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"Dan, you need to tell your dad you love him more." Dan dives deeper into why he sacrificed his baseball Hall of Fame vote, and Greg Cote continues explaining how he could have kept it. Did Greg Cote's children truly appreciate his legendary career as a Miami Herald columnist? Plus, the group discusses the Senate's passage of the Protect College Sports Act and who this legislation would actually protect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Greg Cote Show says goodbye to the Miami Herald and charts its future Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Greg Cote Show says goodbye to the Miami Herald and charts its future Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Greg Cote Show says goodbye to the Miami Herald and charts its future Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Alamo Program 271: The Book of Proverbs, Roman Canon Law, and Letters From Texarkana to Ghana World pastor Tony Alamo devotes program 271 to the Book of Proverbs and a running case against what he calls Roman canon law and the Vatican's seat in Rome, reading listener letters from Texarkana to Ghana with co-host Lydia. Program 271 Opens With Free Literature and Ministry History World pastor Tony Alamo opens program 271, part 169 of his series How to Have God's Life Living in You, with his standing offer of free literature, cassettes, CDs, Bibles, and his Messiah book, all sent with postage covered, and an invitation for listeners to become distributors or open their own churches. He recalls how the ministry began in his house, grew too large, and moved into what he calls an actual dope den after members invited him to preach and everyone there got saved. From there the congregation outgrew several buildings, expanding from Hollywood, California, into Saugus, Newhall, and Valencia as crowds kept multiplying. Alamo frames the day's teaching as a comparison between the Bible and what he calls Roman canon law, describing a world government and a world church he identifies with Satan's seat in Rome, working alongside much of the news media. He tells the congregation not to fear these forces but to fear God and keep His commandments, calling that the whole duty of man. Prayer, Song, and the Book of Proverbs on Wisdom Alamo leads the studio in prayer, thanking the Lord for people responding to the ministry's teaching even on their deathbeds and asking that lukewarm members of the church be filled with the Spirit and set on higher ground; the congregation answers with an audible amen. He then performs a recording of Lead Me, Guide Me with J.D. Sumner and The Stamps Quartet. Returning to the microphone, he turns to the Book of Proverbs, calling it God's detailed pattern for living and naming wisdom, the ability to live skillfully in an ungodly world, as its key word. He tells listeners that no law or word other than God's can lead them rightly, quoting Christ's claim to be the way, the truth, and the life, and warning that anyone trying to reach heaven by another path is a thief and a robber who cannot enter the kingdom. He then turns the broadcast to co-host Lydia to begin reading listener responses. Listener Letters From Texarkana to Ghana Lydia reads a letter from Texarkana, Texas describing how sisters Theresa and Emily brought Alamo's tract That's What It's All About, containing the testimony of a woman named Bessie Haskell, to an 88-year-old stroke patient dying in a nursing home; Theresa read it aloud as the woman lay silent, then led her in the sinner's prayer as her eyes filled with tears. Alamo explains the tract's origin, an elderly woman in a Chicago rest home whose testimony his witnessing crew recorded decades ago with her permission to distribute worldwide. Lydia continues with letters from Easton, Pennsylvania, praising an article called Brace Yourselves printed in the New York Daily News; from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, thanking Alamo for teaching heard on KAAY 1090 AM; from Minneapolis, Minnesota, admiring a full-page prayer printed in the Star Tribune; and from a man named John in Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana, who says a newsletter passed to him by a friend led him to salvation and asks for more literature to distribute. A Newspaper Campaign and the Power of God's Grace Alamo tells listeners the ministry has placed pages of testimony and prayer in newspapers across the country, including the Miami Herald, the Chicago Tribune, and five weeks of ads in the New York Daily News, spending what he says was a quarter of a million dollars on a single Sunday's placements two weeks earlier, and appeals for volunteers to help answer the flood of mail and email the campaign has produced. Returning to Proverbs chapter one, he teaches that the King James word grace was originally power, a change he attributes to Shakespeare's editing, and insists that by God's power believers can do all things in Christ and will be raised from the dead on the last day. He describes receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit as the source of that power, recalling that Jesus blew the Spirit onto the disciples in a locked room and later commanded them to wait in Jerusalem for it to descend with power for ministry. Proverbs Chapter One and the Story of Susie and the Rabbi Alamo tells the story of his late wife Susie, who died in 1982, witnessing to a rabbi identified as Sonderling and beginning to speak in an unknown tongue she had never learned; the rabbi, alarmed, later confessed that during the Bataan death march he had seen a vision of Moses on a hillside with the Messiah, Yeshua, dying on a cross behind him, a secret he says he had never told anyone. Alamo offers the episode as proof that true tongues carry real meaning rather than meaningless noise. He then has Lydia continue reading Proverbs chapter one, verses eight through eighteen, warning against sinners who entice the innocent, and interjects that such enemies of the ministry are laying a net for their own destruction. He recalls Sennacherib's army, 185,000 of whom, Lydia notes, were struck dead by God's angel in a single night after boasting against Him, and warns present-day critics of the ministry that they risk the same fate. Roman Canon Law, the Vatican, and a Closing Prayer Alamo turns to what he calls Roman canon law, having Lydia read from Vatican Council II's statement that the Church of Christ subsists in the Catholic Church under the successor of Peter and the bishops; he rejects the claim, insisting Peter was a Jew, not an Italian, who preached in the Book of Acts and never sanctioned praying to Mary or worshipping idols. He calls the Vatican the seat of Satan in Rome and the organization behind a one-world Antichrist government that he says has tried and failed for forty-two years to stop his ministry. Running low on time, he promises to continue the teaching the next day and leads listeners in a spoken sinner's prayer confessing belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, raised from the dead, and asking forgiveness for sin. Lydia gives the ministry's website, Texarkana post office box, phone, and fax number, and Alamo closes singing So High with J.D. Sumner and The Stamps.

In this episode of With Stugotz & Hochman, Stugotz and Marc Hochman go back into the archives to revisit some of Greg Cote’s earliest appearances on the show following the news that his 53-year run at the Miami Herald is coming to an end. The guys listen back to the early days of the Singing Sportswriter, including Greg’s unforgettable Roger Clemens song, and remember how the bit eventually spawned its own characters, including Fake Greg Cote and the legendary Black Cote caller.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newly released records show that Jeffrey Epstein cultivated a surprisingly deep relationship with the emerging cryptocurrency world years after his 2008 conviction, positioning himself as an investor, connector and adviser while Bitcoin and other digital assets were still in their infancy. The records detail his dealings with crypto entrepreneur Brock Pierce, who introduced Epstein to early investment opportunities, including Coinbase, and show Epstein discussing Bitcoin with figures such as Peter Thiel and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. Epstein ultimately put millions of dollars into crypto-related ventures and maintained relationships with people at the center of the industry, while also using those connections to expand his access to powerful figures in finance, technology and politics. The documents also show Epstein communicating with Steve Bannon, the former Trump adviser, about cryptocurrency contacts and people connected to Pierce's network.The records also reveal that Epstein viewed cryptocurrency as more than an investment opportunity and apparently saw it as a potential instrument of geopolitical influence. In 2013, correspondence involving former Norwegian prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland discussed the possibility of presenting Russian President Vladimir Putin with a proposal involving cryptocurrency and attracting investment to Russia; Epstein's calendar subsequently included an entry to prepare a “Putin Paper.” There is no public evidence that Epstein ultimately met Putin to deliver the proposal, but the episode adds another layer to the increasingly documented picture of Epstein operating simultaneously across finance, technology and international political circles. Taken together, the records show that Epstein was not simply observing the early cryptocurrency boom from the sidelines: he was investing in it, introducing people within it and attempting to place himself at the intersection of digital finance and global power.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Epstein's secret crypto ties include Trump ally, Putin pitch | Miami Herald

