{"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":"The Jes Staley Admission and the Hard Questions Around Epstein’s Assistants (6/5/26)","slug":"the-jes-staley-admission-and-the-hard-questions-around-epstein-s-assistants-6-5-26","published_at":"2026-06-05T18:30:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more-6558377/the-jes-staley-admission-and-the-hard-questions-around-epstein-s-assistants-6-5-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more-6558377","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-jes-staley-admission-and-the-hard-questions-around-epstein-s-assistants-6-5-26--72348029","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72348029/staleyadmitsrelationsepsteinassistant.mp3","summary":"Jes Staley’s admission that he had what he described as consensual sexual relations with one of Jeffrey Epstein’s assistants seriously undermines the narrative that Epstein’s trafficking operation had no outside beneficiaries. The issue is not simply whether Staley used the word “consensual,” but whether that woman was operating inside Epstein’s larger ecosystem of coercion, dependency, employment pressure, secrecy, and abuse. Epstein’s world was not a neutral social environment; it was a controlled system where staff, assistants, young women, powerful visitors, money, housing, and access all overlapped. If at least one assistant was abused or controlled by Epstein, then sexual access to someone in that role cannot be dismissed as an ordinary private encounter without asking whether Epstein’s power shaped the circumstances. Staley has not been convicted of trafficking and the full legal record still requires precision, but his admission creates a factual anchor that makes the old “Epstein never trafficked anyone to anyone else” defense look increasingly hollow. The broader point is that Epstein’s operation survived because powerful people and institutions repeatedly separated individual incidents from the machinery that produced them. “Consensual,” “no client list,” “no charges filed,” and “professional relationship” have all been used to narrow the public’s view of a scandal built around access, control, and institutional protection. Staley’s connection to Epstein was not a meaningless brush with a disgraced financier; it involved a relationship serious enough to draw regulatory scrutiny, and his admitted encounter with an Epstein assistant raises direct questions about whether Epstein’s financial, social, and sexual worlds were intertwined. 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