsky is an IT specialist and author.

Brian Earl is a software engineer from San Francisco and the host of the Christmas Past podcast.

Jerri Williams is a retired FBI agent, author, and podcaster reliving her glory days writing crime fiction about greed and hosting FBI Retired Case File Review a true crime and history podcast.

LaDonna Humphrey is an author, and Executive Director at Oasis of Northwest Arkansas.

James Freedman is a British entertainer who is best known for his skill as a pickpocket.

Dan Ariely is a Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University, Founder of The Center for Advanced Hindsight, and co-founder of Kayma BEworks, Timeful, Genie, and Shapa.