Newly released records show that Jeffrey Epstein cultivated a surprisingly deep relationship with the emerging cryptocurrency world years after his 2008 conviction, positioning himself as an investor, connector and adviser while Bitcoin and other digital assets were still in their infancy. The records detail his dealings with crypto entrepreneur Brock Pierce, who introduced Epstein to early investment opportunities, including Coinbase, and show Epstein discussing Bitcoin with figures such as Peter Thiel and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. Epstein ultimately put millions of dollars into crypto-related ventures and maintained relationships with people at the center of the industry, while also using those connections to expand his access to powerful figures in finance, technology and politics. The documents also show Epstein communicating with Steve Bannon, the former Trump adviser, about cryptocurrency contacts and people connected to Pierce's network.The records also reveal that Epstein viewed cryptocurrency as more than an investment opportunity and apparently saw it as a potential instrument of geopolitical influence. In 2013, correspondence involving former Norwegian prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland discussed the possibility of presenting Russian President Vladimir Putin with a proposal involving cryptocurrency and attracting investment to Russia; Epstein's calendar subsequently included an entry to prepare a “Putin Paper.” There is no public evidence that Epstein ultimately met Putin to deliver the proposal, but the episode adds another layer to the increasingly documented picture of Epstein operating simultaneously across finance, technology and international political circles. Taken together, the records show that Epstein was not simply observing the early cryptocurrency boom from the sidelines: he was investing in it, introducing people within it and attempting to place himself at the intersection of digital finance and global power.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Epstein's secret crypto ties include Trump ally, Putin pitch | Miami Herald

This bonus episode for our season on the awesome movie year of 1985 features Savage Steve Holland's Better Off Dead. Written and directed by Savage Steve Holland and starring John Cusack, Diane Franklin, Curtis Armstrong, Amanda Wyss and Aaron Dozier, Better Off Dead is the first of two movies that Holland and Cusack made together in the 1980s.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Janet Maslin in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/11/movies/film-better-off-dead.html), Paul Attanasio in The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1985/10/17/better-off-dead/f8af2b50-e203-4dbb-8bc9-3f27a54b8b9b/?utm_term=.74f647aaacce) and Bill Cosford in the Miami Herald.Check out more info and the entire archive of past episodes at https://www.awesomemoviepod.com and visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyearYou can find Jason on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/, on Bluesky at signalbleed.bsky.social and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/If you're a Letterboxd user and you watch any of the movies we talk about on the show, tag your review “Awesome Movie Year” to share your thoughts.You can find our producer David Rosen and his Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Instagram at @piecingpod, on Bluesky at piecingpod.bsky.social and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/ Join the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod for more movie discussion and our Awesome Movie Year audience choice polls.All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comSubscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year and Piecing It Together, plus music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for future episodes.

Jordan McPherson joins Larry Blustein to talk about the latest with the big injuries for Marty brown and Josh Moore. They talk about the other news within the roster and so much more.

Meteorologist Lew Turner delivers the long-range forecast; Miami Herald reporter Claire Heddles examines the local version of Alligator Alcatraz.

Julie K. Brown, the investigative reporter for the Miami Herald, not only reignited the Jeffrey Epstein case by exposing the sweetheart non-prosecution agreement in Florida but also turned her spotlight to Epstein's Caribbean operations. In a 2023 Miami Herald piece titled “U.S. Virgin Islands cozied up to Jeffrey Epstein. Now they're profiting from his sex crimes,” Brown detailed how Epstein benefited from deep ties to the territory's institutions—securing lavish tax breaks and beneficial financial dealings through shell companies like Southern Trust. Her reporting underscored how USVI authorities, including those in positions of power, either overlooked or enabled Epstein's operations, which later came under legal scrutiny through lawsuits and settlements.In the piece, Brown argued that the USVI not only allowed Epstein to operate with little interference but later positioned itself to collect financial benefits through penalties and settlements after his death. This framing suggested that the government was both complicit in allowing the criminal enterprise to flourish and opportunistic in profiting from its collapse. The article sparked strong pushback, including from the University of the Virgin Islands, which issued a public response disputing some of the claims. The controversy reflected the tension between investigative reporting that sought to highlight systemic failures and local institutions that rejected the characterization of their role.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:U.S. Virgin Islands profiting from Jeffrey Epstein's crimes | Miami HeraldBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Julie K. Brown, the investigative reporter for the Miami Herald, not only reignited the Jeffrey Epstein case by exposing the sweetheart non-prosecution agreement in Florida but also turned her spotlight to Epstein's Caribbean operations. In a 2023 Miami Herald piece titled “U.S. Virgin Islands cozied up to Jeffrey Epstein. Now they're profiting from his sex crimes,” Brown detailed how Epstein benefited from deep ties to the territory's institutions—securing lavish tax breaks and beneficial financial dealings through shell companies like Southern Trust. Her reporting underscored how USVI authorities, including those in positions of power, either overlooked or enabled Epstein's operations, which later came under legal scrutiny through lawsuits and settlements.In the piece, Brown argued that the USVI not only allowed Epstein to operate with little interference but later positioned itself to collect financial benefits through penalties and settlements after his death. This framing suggested that the government was both complicit in allowing the criminal enterprise to flourish and opportunistic in profiting from its collapse. The article sparked strong pushback, including from the University of the Virgin Islands, which issued a public response disputing some of the claims. The controversy reflected the tension between investigative reporting that sought to highlight systemic failures and local institutions that rejected the characterization of their role.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:U.S. Virgin Islands profiting from Jeffrey Epstein's crimes | Miami HeraldBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Federal prosecutors argued in July 2019 that Jeffrey Epstein presented a serious risk of witness tampering and should remain jailed while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. They pointed to $350,000 in wire transfers Epstein allegedly sent to two people in November and December 2018, shortly after the Miami Herald published its major investigation into his earlier plea deal and the allegations against him. Prosecutors said the recipients were potential co-conspirators who could have provided information against Epstein, and they argued that the timing of the payments suggested he may have been trying to influence them as scrutiny of his conduct intensified. The allegation became a central part of the government's opposition to Epstein's request for bail.Epstein's attorneys had asked that he be released to home confinement with electronic monitoring, but prosecutors said his wealth, international connections and alleged efforts to influence potential witnesses made that option inadequate. At the time, Epstein had pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy charges stemming from allegations that he sexually exploited dozens of underage girls at his homes in Manhattan and Palm Beach. The government used the alleged payments to argue that even after the renewed public exposure of his past conduct, Epstein still had the financial means and ability to shape what potential witnesses might say. The court ultimately denied him bail, leaving him detained at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

We've been waiting all week for this conversation, and it is finally here. After the Miami Herald laid off Greg Cote following a legendary 54-year run, Dan sits down with him to discuss his emotions as he heads into his next chapter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hank/Neil crossover: Book came out yesterday, Arthur Teele killed himself, Miami Herald fires Jim DeFede because he was taping conversations with Teele. POLL: What South Florida radio or TV personality do you hate the most?

