Hello there. I'm Chuck Todd. Welcome to another episode of the Chuck Todd cast. And yes,

I'm still the host of my own podcast. I tease because I don't know who else would do it,

if you're going to name it the Chuck Toddcast. But I digress. I welcome new listeners,

new subscribers to the content, whether you've liked and subscribed on YouTube,

Apple, Spotify, wherever you get your podcast.

If you watch us in video form as well, thank you.

We've seen the growth lately.

It's great.

It's reassuring.

And it's good to know.

Look, this is a tough business to get into the independent media business, especially if you're

not a partisan hack, right?

It's a lot easier to be a partisan hack in this world in order to, quote, get attention.

But when you're building something that I'm hoping to be building here, it's incremental.

So it makes you more grateful that I know I'm earning every like and subscribe that you get rather than just trying to ride a grievance wave, whether it's a liberal one or a conservative one on this front.

I'm going to go through three topics, well, two topics today, plus a fun interview.

I'll hit the welcome to,

welcome to reality with the world of Epstein,

Jeffrey Epstein and the Epstein files.

Going to tackle a little bit of where Elon Musk,

if he chose to actually engage in third party politics,

where in 2026 he could be the most impactful.

...