Epstein: We’re Gonna Need More Red String w. Akilah Hughes
Hysteria
Hysteria
4.7 • 7.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Erin Ryan and guest host Akilah Hughes lock in and dive deep into the latest Epstein Files dump, following threads between fertility, finances, 4Chan, the FBI, and more. Then they discuss how upcoming entertainment events like the Super Bowl, the Olympics, and the Oscars put athletes and performers in a position they didn’t ask for– but also provide an opportunity that shouldn’t be missed. They wrap up with a petty conversation about Ballerina Farm and the danger of unlearning things we learned more than 100 years ago.
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Takeaways from the millions of newly released Epstein files (BBC 2/1)
A list of powerful men named in the Epstein files, from Elon Musk to former Prince Andrew (PBS 2/1)
Government says it's fixing thousands of documents in Epstein-related files that may have had victim information (PBS 2/3)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Hysteria. I'm Erin Ryan. And I'm Akela Hughes. |
| 0:12.0 | Akila. Akila's here. Our favorite writer, comedian, and internet person, our favorite of all of those things, combined into one. |
| 0:18.4 | We're so happy to have you back guest hosting while Alyssa is on vacation. |
| 0:22.2 | So I have a question, Nikila, on a scale ranging from one to buying 24 packs of Bud Light in order to |
| 0:28.2 | destroy them on camera. How big is the Maga freakout going to be when Melania, the film, is |
| 0:34.1 | snubbed by the Academy Awards next year? I think it's going to be like the sequel to January 6th. I think they're storming the stage like Will Smith. Do you think that they're going to like try to get to the Dolby and realize that traffic is way worse than they thought and they're all just going to be stuck in traffic or like accidentally in the wrong part of town? Oh, totally. I mean that or they're going to have to do counter programming like they plan for the Super Bowl |
| 0:57.0 | where they're just like, these are movies we liked and it's going to be like Airbud 17 |
| 1:00.6 | in Milan. |
| 1:02.7 | It'll be like daily wire studios productions. |
| 1:06.2 | Like that movie. |
| 1:07.1 | Exactly. |
| 1:07.7 | That like massive Game of Thrones like movie series that they're making that |
| 1:11.8 | has Brett Cooper in it as like an Arthurian heroine. |
| 1:17.2 | Anyway, we should be. |
| 1:18.1 | Starring Ben Shapiro. |
| 1:19.0 | Yeah, no, who can't miss it, can't miss it. |
| 1:22.6 | Today, we are digging so deep into the latest Epstein files drop that we got the bends coming back out. |
| 1:29.7 | In Minneapolis, red yarn is selling out because they're knitting Norwegian |
| 1:33.1 | resistance hats at my local yarn store. It's because I need the red string to make my |
| 1:37.4 | giant Epstein connection board. And then we're going to get into the circuses part of |
| 1:41.6 | bread and circuses. We're going to talk about award shows. |
| 1:44.6 | We're talking about the Olympics. |
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