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Epstein Files Reveal Depraved Global Network

Pod Save the World

Pod Save the World

Politics, News

4.825.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Tommy and Ben break down the expanding web of corruption around President Trump — from a bombshell report revealing the UAE royal family’s stake in the Trump family crypto venture, to the global fallout from the release of the Epstein Files. They also dig into Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s role in “investigating” insane foreign election conspiracies, a mysterious, top-secret whistleblower complaint that Gabbard has kept from Congress, the impact of brutal winter conditions on the war in Ukraine, Egypt’s role in Sudan’s civil war, why Americans should care about a separatist movement in Alberta, Canada, and the last place you’d ever expect to find a World War I artillery shell. Then, Ben speaks with Ali Vaez of the International Crisis Group about what’s unfolding in Iran after the regime’s brutal crackdown.

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1:39.9

Thank you. Welcome back to Pots Day of the World. I'm Tommy Vitor.

1:56.5

I'm Ben Rhodes.

1:57.4

We're recording a little early today because Ben and I are going to go see a Melania doc matinee. There's the $12 tub of popcorn. Have you seen that? Yes. Yes. The Melania. I was saying you, I saw a Melania billboard driving in on La Brea. In your house. I didn't see it defaced yet. Not that I encourage vandalism. No.

2:52.8

I'm surprised. It's something about the black and white color scheme that's a little triggering too. It's very spy versus spy. Yeah. It's very, yeah. They spent $35 million on the marketing. Typical. I mean, you know, to be fair, budgets for documentary. Low budget. PR is usually like that. Yeah, usually it's hundreds of millions. The funniest thing about it is that they insisted in an international release. And they won't release those numbers. They will notice that. Because I get it. The MAGA diehards will turn out for any fucking piece of junk that glorifies their leader. But the idea that anybody was going to see that in Europe, it just feels like a troll.

2:55.8

You see South Africa actually barred it from its theaters?

3:02.4

Yeah, I noticed it had a better than expected, what is it?

3:41.0

What do you call it, open revenue total in the U.S. was like $8 million, which again, it's like it means Amazon's going to recoup, I think, 3.5 million. They'll get like half of whatever back or 4 million. And they just wouldn't release the international tolls because they know. Good job. International. Good job. Jeff Bezos. You know, we're going to talk today about some great, like, hard-hitting investigative reporting. A lot of it is coming from Murdoch papers, and Jeff Bezos is just buying off Trump family members with documentaries. That would pay for the Washington Post Foreign Bureau for the next 10 years. It sure would. The Melania release. Yeah. Infuriating. Well, we have a corruption theme today. We have a corruption theme today. So stick around.

3:49.7

Yeah, today's focus is going to be a great deal on international corruption and the rot we are seeing, not just in the Trump administration, but amongst elites all over the world. That starts with this jaw-dropping report in the Wall Street Journal about the UAE secretly purchasing 49% of the Trump family's crypto company before he was inaugurated,

3:59.7

and then the advanced AI chips they got in return.

4:01.9

We're going to try to unravel the truly global scope of this Epstein files scandal.

4:08.4

It's just metastasizing daily.

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