{"podcast":{"title":"The Moscow Murders and More","slug":"the-moscow-murders-and-more-6558377","podcast_index_feed_id":6558377,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5852883/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85a2c7fb3ddf19fac8a354e1e0ad41b8.jpg","author":"Bobby Capucci","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Moscow is a city located in northern Idaho, United States, with a population of approximately 25,000 people. It is the largest city and the county seat of Latah County. The city is situated in the Palouse region, known for its fertile soil and rolling hills, and is surrounded by wheat fields, forests, and mountains.Moscow is home to the University of Idaho, which is the state's flagship institution and a major research university. The university is a significant contributor to the local economy, and many businesses in the city are directly or indirectly tied to the university. The city also has a thriving arts and culture scene, with several galleries, museums, and performance venues.In terms of recreation, Moscow has several parks and outdoor recreation areas, including the Latah Trail, the Moscow Mountain Trail System, and the Palouse Divide Nordic Ski Area. The city also hosts several annual events, including the Moscow Farmers Market, the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, and the Renaissance Fair. However, things would change forever after Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves were murdered in the early morning hours of November 13th, 2022. What followed…","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T20:22:33.491270+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more-6558377"},"episode":{"title":"From Donor Lodge to Demolition Site: Interlochen’s Epstein Problem (5/29/26)","slug":"from-donor-lodge-to-demolition-site-interlochen-s-epstein-problem-5-29-26","published_at":"2026-05-29T14:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more-6558377/from-donor-lodge-to-demolition-site-interlochen-s-epstein-problem-5-29-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more-6558377","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-donor-lodge-to-demolition-site-interlochen-s-epstein-problem-5-29-26--72225900","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72225900/interlochenclosing.mp3","summary":"Interlochen Center for the Arts is moving to demolish Green Lake Lodge, a building originally funded by Jeffrey Epstein and once named for him before the school stripped his name from campus after learning of his 2009 criminal conviction. Epstein had attended Interlochen’s summer camp in 1967 and later donated to the institution from 1990 to 2003. The lodge, built along Green Lake, was used to house donors and, at times, Epstein himself. Interlochen says it previously investigated his activities on campus after his first conviction and again after his 2019 arrest, claiming it found no evidence that Epstein committed crimes at the school. Still, the building has become impossible for the institution to separate from Epstein’s legacy, and Interlochen’s board says demolishing it is now the appropriate step. The renewed scrutiny comes after recently released Justice Department files and prior reporting showed Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell met alone with at least one student at the lodge, an encounter the woman later described as the beginning of grooming behavior. Interlochen says it does not allow unsupervised donor-student visits, but that claim only raises more questions about how Epstein and Maxwell ended up alone with a student in the first place. Michigan lawmakers have signaled plans to investigate Epstein’s activities at Interlochen, while the school says it has cooperated with investigators and will respond to oversight bodies as needed. The demolition may remove the physical structure, but it does not erase the larger issue: Epstein was embedded deeply enough in elite institutions that even a children’s arts camp in northern Michigan became part of the long, ugly paper trail. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: Interlochen to demolish lodge tied to…","meta_description":"Interlochen Center for the Arts is moving to demolish Green Lake Lodge, a building originally funded by Jeffrey Epstein and once named for him before the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":662,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-moscow-murders-and-more-6558377/episodes/from-donor-lodge-to-demolition-site-interlochen-s-epstein-problem-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-moscow-murders-and-more-6558377/from-donor-lodge-to-demolition-site-interlochen-s-epstein-problem-5-29-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}