Power: The Maxwells

Sara King lived large as 'Lady Mafia,' but what caused it all to come crashing down? Host Michele McPhee unravels the secrets behind Sara King's high-roller life and high-stakes crimes - with the help of Lady Mafia herself. Search for 'Lady Mafia' wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes right now, completely ad-free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the 1970s, John Todd exploded onto the evangelical scene with a shocking claim: a secret group of devil-worshiping elites called the Illuminati were planning a violent world takeover, and Christians needed to arm themselves against them to protect their families and way of life. But none of it was true—so why did the idea spread so quickly? Dive into John Todd's dark and distorted world with journalist Paul Murphy on Cover Up: The Conspiracy Tapes. Featuring sensational tales of witchcraft and human sacrifice from recorded tape of John Todd's original testimony, this story unravels the threads of Todd's deceptions, and traces his legacy as an originator of modern day conspiracy theories. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes of Cover Up: The Conspiracy Tapes right now, completely ad-free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the Fall of 2020, 14 men were arrested for allegedly conspiring to kidnap the governor of Michigan. Americans were shocked to hear the news of the foiled plot but were left to wonder - what really what happened here? Find out on this season of the award-winning podcast, Chameleon: The Michigan Plot. You'll eavesdrop in on this group of alleged kidnappers through the actual wire recordings (that have never been heard by the public) from the FBI informant that infiltrated it. Unravel the story behind the headlines on Chameleon: The Michigan Plot, listen now wherever you get your podcasts Subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes of Chameleon: The Michigan Plot right now, completely ad-free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A podcast series that marvels at the sheer magnitude of the human spirit and the lengths we will go to preserve the most sacred of things – life. Join primitive survival expert and United States Marine Corps Veteran, Donny Dust, as he hosts the brand-new series from Sony Music Entertainment, Rescue. This 20-part weekly podcast series explores the stories behind incredible rescue missions from all over the globe. While some of the accounts have previously made headlines, this podcast unearths several new and original stories. Many of the interviewees have never shared their stories before now.  In each episode, Donny guides the listener through stirring and life-affirming accounts of both collective and individual acts of heroism. From experienced first responders to everyday civilian heroes rising to the occasion, Rescue is a celebration of those who refuse to surrender, even in the face of impossible odds.  A Sony Music Entertainment Production.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For years, Helge Achenbach has been among the world's most successful art dealers. But with one treacherous move, he lands in prison. In Season 6 of Chameleon: Gallery of Lies, host Bijan Stephen sets out on the international trail of the most famous criminal you've never heard of. With unprecedented access to an ex-con, Bijan attempts to solve the riddle of who Helge really is—and who he might become. Subscribe now to unlock all shows on The Binge and you'll be the first to access Chameleon: Gallery of Lies as soon as it drops on September 1st. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You may have heard of the abortion pill, especially in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade last year. But the story of how the pill became legal in America is closer to an action film than to a courtroom drama—with covert operations, heists, and even murder. On the new season of Cover Up: The Pill Plot, travel   back to the ‘90s and join the ragtag group that plotted an international drug   smuggling scheme and set up a secret lab to get the abortion pill to America. Get a front row seat to the epic struggle facing activists who battled presidents, the Supreme Court, militant anti-abortionists and so much more. Subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes of Cover Up: The Pill   Plot right now, completely ad-free. Catch new episodes of Cover Up: The Pill Plot every week wherever you get your podcasts or subscribe to The Binge and unlock all episodes ad-free today.  Just click ‘Subscribe' on the top of the Cover Up show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you listen. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Power, greed, religion and sex: historian Dan Jones brings the drama of medieval history alive through compelling stories, larger-than-life characters and vivid scenes. In the first season, get to know the most dysfunctional family of the Middle Ages – the Plantagenets – and find out how their scandalous betrayals and bloody politics shaped the world we live in today.  A Somethin' Else & Sony Music Entertainment production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once called “the miracle on the beach,” Synanon began in the 1960s as an experimental rehab facility in Santa Monica, California with a radical claim: It could cure heroin addiction.  Before long, it would make an even bolder claim: It could cure any of your problems. All you had to do was move in. What started in a house on the beach, soon spread to compounds across the country. The man who made the miracle happen, Charles E. Dederich, aka “Chuck,” would be the one to destroy it all, along with the lives of many of his followers and millions of dollars in assets.  The Sunshine Place tells the mind-blowing, true-story of Synanon - one of America's most cutting edge social experiments, turned into one of its most dangerous and violent cults - as it's never been told before: by the people who lived it.  