{"podcast":{"title":"The Nation Podcasts","slug":"the-nation-podcasts-980506","podcast_index_feed_id":980506,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/de5dbe33-63b3-4d3e-a545-07791baa168c","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/start-making-sense","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2024/1/22/16/305287dd-3c1e-4d50-8ef8-939b191115b7__ac35afe0-783b-4422-a72e-e6c64f20fcc0_38137755.jpg","author":"The Nation Magazine","episode_count":1195,"summary":"Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the week in news. Hosted by Jon Wiener and presented by The Nation Magazine.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T02:17:20.644204+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506"},"episode":{"title":"What Jeffrey Epstein Taught Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon w/ Branko Marcetic | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer","slug":"what-jeffrey-epstein-taught-peter-thiel-and-steve-bannon-w-branko-marcetic-the-time-of-monsters-with-jeet-heer","published_at":"2026-05-10T10:55:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506/what-jeffrey-epstein-taught-peter-thiel-and-steve-bannon-w-branko-marcetic-the-time-of-monsters-with-jeet-heer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506","url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/de5dbe33-63b3-4d3e-a545-07791baa168c/episodes/7bce6295-bdc9-4241-afaa-b252edc41eec","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/7bce6295-bdc9-4241-afaa-b252edc41eec/stream.mp3","summary":"The late Jeffrey Epstein was friends with all sorts of elite figures in the US and many other countries. This extensive network is now sometimes described as “the Epstein class.” The question is, was this class held together merely by the opportunistic trading of favors or did it have a coherent worldview and agenda? Branko Marcetic has written a series of articles in Jacobin that clarify this issue by looking at relationships Epstein had with the billionaire Peter Thiel and the political operative Steve Bannon . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"The late Jeffrey Epstein was friends with all sorts of elite figures in the US and many other countries. This extensive network is now sometimes described…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2289,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nation-podcasts-980506/episodes/what-jeffrey-epstein-taught-peter-thiel-and-steve-bannon-w-branko-marcetic-the-time-of-monsters-with-jeet-heer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nation-podcasts-980506/what-jeffrey-epstein-taught-peter-thiel-and-steve-bannon-w-branko-marcetic-the-time-of-monsters-with-jeet-heer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}