Episodi

  • Why You Can’t Stop Defending Yourself
    Feb 22 2026
    Explaining feels helpful. It isn’t. This episode shows why explanations, justifications, and clarifications signal defence rather than honesty, especially when they are pre prepared. You’ll learn why silence feels dangerous under pressure and how stopping early makes you sound calm and credible. If this resonates or raises questions, email jack@neveratruerword.com and they will be addressed later in the series.

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    10 min
  • Why You Keep Answering the Wrong Question
    Feb 15 2026
    You can answer truthfully and still lose trust. This episode breaks down Selecting, how people under pressure answer from safer ground by choosing the least risky part of a question. You’ll hear how criminals and manipulators do this when the stakes are high and how ordinary people do it without realising. If this episode makes you rethink how you answer questions, email your thoughts or examples to jack@neveratruerword.com. They will be used in a future episode.

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    10 min
  • The Words That Make You Sound Like You’re Hiding Something
    Feb 8 2026
    Certain words appear when people stop trusting their own story. This episode exposes the small, ordinary words that leak defensiveness and self protection and why listeners react to them instantly. You’ll learn why removing words is more powerful than adding better ones.

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    9 min
  • Why Your Emotions Make You Sound Untrustworthy
    Feb 1 2026
    Emotion feels human. Under pressure, it sounds manipulative. This episode shows how emotional language is used when facts aren’t enough and how honest people accidentally do the same thing. You’ll learn how to remove emotional pressure from your words and let credibility return.

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    8 min
  • Why Your Answers Don’t Actually Answer the Question
    Jan 25 2026
    You might think you’re being helpful, but if you keep answering around questions, people stop trusting you. This episode explains how Avoiding works, why it sounds polite, and how deceptive people use it to stay safe under pressure. You’ll learn how to answer directly without overexposing yourself.

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    9 min
  • Why Your Certainty Sounds Fake
    Jan 18 2026
    Certainty doesn’t create trust. It often destroys it. This episode breaks down how absolute language, over assertion, and verbal reinforcement are used by deceptive people to control belief. You’ll learn why strong statements weaken credibility and how to let facts stand without propping them up.

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    9 min
  • Why Trying to Sound Honest Makes You Sound Guilty
    Jan 11 2026
    The harder you try to be believed, the worse you sound. This episode shows why effort is audible, how listeners hear it instantly, and why people who are remembering sound calmer than people managing belief. You’ll learn what to remove from your speech to sound more authoritative immediately.

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    11 min
  • Why People Don’t Believe You When You’re Telling the Truth
    Jan 11 2026
    Honesty isn’t enough. This episode explains why truthful people are still questioned, challenged, and doubted and how belief is shaped by structure, effort, and word choice. You’ll understand why people push back on you and how to speak in a way that sounds certain without force.

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    11 min