It's the Brian Laris Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone.

Later, we'll do two part, we'll do part two of our Black History Month series,

the history of acknowledging Black history as the attempt to

de-center it continues in Washington. We'll also have our transportation reporter Stephen Nesson

with his reporting on the BQE and to preview his upcoming Green Space event about the BQE and other things

called The Big Dig. The event is next Tuesday.

But we start here.

Journalists and others are still learning things worth knowing from the thousands of pages in the recent Epstein files releases.

We will focus in this conversation on three main questions.

One, why does information from the Epstein files seem to be having more

political repercussions in Europe than it is here? Two, what consequences are any Americans

experiencing based on various kinds of association with Epstein that have been revealed in the files?

This will include naming some names who have had

more revealed about them than we knew during our last segment on this last week, and are the

redactions in the files protecting anyone who may have actually committed pedophilia crimes

who law enforcement hasn't pursued. And three, how much are we learning about Epstein trying to use his

influence not just to lure women and underage girls for sex, but to shape global politics?

And does that intersect with his sexual crimes? Back with me for this is Vicki Ward, who did

some of the earliest investigative reporting on Epstein more than 20 years ago, now writes the Substact newsletter, Vicki Ward, who did some of the earliest investigative reporting on Epstein more than 20

years ago, now writes the Substack newsletter. Vicki Ward investigates and is author of books,

including Kushner, Inc., greed, power, corruption, the devil's casino, friendship, betrayal,

and the high-stakes games played inside Lehman Brothers, and her latest, an instant

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