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Louis Conte

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Forensic psychophysiologist and polygraph examiner with over 1,500 examinations. A law enforcement veteran, he teaches deception detection at IPAK-EDU and writes The Truth Be Told on Substack.

Biography

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Louis Conte is a forensic psychophysiologist and polygraph examiner with a background in law enforcement. He has conducted over 1,500 polygraph examinations, specializing in cases involving sex offenders and domestic violence. His expertise lies in detecting deception and understanding the psychological and physiological markers of truthfulness.

Conte serves as an instructor at IPAK-EDU, where he teaches courses on truth and deception, body language analysis, and interrogation techniques. His teaching draws on decades of practical experience conducting examinations in high-stakes criminal cases and helping law enforcement agencies assess credibility. Note: The IPAK page may contain outdated information.

Beyond his professional work, Conte is the father of two vaccine-injured sons, an experience that has informed his perspective on institutional accountability and how authorities use language to avoid responsibility. He writes about these and related topics at his Substack publication, "The Truth Be Told" (https://louisconte.substack.com/).

On the Kim Monson Show, Conte has discussed tactical definition substitution, the ways authorities manipulate language to avoid accountability, and practical advice for detecting deception in everyday life. He encourages people to trust their instincts when something doesn't seem right.

Episodes

2 appearances

May 15, 2023

Detecting Deception and Fighting for Fiscal Sanity

Colorado Politics & Policy

Louis Conte reveals truth-detection techniques analyzing Bill Gates' body language, while Wade Miller explains the debt ceiling battle on May 15, 2023.

“If it doesn't feel right, you know, in a conversation with a person, if something is amiss and your concern antenna is kind of raising up, you know, go with that.”

“The first thing I teach people is you want to look at behavior that is outside of the norm for the person. And in this particular interview with Judy Woodruff, Gates' behavior was outside of the norm for what he usually does.”

31:26 – 55:44

Segment

February 8, 2023

Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers and Protecting American Food Security

Colorado Politics & Policy

James Lyons-Weiler on powerful statement that encaps, Trent Loos on brilliant comparison exposing , Louis Conte on captures the concept of tactic. February 8...

“If an accepted definition places you in a difficult position, create a new definition. And we see this all the time from people who work in the pharmaceutical industry.”

“This is how we evolved, right. As important thing to keep in mind is that all communication you know between humans evolved with words and with facial expressions, emotions and body language.”

36:41 – 55:20

Segment

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