{"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:  Leon Black And His Attempt To Sprint Away From The Shadow Of Epstein (6/26/26)","slug":"mega-edition-leon-black-and-his-attempt-to-sprint-away-from-the-shadow-of-epstein-6-26-26","published_at":"2026-06-27T07:00:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles-4089394/mega-edition-leon-black-and-his-attempt-to-sprint-away-from-the-shadow-of-epstein-6-26-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles-4089394","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mega-edition-leon-black-and-his-attempt-to-sprint-away-from-the-shadow-of-epstein-6-26-26--72705074","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72705074/megaleonblackandhisepsteinexcuses.mp3","summary":"Leon Black has spent years trying to put as much distance as possible between himself and Jeffrey Epstein, even though the documented financial relationship was enormous and lasted long after Epstein’s 2008 conviction. Black’s public line has been that Epstein provided legitimate tax, estate, and philanthropic advice, that he did not know about Epstein’s “demonic life,” and that Epstein “duped and deceived” him. In his House Oversight testimony, Black denied involvement in Epstein’s crimes, denied paying Epstein for access to women, denied being blackmailed, and framed the relationship as a professional mistake rather than something darker. But that defense has always had a massive problem attached to it: Black paid Epstein roughly $158 million between 2012 and 2017, with Senate investigators putting the total at more than $170 million, for work Black says was bona fide financial advice. Black’s distancing campaign has included regret statements, an Apollo-commissioned outside review, stepping down from Apollo’s leadership in 2021, denying civil allegations, and settling with the U.S. Virgin Islands for $62.5 million without admitting wrongdoing. He has tried to draw a bright line between “Leon Black, client of Epstein’s financial advice” and “Jeffrey Epstein, sex trafficker,” but that line is hard to sell when Epstein was already a convicted sex offender and Black continued paying him staggering sums anyway. The story Black wants believed is that he knew the useful Epstein, not the criminal Epstein — the “Jekyll,” not the “Hyde.” The problem is that the money, timing, access, and secrecy make that separation look less like a clean break and more like a carefully managed effort to minimize what was, by any reasonable measure, one of Epstein’s most lucrative post-convic…","meta_description":"Leon Black has spent years trying to put as much distance as possible between himself and Jeffrey Epstein, even though the documented financial relationsh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4234,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-epstein-chronicles-4089394/episodes/mega-edition-leon-black-and-his-attempt-to-sprint-away-from-the-shadow-of-epstein-6-26-26/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-leon-black-and-his-attempt-to-sprint-away-from-the-shadow-of-epstein-6-26-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}