From Epstein to ICE: How Power Protects Itself

The Muckrake Political Podcast

CLNS Media Network

News, Politics

4.6 • 530 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Together at last! Co-hosts Nick Hauselman and Jared Yates Sexton are reunited (and it feels so good). In this episode of the Muckrake Podcast, Nick and Jared break down newly surfaced evidence related to Jeffrey Epstein, raising fresh questions about who knew what — and when. They explore the disturbing use of torture tactics by DHS and ICE, and how the government is increasingly targeting political opponents through arrests and surveillance. The crisis in Gaza continues to escalate, and the hosts analyze Israel’s ongoing actions and global fallout. Finally, they examine the sudden cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s show and what it reveals about the current state of media and comedy in a time of rising authoritarianism. To support the show and gain full access to the Weekender episode on Fridays, head over to ⁠http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast⁠ and become a patron. It keeps us ad free, editorially independent, and helps us grow.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Muck Ray podcast, and it is together at last. We have me, Nick
0:08.1	Hausman, your co-host, along with Jared Yates Sexton, who is finally available to talk with me,
0:13.5	and I am available to talk with him. And Jared, I know you're on the road, but it's still
0:17.9	great to hear your voice. It's so good to talk to you.
0:22.1	The reports are true, everybody.
0:23.6	The boys are in fact back in town, even though not literally back in town, but in the
0:29.6	Muckrake town.
0:30.5	And I'll take it.
0:31.3	I'm so happy to be back.
0:32.9	Thank you for holding down the fort.
0:34.5	I had to do it before, and it's a lonely business, but I appreciate
0:38.6	you, and I'm so excited to get back to work. Oh, I know. Well, yeah, thanks for holding it down
0:42.9	as well, doing one man shows, as always an amazing feat that only a few people are able to do,
0:49.2	and you are definitely top that list. So I'm, but again, to be able to be here, I feel like I need to whisper,
0:55.2	the boys are back if we want to continue this, this reference. But forgive me,
1:01.1	then Lizzie, but nonetheless, Jared, we have a lot to talk about in this episode. We have
1:06.2	more Epstein evidence and hint, hint, I'm sure there'll be even more the next time we speak.
1:11.7	We have arresting our political enemies, which is what we had completely predicted for years.
1:17.2	DHS slash ICE torture going on and that is now being documented.
1:22.0	We have Israel and Gaza, more atrocities being committed.
1:25.8	And then Stephen Colbert was canceled over the weekend
1:28.9	so a lot of things to talk about
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