Executive Produced by Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, and Emily Barclay Ford for Team Downey and C13Originals, together with Josh McLaughlin for Wink Pictures and written, produced, and directed by Peabody-nominated C13Originals, a Cadence13 Studio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Emmy Award-winning journalist Peter Hamby, along with the team of expert journalists at Puck, as they let you in on the real conversations insiders are having across the four corners of power in America: Wall Street, Washington, Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Puck's contributors bring you smart conversation around the inside stories happening in these worlds. Presented in partnership with Cadence13 Studios, this podcast releases new episodes daily, Monday-Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Panama is joined by friends Tahira Henderson, Corey Wilson, and Jibri Griffin to discuss Don King's legacy and his impact on sports, entertainment, and the culture.  Power is a Somethin' Else production with Sony Music Entertainment.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did Don King, the numbers runner kingpin, become the first domino to set a major US Supreme Court ruling in motion? We go back to Don King's numbers running past where in 1957, a beef with rivals turns the lives of Don and Cleveland resident Dollree Mapp upside down.  Power is a Somethin' Else production with Sony Music Entertainment.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don King lived out his own American dream but has that dream finally come to an end? How did boxing change because of Don King? And does boxing still even want Don King? Don struggles to find his place in the modern boxing landscape, but he's not going down without a fight.  Power is a Somethin' Else production with Sony Music Entertainment.  Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The dream team of youth and experience, Tyson and King, come undone. When they both fall from grace, will there be the consequences for King that there are for Tyson? And where can he go from there? Power is a Somethin' Else production with Sony Music Entertainment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don King meets his future in Mike Tyson. Tyson is a prodigy, a boxer overflowing with talent and hunger—and he falls early into Don's orbit. Don gets on board Tyson's wild ride and they prop each other up, all the way to the top. But when Tyson's winning streak ends in a way no one expected, Don has to figure out, what happens now?  Power is a Somethin' Else production with Sony Music Entertainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don finds himself on the wrong end of the FBI. They set up an undercover operation to take down boxing's number one promoter, figuring he'll be able to show them just how deep the mob's ties go in the boxing world. Who is passing envelopes of cash? Who is rigging things? In this one FBI agent's quest to clean up the sport, would he be able to make an example of Don King? Power is a Somethin' Else production with Sony Music Entertainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don moves on after his first failure and realizes instead of trying to control one fighter, he's going to control them all. He assembles a whole stable of fighters including Tim Witherspoon. The business side sours fast, and soon Don is getting sued. Even if he walks away unscathed, people are taking notice…  Power is a Somethin' Else production with Sony Music Entertainment.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don builds his masterpiece, one of the greatest boxing matches in history, his piece de resistance: The Rumble in the Jungle. But when he tries to capitalize on that success to take over control of The Greatest…well that might not turn out as well as he hoped. Power is a Somethin' Else production with Sony Music Entertainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We track Don King's path to boxing, from a poverty-stricken childhood, to a crime-laden young adulthood, and finally to the moment he enters the arena by attaching himself to greatest fighter of all time. But when you go from the bottom to the top, or at least pretty close, not everyone is happy.  Power is a Somethin' Else production with Sony Music Entertainment.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don King rose from a life of hardship and crime to become the most successful boxing promoter the sport has ever seen—and the first Black man to do so. He is his own American Dream. His flamboyant appearance and commanding personality made him a star in and out of the ring, as did his promotion of greats like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, and even America's musical dynasty, the Jacksons. But his less than honest exploits? They made him legendary.  Power: Don King, the third instalment of Somethin' Else's Power series, asks the question: In a sport famed for money and excess, what does it take to get to the top...and stay there? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest season of the wildly popular con-themed podcast Chameleon takes place in the summer of 2003 when two half-starved young men turned up in a small Canadian town telling an incredible story. They'd been raised in the British Columbia wilderness, and this was their first-ever contact with society — they'd never seen a TV, gone to school, or registered for IDs. So the community took them in and set about introducing them to the modern world. Before long, the international media descended on the town, enthralled by the mysterious “Bush Boys.” There was just one problem: not a word the boys said was true. Nearly 20 years later, award-winning comedian and journalist Sam Mullins uncovers the bizarre true story of the strangers who turned his hometown upside-down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the mid 2010s, Hefner's close friend Bill Cosby faces numerous allegations of sexual assault, and several are directly related to the Playboy Mansion and clubs. Hefner dies just weeks