{"podcast":{"title":"The Epstein Chronicles","slug":"the-epstein-chronicles-4089394","podcast_index_feed_id":4089394,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5003294/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-epstein-chronicles","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/74ea40788dd99ac7f02283669a63532e.jpg","author":"Bobby Capucci","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Jeffrey Epstein was a multi millionaire who had political and business ties to some of the most rich and powerful people in the world. From businessmen to politicians at the highest levels, Epstein broke bread with them all. Yet for years the Legacy media and the rest of high society looked the other way and ignored his behavior as multiple women came forward with allegations of abuse. Even after he was convicted and subsequently received a sweetheart deal those same so called elites welcomed him back with open arms. Now after his death and the arrest of Maxwell, the real story is starting to come together and the curtain has begun to be drawn back and what it has revealed is truly disturbing. From Princes to Ex Presidents, the cast of scoundrels in this play spans continents and political affiliations leaving us with a transcontinental criminal conspiracy possibly unlike any we have ever seen before. In this podcast we will explore all of the levels of Jeffrey Epstein and his criminal enterprise. From his most trusted assistants to obscure associates, we will leave no stone unturned as we swim through the muck searching for clarity and answers to some of the most pressing questio…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T16:18:16.653536+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles-4089394"},"episode":{"title":"Mega Edition:  Ghislaine Maxwell And Her Go No Where Mission To Free Herself From Prison (5/29/26)","slug":"mega-edition-ghislaine-maxwell-and-her-go-no-where-mission-to-free-herself-from-prison-5-29-26","published_at":"2026-05-29T05:00:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles-4089394/mega-edition-ghislaine-maxwell-and-her-go-no-where-mission-to-free-herself-from-prison-5-29-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles-4089394","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mega-edition-ghislaine-maxwell-and-her-go-no-where-mission-to-free-herself-from-prison-5-29-26--72210581","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72210581/megamaxwellmanyattempsappeal.mp3","summary":"Ghislaine Maxwell has spent the years since her conviction trying to unwind the result of the case from almost every available angle, and the courts have rejected her at each major stop. After a federal jury convicted her in December 2021 for helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit, groom, and traffic underage girls, she was sentenced in June 2022 to 20 years in prison. Her first big post-trial effort centered on the juror issue, after a juror revealed publicly that he had discussed his own history of sexual abuse during deliberations despite not disclosing it properly during jury selection. Maxwell argued that this deprived her of a fair trial and warranted a new one, but the trial judge rejected that claim. She also attacked the indictment, the statute of limitations, the jury instructions, the sufficiency of the prosecution theory, and the fairness of the sentence itself. None of it worked. Her biggest appellate argument was that Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 Florida non-prosecution agreement should have protected her too, because the deal included language about “potential co-conspirators.” The Second Circuit rejected that argument in September 2024, holding that the Florida agreement did not bind federal prosecutors in New York, and it also upheld her conviction and 20-year sentence across the board. Maxwell then took the fight to the Supreme Court, but the Court declined to hear the case in October 2025, leaving the conviction and sentence intact. Since exhausting her direct appeals, she has turned to habeas-style filings and renewed efforts to vacate the conviction, including a 2026 submission after the Justice Department released additional Epstein-related material, but that is not a successful appeal — it is another long-shot attempt after every major direct challenge alread…","meta_description":"Ghislaine Maxwell has spent the years since her conviction trying to unwind the result of the case from almost every available angle, and the courts have…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3068,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-epstein-chronicles-4089394/episodes/mega-edition-ghislaine-maxwell-and-her-go-no-where-mission-to-free-herself-from-prison-5-29-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles-4089394/mega-edition-ghislaine-maxwell-and-her-go-no-where-mission-to-free-herself-from-prison-5-29-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}