"My brother was enjoying his birthday!" JuJu is here to rename the Joker of the Day, and he has some Show Awards, Flowers of the Day, and hey... anyone wanna talk Sydney Sweeney? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"The dog never does his business when I walk him." Greg Cote is here to walk us through how McClatchy informed him he'd been laid off from the Miami Herald, what he plans to do with his free time, how he'll handle the rest of his career, and the column he's most proud of. But first, the Jai Alai season starts today; Zas and Trysta show some truly awful judgment, and Jeremy, unsurprisingly, makes it all about himself. Today's cast: Dan, Greg, Trysta, Roy, Chris, Jeremy, and Zaslow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In hour four, an article in the Miami Herald outlines a long road ahead to rebuilding the Miami Dolphins roster. Would Miami bypass Jeremiah Smith for a QB in the draft? Celebrating National Double cheeseburger day.

Nasty Nate jumps into an emergency episode to share his thoughts on Greg Cote being laid off from the Miami Herald. It sucks.

After 54 years, Greg Cote was laid off from The Miami Herald. ON HIS BIRTHDAY.What are his feelings? What is the fate of this show? Will The Singing Sportswriter continue to sing and sports write?Tune in to find out!Also: Greg retires from bowling, Chris Cote is an ordained minister, and we unveil Catchphrase #2 (but is it really?)Stick around for Dad Jokes, Three Facts Jack, Dolphins and Miami Hurricanes recap, and is it time to have a conversation about Justin Herbert? Follow along with the Cote family this NFL season at PFPI.MEBut seriously. On his birthday? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You can donate to the Kyra Fund using this link: https://fundraise.gbmresearch.org/campaign/812889/donate The MLB season is coming to a close. Two weeks to go! What are we watching? (13:10) Greg Cote was let go after 50 years at the Miami Herald. That is the sign of where local journalism is now. Local papers are going away. (22:48) Let's talk about scheduling. Sunday was the NFL Week 1, MLB games, the US Open Men's Final, and the Women's FIBA World Cup Final. Why? (28:10) Ted Cruz was on College Gameday. The schilling is continuing. (37:20) Mark Walter is selling more. This time it is Chelsea. Before it was the Lakers. Sell Sell Sell! (43:20) The Premier League is having a TV issue. Like every sports league in the world sans the NFL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You can donate to the Kyra Fund using this link: https://fundraise.gbmresearch.org/campaign/812889/donate The MLB season is coming to a close. Two weeks to go! What are we watching? (13:10) Greg Cote was let go after 50 years at the Miami Herald. That is the sign of where local journalism is now. Local papers are going away. (22:48) Let's talk about scheduling. Sunday was the NFL Week 1, MLB games, the US Open Men's Final, and the Women's FIBA World Cup Final. Why? (28:10) Ted Cruz was on College Gameday. The schilling is continuing. (37:20) Mark Walter is selling more. This time it is Chelsea. Before it was the Lakers. Sell Sell Sell! (43:20) The Premier League is having a TV issue. Like every sports league in the world sans the NFL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For review:1. Report: The Trump administration secretly explored an energy deal with Cuba earlier this year that would have provided US oil and investment to the island in exchange for major economic and political changes, according to media reports.Miami Herald: "The deal with Cuba, while much smaller in its scale would have sent shockwaves throughout the Cuban government establishment, as it was also tied to a demand that the country's handpicked president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, seen as an incompetent figurehead by Trump administration officials, leave power."2. Houthi fighters on Sunday said they used drones and missiles to attack a military base in southern Saudi Arabia.The attack at the southern Sharurah base targeted “weapons depots and command and control centers that are managing the aggression against our nation and people,” Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree wrote on X.The date of the operation was not specified. 3. Chinese entities supplied Iran with high-quality satellite imagery of a US Air Force base in Jordan both before and after Tehran launched a deadly ballistic missile attack on the facility on July 17, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing US officials familiar with the matter.4. Moscow is now striking targets indiscriminately across Ukraine in response to Kyiv's intensified attacks on Russian territory, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Sept. 13.Peskov claimed Russia had previously avoided indiscriminate strikes but changed its approach after Ukraine began targeting Russian economic and strategic infrastructure.5. Canada and Ukraine have signed a long-term defense agreement to jointly produce uncrewed technologies, counter-drone systems, and munitions.During a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Calgary, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Thursday a series of deals to support the war-torn country as part of a “100-year partnership.” 6. Finnish space company ICEYE and Poland's state-run defense giant PGZ have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop a military satellite communications system.Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the project will pave the way for the launch of a Starlink-like system for the nation.In a statement, PGZ said that the program is to be implemented from 2026 to 2030.

Today on the show we preview Sunday's season opener for the Miami Dolphins and what we are expecting and hoping to see. We recap a record setting Canes win over FAMU from last night. Today we were joined by Seth Levit from the Fish Tank, the Miami Herald's Omar Kelly, and Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio.

The Miami Herald's Omar Kelly breaks down what he expects to see from the Dolphins in the opener on Sunday

We mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Not just the terrorist attacks that changed America forever, but the lives of the terrorists here in South Florida – and the Islamophobia that follows their atrocities even today (1:03). We'll also discuss the Jewish High Holy Days that start this evening in the shadow of rising antisemitism (19:03). And we'll talk with Miami Herald reporter Jay Weaver, who's retiring after decades following South Florida's often bizarre crime and crime fighters (34:35).

We take Labor Day seriously around here. Which is to say, "off." We take Labor Day off. Not always, of course. Which undermines the earlier premise. But we're not not doing it today, so who cares? What we are doing is re-running our September 8, 2025 show. And won't you be surprised by how very similar certain parts of the news still are? Here's what we were up to at about this time, one year ago: David Waldman catches us up on the multiple disasters since Friday. Greg Dworkin catches us up on the multiple disasters since Thursday. Boooo! Trump was booooooooed at the US Open. If they don't want to hear boos, they shouldn't invite Trump. Or Winsome Earle-Sears. Tiny hands, deep throat, Donald K. Trump was an FBI Snitch according to Mike Johnson, the last guy anyone would trust to keep a secret. The Miami Herald and New York Times seek to unseal records on Jeffrey Epstein's estate, while we all know that Jeffrey Epstein and everyone on the Epstein list has been brought to you by capitalism. Zohran Mamdanimentum continues as Americans are beginning to see capitalism about as badly as they do Trump. LG Energy specialists squeezed into 90+ day rotations to set up a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia were caught in violation of that "+" part, were belly-chained and hauled out of the country. The plant they were setting up won't be hiring Americans any time soon, thanks to Karen-Republican Mar-a-Lago wannabe Tori Branum. Don't expect to hear more from Branum but do expect a lot more plants to be shut down. The Department of War begins its Midway Blitz, which is not a war, it is simply a police action. Why do so many Republicans think Trump is more liberal than he is? If people die in Florida because of lack of vaccines, it will be a surprise to Florida Surgeon General Ladapo. RFK Jr. will have seen it all coming, as he always does a year or so later. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists will save lives in the future by ignoring the CDC today. Ironically, the owner of one of the most punchable faces in politics, Scott Bessent, keeps wanting to punch others in their faces. This time it was the quite punchable Bill Pulte and for the same reason as Scott picked ever punchable Elon Musk. Scott heard both were bad mouthing him to Donald. Scott almost took Bill out, back there on the cement slab they have over the White House septic tank. E. Jean Carroll won her judgement against Trump again.