before the #MeToo movement explodes and more women publicly stand up to abuses of power. Hefner may be gone, but a question remains: What does his legacy mean today? A Somethin' Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Holly Madison becomes one of Hefner's girlfriends when she is 21 years old and stars in a new reality TV show, The Girls Next Door, focused on life in the Playboy Mansion. Hefner's tactics to control the women in his life become increasingly manipulative, and Madison finds herself trapped in a world quite different from the one presented on screen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer Saginor is the daughter of Hefner's hard-partying personal physician. She grows up in the mansion, smack in the middle of Playboy's decadent party scene. Jennifer's story sheds light on the things Hefner didn't want people to see, and how he used his power to control the narrative.  A Somethin' Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was supposed to be a reality show with a twist. In a sun-drenched villa in Ibiza, six hot guys compete for a cash prize and for the love of the beautiful and mysterious Miriam. It's meant to be her big break: the moment she becomes the superstar she was born to be. But this is the era of “cruel reality TV” and the show producers have a different goal: they want to surprise the men with the fact that Miriam is trans.  A new six-episode investigative series from Wondery, the makers of The Shrink Next Door and The Apology Line, and from Novel, HARSH REALITY is the story about love, lies, reality TV and a woman before her time: Miriam Rivera. Written by Agnes Borinsky and hosted by Trace Lysette.  Listen to Harsh Reality: http://wondery.fm/HR_Hugh_Hefner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hefner retreats into his fake, perfect life in the Playboy Mansion, hoping to escape problems in his business empire and the fallout from the murder of star Playmate Dorothy Stratten. He calls on his daughter, Christie Hefner, to turn things around.  A Somethin'  Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hugh Hefner's world is knocked off its axis when he's targeted by President Nixon's new war on drugs. Bobbie Arnstein, the Playboy founder's confidante and close ally, is caught up in the middle. Arnstein's friend Keith Stroup tells the story of her life and death.  A Somethin' Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pubic Wars commence! Hefner faces off against a new rival: Bob Guccione and his scandalous upstart magazine, Penthouse. Superstar Playmate Marilyn Cole describes becoming Playboy's first full-frontal centerfold. Hefner's right-hand woman, photo editor Marilyn Grabowski, takes us behind the lens. How did Playboy define beauty? And who was excluded from that standard? A Somethin' Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hugh Hefner's progressive legacy hinges on sexual liberation and anti-racism. As radical feminists confront Hefner on TV and Black people start appearing in Playboy, Hefner's justice-minded image invites scrutiny. How much of it is just for show—and profit? With Jeannie Bell, one of the first Black women to appear in the magazine; Walter Lowe, Playboy's first Black editor; and Diane Crothers of the New York Radical Feminist Group. A Somethin' Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did Hugh Hefner persuade the world to buy into his fantasies? Who was the first girl next door? And what was it really like to work in the glitzy Playboy Clubs at their peak? A Somethin' Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A recent discovery of some of Kevin and Ian Maxwell's financial records show things weren't quite as they seemed. In this follow-up episode of Power: The Maxwells, Tara calls up journalist James Hurley and former Natwest executive David Leal-Bennett to find out exactly what happened and what they think of the new allegations against the Maxwells. Were they really bankrupt or was someone helping them hide their fortune? Where will the money trail lead us?  This is a Somethin' Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Power, from Somethin' Else.  The hit podcast that investigates the stories of powerful people who have shaped our world, for better and for worse.  Season two of Power tells the complex story behind legendary Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's rise and the legacy he left behind, through the stories of the women who knew him best. Journalist and author Amy Rose Spiegel meets centerfold models, Playboy bunnies, photographers and top decision makers at Playboy.  She delves into Hefner's rise to power and investigates questions around the dark side of the brand, including the notorious parties at the Playboy Mansion and Hefner's manipulation and control of his girlfriends and other women.  What can the story of Hugh Hefner and the rise and fall of Playboy tell us about sex and power, then and now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Kough lived many lives. He was an NFL journeyman, a male model, and one of the most well-connected smugglers in 1980's Miami, the “Drug Capital of the World." Kough collected many souvenirs from his adventures, but his most treasured bounty – a beautiful ceramic, crafted by Pablo Picasso and gifted to Ernest Hemingway at the author's Cuban home, the Finca Vigia... or so the story goes.  Lost during the Cuban Revolution, the artwork resurfaced when Kough took it as a payment for drug run financed by the notorious Pablo Escobar. Kough passed away in 2018, passing the piece down to his son, Stevie, a skateboarding hippie growing weed in California. Stevie feels he needs to complete his father's mission – of selling this piece and telling Steve's cinematic life story.  So, is the Picasso authentic—or a fraud? Was Steve Kough a big talker or a real deal smuggler? Does any of that matter or is this a story of aspiration, legacy, and difficult love?  Tune in on Monday's starting on October 18th to find out!  This is a Somethin' Else production.