The Grateful Dead (Pt. 3): What The Epstein Files Tell Us About Bob Weir’s Bohemian Grove Ties and MK Ultra

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🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Why was the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir a member of the secretive Bohemian Club? Maybe the answer lies in the Epstein Files or in early MK Ultra efforts? Listen to find out why a counterculture icon, one of the architects of the most consequential communities in music history, was part of a community that included conservative presidents and war criminals. To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to exclusive bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠disgracelandpod.com/membership⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GET THE NEWSLETTER⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (formerly Twitter) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook Fan Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:52.2	This is a story about the other one. the prep school kid, the bagman, the devil's right hand.
1:00.0	And it's also a story about Satanism, an LSD, and the CIA, in M.K. Ultra, about ritual sacrifice,
1:10.3	and the devils in the details of the Epstein vials and
1:14.0	on the grounds of Bohemian Grove. This is a story about the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir,
1:22.0	about a man who made great music. Unlike that music I played for you at the top of the show, that wasn't great
1:30.4	music. That was a preset loop from my Melotron called Boot Scootin' Booty MK1. I played you that loop
1:40.3	because I can't afford the rights to the fate of Ophelia by Taylor Swift.
1:46.6	And why would I play you that specific slice of oversaturated Kelsey cheese could I afford it?
1:54.2	Because that was the number one song in America on January 10, 2006.
2:08.2	And that was the day Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weird died, promptly sending me down the rabbit hole at Bohemian Grove.
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