Atlanta United heads south for a Saturday night showdown with Lionel Messi and Inter Miami, and SDH Week in Review gets you ready for the matchup. Miami Herald beat writer Michelle Kaufman joins Jon Nelson for an in-depth look at a busy week for Inter Miami, from roster moves and another coaching change to the strengths, and defensive vulnerabilities, Atlanta could look to exploit. Apple TV's Callum Williams breaks down Atlanta-Miami along with NYCFC-Nashville and talks about life as one of the busiest broadcasters in the game. Ross Smith also stops by to talk Portland-Minnesota, his move back home to Canada, and, naturally, a little music along the way. It's the best of the week from SDH AM on the Soccer Down Here Network. Catch the show live starting at 9:05 a.m. on the Soccer Down Here YouTube and Twitch channels Monday-Friday.

Most gay men do not have a conflict problem. They have a conversation problem. Joshua Johnson spent 25 years in journalism learning why people cannot talk to each other, then turned it into a TED Talk. The former NPR and MSNBC anchor joins Rick to break down what actually happens inside a difficult conversation, why your internal monologue is running the show before you say a word, and why the queer community has a specific and largely unspoken problem with mentorship and validation. This is not a civility lecture. It is a framework for stopping the patterns that keep gay men stuck in the same arguments with the same people. Key Takeaways: Why the problem in conflict is not the inability to talk but the inability to argue constructivelyHow your internal monologue shapes every difficult conversation before it startsThe journalist's trick for getting the story behind someone's position before engagingWhy responding instead of reacting changes the outcome of almost every conflictThe "common enemy intimacy" pattern that holds gay men back from real communityWhy queer men struggle to receive mentorship and positive validation and what to do about it About Joshua Joshua Johnson has spent more than 25 years in journalism, helping people see each other despite their differences. His latest project, The Resolution, is an online game where players debate everyday issues to build their persuasion skills. Previously Johnson was the anchor of “NOW Tonight”, the first 8pm program on the streaming channel NBC News NOW. Before that he anchored “The Week with Joshua Johnson” on MSNBC, providing rare spaces for audience interaction in network news. His projects for NBC included anchored specials for Black History Month, a live MSNBC broadcast from outside New York's Stonewall Inn for LGBTQ Pride Month, and a focus group of small business owners reacting to President Biden's 2022 State of the Union Address. MSNBC recruited Johnson away from the NPR daily talk show “1A”, which he hosted for its first three years on-air. During that time “1A” built a weekly audience of four million listeners nationwide. Johnson has also been an anchor and reporter at San Francisco's KQED, and at WLRN in its unique partnership with The Miami Herald. His most recent accomplishment was his TED 2026 talk. Johnson holds bachelor's degrees in Broadcasting and Theater Arts from the University of Miami. He lives in Chicago. Connect With Joshua Website TED Talk 2026 Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Hey Guys, Check This Out! Are you a guy who keeps struggling to do that thing? You know the thing you keep telling yourself and others you're going to do, but never do? Then it's time to get real and figure out why. Join the 40 Plus: Gay Men Gay Talk, monthly chats. They happen the third Monday of each month at 5:00 pm Pacific - Learn More! Also, join our Facebook Community - 40 Plus: Gay Men, Gay Talk Community

On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we speak with filmmaker Xander Robin about his new documentary The Python Hunt. The film examines the rise of Burmese pythons as “exotic pets” that often end up in the Everglades, and the state sponsored 10-day competition to hunt and remove them (0:13). Alex Harris, lead climate change reporter for the Miami Herald, also joins to talk about the impact of climate change in South Florida (20:28), featured in the film Facing the Future: South Florida vs. Climate Change. In an interview with Marshall L. Davis, Sr. and documentary director Brian Bayer (An Instrumental Start: A Model for the Nation), we learn about the development of Marshall L. Davis, Sr. African Heritage Cultural Arts Center., which provides access to educational and artistic resources for kids in Liberty City (33:56).

Inter Miami beat writer Michelle Kaufman drops by SDH AM to talk about the interesting season the Herons have hadWe look into the coaching changes, transfer deadline day, and all the moving pieces leading into the matchup with Atlanta United

When tourists found an abandoned bicycle on a remote track in Australia's Great Sandy Desert, it triggered one of the strangest missing person searches in outback history — police, aircraft, and Aboriginal trackers combing the Kimberley for a man who had vanished without telling anyone where he was going. Twelve days in, the search was called off and his family was told he was almost certainly dead, so they hired a private American wilderness rescue team led by a man who insisted on being called Gunslinger. What none of them knew was that he had walked into the desert deliberately, on a spiritual quest, and had no idea anyone was searching for him at all. Forty-three days of starvation, dehydration and roughly 250 miles on foot later, a helicopter found him alive — and set off a fight that reached the Premier of Western Australia, while the man who led the rescue turned out to have invented his entire past. Twenty-five years on, one of the trackers who searched for him asked him for a single word, and what he said instead is still an uncomfortable part of this story.Timestamps: 00:00 Podcast Intro Setup00:30 Mud Water In The Desert02:22 Abandoned Bike Mystery03:18 No One Knew The Plan06:36 Spiritual Quest Revealed07:34 Search Begins With Trackers09:27 Media Frenzy And Survival Math10:28 Search Called Off Parents React11:57 Gunslinger Arrives Private Team15:06 Fresh Tracks And Desert Ordeal18:52 Help Sign And Found Alive21:49 News Crew Rescue Controversy25:10 Hospital Risks Refeeding27:22 Costs Rumors And Apology30:04 Gunslinger Exposed As Fraud33:27 The Tracker Story And Apology35:26 Final Reflections And OutroREFERENCESParke, Erin. Expanse: Nowhere Man. ABC listen, 2025.Parke, Erin. "Finding Robert Bogucki, the man who disappeared on purpose." ABC News, 6 July 2025. Sweeney, Lucy, and Erin Parke. "The strange story of Garrison 'Gunslinger' St Clair, the American sent to find Robert Bogucki." ABC News, 23 August 2025. Lowth, Adrienne. "Channel Nine under fire over Bogucki actions." ABC Radio PM, 24 August 1999.Media Watch. ABC Television, 30 August 1999."American found after outback odyssey." BBC News, 23 August 1999. Associated Press. "Wanderer May Have To Foot Bill." CBS News, 26 August 1999. Morgan, Curtis. "Daring rescuer dogged by a questionable past." Miami Herald, 21 May 2000.Orr, Stephen. The Fierce Country. Wakefield Press, 2018.Adshead, Gary. "Finding Bogucki: The fallout, the stuff-ups and a tinderbox of tension." The Age, 3 September 2023."Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition (1896)." Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-crux-true-survival-stories--7265181/support.Listen AD FREE: Support our podcast at patreon: http://patreon.com/TheCruxTrueSurvivalPodcastEmail us! thecruxsurvival@gmail.comInstagram https://www.instagram.com/thecruxpodcast/Get schooled by Julie in wilderness medicine! https://www.headwatersfieldmedicine.com/This episode includes AI-generated content.

Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to assorted local theater & book venues   Carl Hiaasen: Creating Satire in the Age of Trump, “Fever Beach,” now out in trade paper Carl Hiaasen is a novelist best known for writing humorous and satiric crime thrillers set in Florida. His latest novel, now out in trade paperback, Fever Beach, satirizes the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, corrupt nepo Florida Congress-critters, and rich right-wing geriatric  billionaires. Until 2021, he was a regular columnist for The Miami Herald, appearing every Sunday to discuss political and social issues. He is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky. In this in-depth interview, he discusses the writing of “Fever Beach” and how difficult it has been to create satire during the Trump years, his views on what's happening in Washington and Florida, the adaptation of his novel “Bad Monkey” for Apple Plus, and his process of writing. Recorded August 13, 2025.           The post Bookwaves/Artwaves – August 27, 2026: Carl Hiaasen, Master of the Satiric Detective Novel appeared first on KPFA.

Episode Summary: In this episode of the Work at Home Rockstar Podcast, Tim Melanson chats with Dr. Rob Yonover, founder and CEO of Sea Rescue Corporation, who has worked from home for over 30 years inventing survival gear for military and civilian use. What started as him "screwing around with a piece of plastic" on his patio became the SeeRescueStreamer, a signaling device he says is now military-approved worldwide and has even flown on SpaceX missions. Rob gets candid about what it actually takes to make working from home sustainable: brutal self-discipline, a simple math equation for building a passion project around a day job, and a thick skin built from years of rejection, including five no's on Shark Tank. He walks through the relentless, old-school media hustle that got his product into outlets like the Miami Herald, Outside Magazine, and Playboy, and explains why he still believes trade shows and face-to-face relationships beat digital marketing for building trust. The conversation also covers how a 15-year licensing deal with guaranteed royalties gave him the cash flow to keep inventing, what's exciting him now with a new pocket desalinator project and his published books, and his strong personal views on keeping kids off phones and social media. Who is Dr. Rob Yonover? Dr. Robert Yonover is a Ph.D. geochemist/volcanologist with a history of innovative scientific contributions and technologies that have been awarded U.S. Military/DARPA funding and U.S. Patents. The military-approved/adopted SeeRescueStreamer has saved lives on land and in water. A North Shore big wave surfer and Molokai Channel rough-water fisherman, Dr. Yonover uses the ocean as his laboratory. He's the founder and CEO of Sea Rescue Corporation and has worked from home in Hawaii for over 30 years, describing himself as a third-generation work-at-home entrepreneur following his grandmother, who ran an early medical practice out of her Chicago home, and his father, who built a mail-order business in the 1960s. The SeeRescueStreamer earned Navy approval and has since been adopted across military branches, including the Canadian Air Force. He's also the author of four books, Hardcore Inventing, Caregiver's Survival Guide, Hardcore Health, and Brainstorm Islands, and is currently working on a pocket desalinator that converts saltwater to freshwater. Connect with Dr. Rob Yonover: Website: SeeRescueStreamer.com Host Contact Details: Website: https://workathomerockstar.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/workathomerockstar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workathomerockstar LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timmelanson YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WorkAtHomeRockStarPodcast X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/workathomestar Email: tim@workathomerockstar.com In this Episode: 00:00 — Welcome and Guest Intro 00:30 — From Patio Idea to Lifesaver 01:30 — Discipline for Remote Work 03:18 — Side Hustle Time Math 04:53 — Avoiding Desperation Deals 05:52 — Handling Rejection and Doubt 08:32 — Protect Ideas Before Sharing 09:29 — Finding Your First Yes 13:42 — Old School Media Hustle 16:01 — Marketing in the Internet Age 19:50 — Work Ethic Beats the Odds 20:43 — Passion and Ownership Matter 21:55 — Tools That Still Work 22:31 — Trade Shows and Niches 24:32 — Longevity and Low Overhead 25:51 — Relationships Beat Automation 27:53 — Licensing and Cash Flow 30:28 — Thick Skin and Trolls 32:10 — Phones Without Guardrails 35:16 — What Excites Him Now 35:57 — Desalinator and Storytelling 40:00 — No Electricity Grandpa 40:58 — Where to Find Rob 41:50 — Desert Island Albums General Business Advice Disclaimer The strategies and experiences shared in this episode are based on our guest's personal journey and are for inspiration and education, not a guarantee of results. What worked for them may not work the same way for everyone. Guest Claims & Product Disclaimer Any claims made about products, approvals, or outcomes in this episode reflect our guest's own statements about their business and have not been independently verified by Work at Home RockStar. Personal Opinions Disclaimer Our guests share their own opinions and life philosophies, on technology, parenting, or anything else, which don't necessarily reflect the views of this show. 45:24 — Final Thanks and Signoff

La gauche française est dispersée... Elle serait même « en mode survie », si l'on en croit la Tribune Dimanche. « À huit mois du premier tour de la présidentielle, explique le journal, la gauche non mélanchoniste n'est pas encore parvenue à proposer une candidature assez solide, pour concurrencer le chef des Insoumis (Jean-Luc Mélenchon) ».   Article accompagné d'une photo de l'ancien président socialiste François Hollande (pas encore candidat mais qui pourrait le devenir) discutant avec Raphaël Glucksmann, le député européen de Place Publique qui doit en principe se déclarer officiellement candidat ce dimanche. Candidature qui, nous dit la Tribune Dimanche, « devrait s'inscrire dans le cadre de la primaire des socialistes prévue en octobre ». Mélenchon en tête Mais pour l'heure, c'est bel et bien Jean-Luc Mélenchon qui fait la course en tête. Il est « crédité d'environ 15 % des intentions de vote au premier tour », rappelle la Tribune Dimanche qui ajoute : « Rien dans le paysage actuel, ne semble pouvoir l'arrêter, et c'est bien là le problème ». Il est clair que le journal ne porte pas le candidat insoumis dans son cœur, l'accusant de vivre « de la confusion », ajoutant que son « invraisemblable programme "L'avenir en commun", le même depuis quinze ans, est un slogan qui claque, taillé pour les meetings » mais « qui masque des propositions aussi datées que dangereuses ». Pour la Tribune Dimanche, « l'enjeu pour les socialistes français n'est peut-être plus de gagner mais d'empêcher : empêcher Mélenchon d'atteindre le second tour ».  Une seule union possible Le Journal du Dimanche, lui, s'est rendu à l'université d'été de la France Insoumise, qui se déroule ce week-end dans le sud de la France. « Les Insoumis ont transformé leur université d'été en camp d'entraînement pour la candidature de Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Seule union possible : se ranger derrière leur candidat », annonce le Journal du Dimanche. « On a proposé une nouvelle alliance populaire aux Écologistes, aux communistes, déclare Manuel Bompard, bras droit de Jean-Luc Mélenchon, on n'a pas de temps à perdre dans des palabres sans fin, des réunions dans lesquelles on n'a ni candidat ni programme ». « La porte est ouverte mais la maison est déjà meublée, commente le JDD, l'avenir de la gauche semble déjà écrit : Mélenchon d'abord, l'union ensuite ».  La Chine toujours ambitieuse La Chine est-elle en passe de devenir la première puissance technologique mondiale ? C'est ce que donne à penser le dossier du Point cette semaine. « Vous n'avez encore rien vu », s'exclame l'hebdomadaire, qui publie un dossier sur les progrès de la Chine qui (nous dit-on) « veut doubler l'Amérique pour devenir la première puissance technologique au monde ». Le Point s'enthousiasme et nous parle des « inventeurs géniaux » qui font progresser la Chine… . « Industrie, automobile, informatique. Leurs trouvailles sont en train de bousculer des pans entiers des sciences et de l'économie, dans un pays qui fait de la puissance technologique un levier géopolitique majeur ».  Il y a toutefois une part d'ombre, au-dessus de ces succès technologiques… « Tout n'est pas aussi rose que le proclame le Parti communiste chinois », remarque le Point. « À Schenzen, les révolutions technologiques successives laissent sur le carreau de nombreux talents ». Une entrepreneure raconte que « son mari a été limogé de chez Tencent (géant technologique chinois) parce qu'à 40 ans, ses supérieurs l'ont estimé trop âgé ». « Il faut dire que les bras ne manquent pas », précise le Point. « En 2025, les universités chinoises ont formé environ un million et demi d'ingénieurs. Le chômage reste élevé et le droit du travail est impitoyable ».  Les Haïtiens sans travail aux États-Unis Aux États-Unis, la Floride connaît une pénurie de main-d'œuvre. C'est Courrier International qui nous signale cette pénurie et qui explique : « La Floride regrette déjà ses travailleurs haïtiens… Privés de leur statut de protection temporaire par l'administration Trump, les Haïtiens réfugiés aux États-Unis ne peuvent plus travailler, dans l'hôtellerie, la sécurité ou les services à la personne ». Le Miami Herald a rencontré un employé de ménage haïtien de 70 ans qui travaillait à l'aéroport depuis 19 ans. « Après avoir perdu le statut de protection temporaire accordé aux réfugiés, qui lui permettait de travailler en toute légalité aux États-Unis, son habilitation de sécurité lui a été retirée en juillet. (…) Pour la première fois de sa vie, explique le Miami Herald, il s'est retrouvé sans emploi ». Et « il est loin d'être un cas isolé », précise le journal. Selon une estimation de l'université Princeton, « environ 52 000 Haïtiens bénéficiaires du statut de protection temporaire travaillaient jusqu'à présent dans le sud de la Floride ». Aux États-Unis, ce sont en tout plus de 300 000 Haïtiens qui viennent de perdre leur statut de protection et qui risquent l'expulsion vers leur pays d'origine. 

This summer the state of New Mexico sued the Justice department for access to unredacted files related to Jeffrey Epstein. On this week's On the Media, an Epstein beat reporter shares her ongoing quest for accountability. Plus, an investigation into Tulsi Gabbard's mysterious relationship with a guru, and how it may have shaped her politics.  [01:00] Host Brooke Gladstone speaks with  Julie K. Brown, an investigative journalist at the Miami Herald, whose reporting in 2018 led to Jeffrey Epstein's arrest. They discuss how the Epstein files that have been released reveal how prosecutors failed to bring the sex trafficker to justice for years. This conversation first aired earlier this year. [19:08] Brooke sits down with Jon Swaine, a reporter at the Washington Post, to talk about his masterful long-form reporting on ex-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. He investigates Gabbard's mysterious relationship with her guru, and how it could account for Gabbard's shapeshifting from Democrat to Bernie Sanders ally to top MAGA staffer. [36:50] Brooke continues her conversation with Jon Swaine, and they dig into the nuts and bolts of his investigation into Tulsi Gabbard's relationship with her guru Chris Butler.   Further reading: The Epstein Files by Julie K. Brown “Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career,” by Jon Swaine On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A new round of records from Virginia Giuffre's 2015 defamation lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell was set to become public after Judge Loretta Preska rejected Maxwell's latest attempt to keep the material sealed. Giuffre had sued Maxwell after Maxwell publicly accused her of lying about being sexually trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and others, including Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. The case eventually settled in 2017, but enormous portions of the discovery record remained hidden under a sweeping protective order imposed by Judge Robert Sweet. Investigative journalist Julie K. Brown and the Miami Herald spent years fighting for access to those materials, arguing that the blanket sealing was inconsistent with the public's right to inspect judicial records. Brown said she had been told that the discovery contained damaging evidence involving Epstein, Maxwell and other men, including extensive material Giuffre had submitted in support of her allegations that Epstein and Maxwell operated an underage sex-trafficking network.The significance of the coming disclosures went beyond simply adding another batch of documents to the already massive Epstein record. According to Brown, the original court had sealed enormous quantities of evidence, hearings and even judicial decisions without conducting the document-by-document analysis normally required before judicial records could be withheld from the public. Maxwell continued fighting disclosure, but Preska concluded that the Epstein Files Transparency Act superseded arguments Maxwell had relied upon to maintain secrecy. The decision therefore reopened one of the most important repositories of evidence connected to Giuffre's allegations and Maxwell's relationship with Epstein, potentially exposing material that had remained inaccessible for more than a decade. The records were particularly important because they originated from the discovery process in litigation where Giuffre had been forced to substantiate her accusations after Maxwell publicly attacked her credibility, meaning the files could provide considerably more detail about the people, communications and evidence surrounding Epstein and Maxwell than what had previously been available publicly.to ocntact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Docs in Virginia Giuffre Suit Against Maxwell to Be Unsealed

The background matters. Judge Sweet's 2016 protective order let the attorneys themselves designate documents confidential, with no judicial review unless the other side objected. Dozens of filings went under seal on that basis and stayed there after the 2017 settlement. Maxwell was deposed twice in 2016, and prosecutors later charged her with perjury over that testimony. Preska's holding is that the Epstein Files Transparency Act controls. A federal statute can override grand jury secrecy under Rule 6(e). It does not violate separation of powers or due process. Maxwell raised seven objections and the court rejected the lot. What comes out is the material Giuffre's attorneys produced to the government under grand jury subpoena, subject to redaction obligations. The parties and the Miami Herald have until August 28th to propose next steps. Civil discovery is broader than criminal. There is likely a great deal here nobody has seen. SUPPORT & CONNECT WITH HAWK- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mdg650hawk - Hawk's Merch Store: https://hawkmerchstore.com - Connect on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mdg650hawk7thacct - Connect on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hawkeyewhackamole - Connect on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/mdg650hawk.bsky.social - Connect on Substack: https://mdg650hawk.substack.com - Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hawkpodcasts - Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mdg650hawk - Connect on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mdg650hawk ALL HAWK PODCASTS INFO- Additional Content Available Here: https://www.hawkpodcasts.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@hawkpodcasts- Listen to Hawk Podcasts On Your Favorite Platform:Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RWeJfyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/422GDuLYouTube: https://youtube.com/@hawkpodcastsiHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/47vVBdPPandora: https://bit.ly/48COaTB

A new round of records from Virginia Giuffre's 2015 defamation lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell was set to become public after Judge Loretta Preska rejected Maxwell's latest attempt to keep the material sealed. Giuffre had sued Maxwell after Maxwell publicly accused her of lying about being sexually trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and others, including Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. The case eventually settled in 2017, but enormous portions of the discovery record remained hidden under a sweeping protective order imposed by Judge Robert Sweet. Investigative journalist Julie K. Brown and the Miami Herald spent years fighting for access to those materials, arguing that the blanket sealing was inconsistent with the public's right to inspect judicial records. Brown said she had been told that the discovery contained damaging evidence involving Epstein, Maxwell and other men, including extensive material Giuffre had submitted in support of her allegations that Epstein and Maxwell operated an underage sex-trafficking network.The significance of the coming disclosures went beyond simply adding another batch of documents to the already massive Epstein record. According to Brown, the original court had sealed enormous quantities of evidence, hearings and even judicial decisions without conducting the document-by-document analysis normally required before judicial records could be withheld from the public. Maxwell continued fighting disclosure, but Preska concluded that the Epstein Files Transparency Act superseded arguments Maxwell had relied upon to maintain secrecy. The decision therefore reopened one of the most important repositories of evidence connected to Giuffre's allegations and Maxwell's relationship with Epstein, potentially exposing material that had remained inaccessible for more than a decade. The records were particularly important because they originated from the discovery process in litigation where Giuffre had been forced to substantiate her accusations after Maxwell publicly attacked her credibility, meaning the files could provide considerably more detail about the people, communications and evidence surrounding Epstein and Maxwell than what had previously been available publicly.to ocntact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Docs in Virginia Giuffre Suit Against Maxwell to Be UnsealedBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

The New York Times' history with Jeffrey Epstein was uneven in a way that became increasingly difficult to ignore as the full scale of the scandal emerged. For years, Epstein moved comfortably through the worlds the Times covered most aggressively: Wall Street, philanthropy, academia, science, politics and New York high society. Yet the newspaper was not the institution that originally broke open the Palm Beach investigation, exposed the extraordinary non-prosecution agreement or forced Epstein's abuse back into the national conversation. Those breakthroughs came largely from local reporting, survivor litigation and later the Miami Herald's sustained investigation. Even more strikingly, Times reporter James B. Stewart met with Epstein in 2018, after Epstein was already a registered sex offender, and Epstein boasted to him about possessing damaging information concerning powerful people. Stewart did not publish the details of that encounter until after Epstein's July 2019 arrest, leaving the Times vulnerable to criticism that one of the country's most powerful newspapers had gotten remarkably close to an explosive story without fully pursuing it when Epstein was still operating in elite circles.After Epstein's 2019 arrest, the Times produced substantial reporting on his money, relationships, scientific ambitions, associates and institutional connections, and in later years it continued digging into questions surrounding how he accumulated his fortune and maintained access to powerful people. But the criticism never completely disappeared because the paper's aggressive post-arrest coverage stood in contrast to how little sustained scrutiny Epstein received during the decades when victims were trying to be heard and his connections were helping normalize him. That tension resurfaced again in 2026 amid criticism of the Times' handling of figures such as former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, with detractors arguing that coverage could sometimes become unusually sympathetic when examining elite professionals who had maintained relationships with Epstein after his conviction. The Times therefore became part of a larger media failure surrounding Epstein: not because it never did important reporting, but because much of the hardest scrutiny arrived only after prosecutors, survivors and other journalists had made Epstein impossible for the national press to overlook.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

The legal battle between Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell began in 2015 after Maxwell publicly rejected Giuffre's allegations about Jeffrey Epstein's trafficking operation and characterized her claims as lies. Giuffre responded by suing Maxwell for defamation in federal court in New York, arguing that Maxwell had damaged her reputation by portraying her as dishonest after Giuffre accused Maxwell of recruiting her into Epstein's orbit and helping facilitate her sexual exploitation. What followed was an unusually consequential civil case, because discovery forced Maxwell to sit for a lengthy deposition and generated hundreds of documents concerning Epstein, Maxwell, Giuffre and numerous people in their wider circle. The litigation became one of the most important repositories of evidence about Epstein's network, and Maxwell's sworn answers would later take on enormous significance after federal prosecutors charged her with perjury-related counts arising from statements she made during those depositions. The case ultimately settled in May 2017, before a trial could determine the truth of the competing defamation claims.The fight did not end with the settlement. Much of the case had been placed under seal, producing years of separate litigation over whether the public should be allowed to see Maxwell's deposition, Giuffre's testimony and the enormous collection of exhibits and filings generated during discovery. The Miami Herald and journalist Julie K. Brown were among those who fought for access, and the Second Circuit ultimately required the district court to reconsider the sweeping secrecy surrounding the records, leading to successive rounds of unsealing beginning in 2019 and continuing for years. Maxwell repeatedly fought disclosure, arguing in part that releasing her deposition and other material could prejudice her criminal case and invade privacy interests, but courts repeatedly concluded that important portions of the judicial record should become public. The result was that a defamation lawsuit that had technically ended in 2017 continued reshaping the Epstein story long afterward, exposing previously hidden testimony, providing evidence that became relevant to Maxwell's criminal prosecution, and opening a window into allegations and relationships that had remained buried behind sealed court records.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

A new round of records from Virginia Giuffre's 2015 defamation lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell was set to become public after Judge Loretta Preska rejected Maxwell's latest attempt to keep the material sealed. Giuffre had sued Maxwell after Maxwell publicly accused her of lying about being sexually trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and others, including Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. The case eventually settled in 2017, but enormous portions of the discovery record remained hidden under a sweeping protective order imposed by Judge Robert Sweet. Investigative journalist Julie K. Brown and the Miami Herald spent years fighting for access to those materials, arguing that the blanket sealing was inconsistent with the public's right to inspect judicial records. Brown said she had been told that the discovery contained damaging evidence involving Epstein, Maxwell and other men, including extensive material Giuffre had submitted in support of her allegations that Epstein and Maxwell operated an underage sex-trafficking network.The significance of the coming disclosures went beyond simply adding another batch of documents to the already massive Epstein record. According to Brown, the original court had sealed enormous quantities of evidence, hearings and even judicial decisions without conducting the document-by-document analysis normally required before judicial records could be withheld from the public. Maxwell continued fighting disclosure, but Preska concluded that the Epstein Files Transparency Act superseded arguments Maxwell had relied upon to maintain secrecy. The decision therefore reopened one of the most important repositories of evidence connected to Giuffre's allegations and Maxwell's relationship with Epstein, potentially exposing material that had remained inaccessible for more than a decade. The records were particularly important because they originated from the discovery process in litigation where Giuffre had been forced to substantiate her accusations after Maxwell publicly attacked her credibility, meaning the files could provide considerably more detail about the people, communications and evidence surrounding Epstein and Maxwell than what had previously been available publicly.to ocntact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Docs in Virginia Giuffre Suit Against Maxwell to Be UnsealedBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Meta is back in court, facing allegations from four states that Instagram and Facebook are designed to hook kids and harm their mental health. Gerrit De Vynck of the Washington Post breaks down the case. A Florida primary is testing how redistricting has reshaped Black political power. Claire Heddles of the Miami Herald explains why Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s run in a historically Black district has divided Democrats. Airlines are pushing back against ICE’s growing presence at their gates. The Wall Street Journal’s Andrew Tangel details how a wave of arrests is creating new tensions. Plus, Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial was postponed indefinitely, why school-vaccine exemptions are up, and how ice-cream makers are adapting to the GLP-1 era. Today’s episode was hosted by Gideon Resnick.