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everyone's heard of Ghislaine Maxwell (Jeffrey Epstein's alleged partner in crime). But there's a shadowy figure who hangs above her who you likely don't know: her father, media tycoon Robert Maxwell. His rise from nothing to fall… from the deck of his super yacht under mysterious circumstances is straight out of a crime novel. His favorite daughter Ghislaine's theory: her father was murdered. From Somethin' Else, makers of ‘The Immaculate Deception' and ‘Faultline: Bush, Blair & Iraq', hosted by Investigative journalist Tara Palmeri, ‘Power: The Maxwells' is a seven part series on the incredible true story of a media mogul whose legacy is still being felt today. A Somethin' Else Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Portland-based anti-fascist Sean Kealiher was killed in 2019, months before the uprising that would bring Portland international attention.  Nearly two years later, his homicide remains unsolved. His mother, Laura, believes she hasn't received justice because of police hatred for her son and his politics.  Dying For A Fight, the second instalment in Somethin' Else's Fault Line series, goes in search of answers: What happened the night Sean was killed? Why have no arrests been made? Who are the Americans living at the political extremes? And how did things escalate from Portland to the Capitol?  This is a Somethin' Else and Oregon Public Broadcast production. Listen now to new episodes of The Fault Line: Dying for a Fight every Monday wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julia Langdon worked for Maxwell as the first woman political editor of a daily national newspaper in the UK. Julia went on many international trips with Robert. Hear some of the stories of what it was like to spend extended time with the man. A Somethin' Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julia Langdon worked for Maxwell as the first woman political editor of a daily national newspaper in the UK. Julia went on many international trips with Robert. Hear some of the stories of what it was like to spend extended time with the man. A Somethin' Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After making two podcasts (this one and ‘Broken: Seeking Justice') about the murky world of Ghislaine, Epstein and Robert, Tara sits down with her reporting partner from ‘Broken' to discuss all they have learned and to see how it has changed the way they see Epstein and Ghislaine. A Somethin' Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After making two podcasts (this one and ‘Broken: Seeking Justice') about the murky world of Ghislaine, Epstein and Robert, Tara sits down with her reporting partner from ‘Broken' to discuss all they have learned and to see how it has changed the way they see Epstein and Ghislaine. A Somethin' Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What did Ghislaine learn from her father? We pick up the story of her life in early 90s New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What did Ghislaine learn from her father? We pick up the story of her life in early 90s New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Following Maxwell's death in November 1991, news emerges of a further scandal: in his final months Maxwell stole £400 million from the Mirror pension fund. His sons Kevin and Ian are left to deal with the fallout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Following Maxwell's death in November 1991, news emerges of a further scandal: in his final months Maxwell stole £400 million from the Mirror pension fund. His sons Kevin and Ian are left to deal with the fallout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the late 80s and Robert Maxwell goes on a spending spree for companies in New York. But will the purchase of the New York Daily News prove to be one deal too far? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the late 80s and Robert Maxwell goes on a spending spree for companies in New York. But will the purchase of the New York Daily News prove to be one deal too far? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was Robert Maxwell a spy? What do the conspiracy theories surrounding his dealings with intelligence services tell us about his life? And why are we still feeling the aftershocks of these accusations today? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was Robert Maxwell a spy? What do the conspiracy theories surrounding his dealings with intelligence services tell us about his life? And why are we still feeling the aftershocks of these accusations today? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Maxwell's rags to riches story: from escaping the Holocaust in central Europe to becoming owner of the Daily Mirror, one of the UK's most influential newspapers. How did he become a media tycoon? And how did he become so hated? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Maxwell's rags to riches story: from escaping the Holocaust in central Europe to becoming owner of the Daily Mirror, one of the UK's most influential newspapers. How did he become a media tycoon? And how did he become so hated? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

November 1991. Robert Maxwell is missing off his yacht in the Canary Islands. We hear from the photographer and journalist who accompanied his family in the immediate aftermath of his death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

November 1991. Robert Maxwell is missing off his yacht in the Canary Islands. We hear from the photographer and journalist who accompanied his family in the immediate aftermath of his death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What was Robert Maxwell's relationship with his youngest daughter Ghislaine like? And what effect did his shocking death have on her? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What was Robert Maxwell's relationship with his youngest daughter Ghislaine like? And what effect did his shocking death have on her? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices