The many mysteries of Jeffrey Epstein

Explain It to Me

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Education, News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.4 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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ProPublica’s Dara Lind joins Jane and Matt to discuss the sexual assault case that’s also a political scandal and a financial puzzle. **White paper starts at 45:20** Recommended reading: “Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who is friends with Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, explained” by Jane Coaston, Vox “Who Was Jeffrey Epstein Calling?” by the editors of The Intelligence “Jeffrey Epstein Burrowed Into the Lives of the Rich and Made a Fortune” by Khadeeja Safdar, Rebecca Davis O’Brien, Gregory Zuckerman, and Jenny Strasburg, Wall Street Journal “How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime” by Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald “Jeffrey Epstein Pitched a New Narrative. These Sites Published It.” by Tiffany Hsu, New York Times “What’s next in the Jeffrey Epstein case? A former federal prosecutor explains.” by Jane Coaston, Vox “Jeffrey Epstein's Accusers Are Finally in the Spotlight” by Lily Herman, Refinery29 “Too many men think teenage girls are fair game. That gave Jeffrey Epstein cover” by Moira Donegan, the Guardian “Alan Dershowitz, Devil’s Advocate” by Connie Bruck, the New Yorker “How a Predator Operated in Plain Sight” by Lisa Miller, the Cut White Paper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode deals with some material that may be difficult or triggering for some people.
0:04.3	So just wanted to start up by letting you know the national sexual assault hotline is available at 1-800-656-4673.
0:12.1	If you are someone you know, I need help or need someone to talk to.
0:15.2	Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Box Media Podcast Network.
0:32.4	I'm Matthew Glacias here with Jane Kostin, ProPublica's Darryland.
0:35.8	We're going to talk about a case true crime that has ripples into the political world.
0:42.7	And that is the case of Jeffrey Epstein who has been kind of hovering on the border lines of political attention for several years.
0:52.3	Right.
0:52.8	Burst back into the scene as he was re-arrested, charged with a new set of crimes leading to the resignation of the Secretary of Labor and more.
1:03.4	Yes.
1:03.8	And before we get started, I think that it's really challenging.
1:07.2	I hear, you know, I've been reporting on this along with a host of other people.
1:11.2	And there is a tendency to try to talk about the story of kind of like,
1:14.6	whoo, rich people moving around.
1:16.1	But at the, at its base, this is a story about a serial sexual abuser.
1:19.8	And I think for a lot of people, this content could be, has been really triggering.
1:24.7	So I just want to say that the national sexual assault hotline number is 800-656 hope that's 800-656-4673.
1:33.8	I know that the subject can be really hard for a lot of people,
1:36.9	especially when it's coming at such a trying time for a lot of people in general.
1:42.6	So I just want to put that forward.
1:43.9	But I think we should just get started by.
1:45.5	I actually want to say that if you want to tap out of this episode,
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