On this episode we're joined by Monique Madan. Monique is an award-winning investigative journalist, advisor, educator, and a mother of two. She's also the founder of a newsletter Two Can Be True.Monique has been a reporter in many prominent newsrooms, 13 years at The Miami Herald, as well as at USA Today, The Boston Herald, The Markup, and short stints at The New York Times and The Boston Globe.She's a graduate of Miami Dade and Emerson College, and has a masters from Harvard.We talked to Monique about the challenges of being an independent investigative journalist, the stories she's written, the traits that make her a good journalist, and balancing her job with being a mom.Monique's salute: Project C – The Home of Creator JournalismStory about the Grim Reaper patchhttps://moniqueomadan.substack.com/p/the-grim-reaper-patch-circulatingCoverage of Aligator Alcatrazhttps://moniqueomadan.substack.com/p/fl-said-alligator-alcatraz-was-shuttingStory about her grandfather cooking for President Kennedyhttps://moniqueomadan.substack.com/p/my-abuelo-cooked-for-jfk-i-retracedStory about being called scrappyhttps://moniqueomadan.substack.com/p/they-called-me-scrappy-heres-whyStory about Monique in Project C Newsletterhttps://newsletter.projectc.biz/p/what-it-costs-to-leaveSubscribe to our newsletter hereYou can find all our episode guides for teachers and professors here,Please support your local public radio station: adoptastation.orgVisit our website: thejournalismsalute.org Mark Simon's website MarkSimonmedia.comMark Simon's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-simon-92355124/

I have the tremendous pleasure of welcoming to the show an incredibly talented and respected writer, educator, and journalist, Phyllis Karas! Phyllis Karas is a professor of journalism at Boston University, a stringer for People Magazine, and the author of ten books.  Brutal-- The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger's Irish Mob was a NYT bestseller; The Onassis Woman, was the subject of a Dateline NBC Special.  Her work has appeared in Vogue,  Miami Herald, Boston Magazine and Moment Magazine,where her story on Kosher Slaughter received the Simon Rockower Award for Excellence. She has been interviewed on Extra, Access Hollywood and Hard Ball. We are going to chat about her latest offering, a deeply personal account.  "Curse of the Blumenthals", the history of one close-knit New England-based, Jewish American family and their dark relationship with alcohol, from bootlegging arrests in 1920s Providence, a drunk driver killing six members of their family in 1935, the 1954 murder of a Boston seamstress committed by teenager Ronnie Blumenthal, to Ronnie's death and burial in 2012 in an unmarked pauper's grave, ending the curse. New York Times bestselling author Phyllis Karas is on this episode of Necronomicast! Phyllis Karas Official Website "Curse of the Blumenthals" available at Amazon Support Necronomicast at "Buy Me A Coffee"!  Thank you!

Dimitry Elias Léger is the author of God Loves Haiti, a finalist for the PEN Open Book Award. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Time, Fortune, Granta, The Miami Herald, Literary Hub, The Millions, and The Source. Beyond his writing, Léger studied geopolitics at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and served as an advisor to the United Nations for a decade. He lives between Brooklyn, Geneva, and Martinique. Death of the Soccer God is his most recent release. The Ishiguro article mentioned!

After 20+ years covering the news, journalist Niala Boodhoo has seen how easy it is to become cynical. But she's choosing a different approach—bringing together two things journalists have traditionally kept separate: faith and the news. In this episode, Niala joins host Julie Rose to talk about why she's done keeping faith on the sidelines and what it might add to the way we understand the news and each other. ABOUT GUEST Niala Boodhoo is an award-winning journalist and podcast host who has worked with NPR, Axios, Reuters, and the Miami Herald. She is the creator and host of the new podcast “Oh God Now What,” which explores current issues through religious, spiritual, and moral wisdom (https://nialaboodhoo.substack.com/). CHAPTERS (0:00) Introduction (0:47) Meet Niala Boodhoo (1:13) The Layoff (1:49) Walking the Camino (4:33) News Trauma and Faith (6:30) Reimagining a News Show (8:50) Oh God Now What (11:32) Big Questions Sacred Lens (12:12) Hope Frameworks and Values (13:13) Wrap Up

This FBI FD-302 memorializes a December 4, 2019 proffer interview with a heavily redacted woman who described both financial and sexual dimensions of her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. She told investigators that in late 2018, after financial stress connected to apartment renovations and after public reporting on Epstein had already intensified, she met Epstein at his New York residence and explained her financial situation. Epstein allegedly called his accountant Richard Kahn during the meeting and arranged for $250,000 to be wired to her, telling her not to tell anyone about the money. She also described receiving another large payment from Epstein, bringing the total to $350,000 between 2013 and 2018. The document also places Lesley Groff in the chain of contact, with the woman saying Groff told her to come meet Epstein if she was in New York. The woman said she did not initially connect the money to press scrutiny or the Miami Herald reporting, portraying Epstein's payment as part of his broader pattern of financial control and “generosity,” though the timing is obviously significant.The most disturbing portion of the interview centers on the woman's description of Epstein's sexual control, coercion, and abuse across multiple locations, including Palm Beach, New York, Paris, New Mexico, and his island. She said Epstein directed her sexually, woke her by touching her, summoned her to sleep in his bed, dictated how she should touch him, controlled aspects of her appearance, and made her feel she had no meaningful choice. She described one Palm Beach gym encounter as an aggressive rape, saying Epstein turned the music up, closed the hurricane shutters, pulled down her pants, and had intercourse with her. She also placed Ghislaine Maxwell directly inside the sexual machinery, saying Maxwell was present during an early encounter, touched her, instructed her where and how to touch Epstein, made sexually explicit comments, and helped normalize Epstein's demands. The interview also describes Maxwell's broader household authority: approving bills, running Epstein's homes, overseeing staff and logistics, and creating an environment where the woman felt isolated, ashamed, dependent, and unable to tell anyone because her friends, work, lawyers, housing, and relationships were all tied back to Epstein's world.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:EFTA01246595.pdfBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

This episode unpacks how the Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign is accelerating Cuba's economic collapse and what a firsthand trip to the country reveals about life amidst the crisis.   Host: James M. Lindsay, Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy, CFR   Guest: Will Freeman, Fellow for Latin America Studies, CFR   We Discuss: What the Trump administration is ultimately seeking to accomplish with its Cuba policy. How secondary sanctions differ from the existing trade embargo. What life on the ground in Cuba looks like today, with a mass economic crisis including widespread malnutrition and near-total electricity blackouts. Whether ordinary Cubans blame the United States or their own government for the crisis. Whether Cuba's government is attempting to pivot toward a China-style state capitalist system. What Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A. (GAESA) is, why it controls so much of Cuba's economy, and who actually benefits from it. Whether the Trump administration's pressure is targeting GAESA directly. Why a Venezuela-style external coup or regime collapse is harder to engineer in Cuba.   Mentioned on the Episode:   "Cuba's 176 Market-Liberalization Measures," NBC News, June 20, 2026   "July 11, 2021 Protests in Cuba," WOLA, July 2022   "Miami Herald Investigation: GAESA's Secret Dollar Reserves," Miami Herald, August 6, 2025   For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President's Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/presidents-inbox/maximum-pressure-on-cuba   Opinions expressed on The President's Inbox are solely those of the host or guests, not of CFR, which takes no institutional positions on matters of policy.