Why Mystery Stories Make Us Believe the Truth Can Be Found | Rodney Carpentier

The Thought Atlas Podcast · Sep 4, 2026 · 35m

What happens when the people who know a community best are also the people with the most to hide?

In this episode of Thought Atlas, I sit down with Rodney Carpentier, an author and longtime New York law-enforcement professional whose career has given him years of experience observing people during some of the most difficult moments of their lives.

Rodney has worked in law enforcement for more than 20 years, including time as an investigator handling fraud cases and later work in patrol and threat assessment. Before entering law enforcement, he studied English and had already been interested…