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The Marc Cox Morning Show sounds the alarm every parent in America needs to hear. Defending Education Director of Research Rhyen Staley drops a bombshell report exposing the National PTA for what it really is — not bake sales and classroom tables, but a far-left political machine in bed with teachers unions, pushing Critical Consciousness, DEI officers in middle schools, anti-Semitic conference speakers, and the idea that your five-year-old is racist. And it's not just happening in liberal cities — they've successfully infiltrated conservative school districts too. The solution? Show up. Take over your local PTA. Get on the committees. Have your kids' backs. Because silence is acceptance, and the radical Left is counting on you to stay home. The Marc Cox Morning Show — fighting for your kids when the system won't. Hashtags: #MarcCoxMorningShow #DanBuck #KimStOnge #RhyenStaley #DefendingEducation #NationalPTA #CriticalConsciousness #CriticalRaceTheory #WokeSchools #ParentsRights #SchoolChoice #DEI #TeachersUnions #ProtectOurKids #ConservativeRadio #PatriotRadio #MorningShow #TGIF

One county. One department. Over a decade. And every time the evidence matters most, it's not there.The Aaron Spencer case ended with a judge writing “appearance of a coverup” in a signed court order. But the pattern in Lonoke County predates Spencer by years. In 2021, Deputy Michael Davis shot and killed seventeen-year-old Hunter Brittain during a traffic stop. Brittain was unarmed. The body camera wasn't activated until after the shooting. Sheriff Staley fired the deputy for violating camera policy. The department had no dashcams in patrol vehicles.In 2024, a federal lawsuit exposed conditions inside the Lonoke County jail. Staff were accused of harming a detainee. When she reported it, deputies allegedly retaliated — broadcasting her situation over the facility intercom and isolating her. Video evidence was withheld from federal civil rights discovery.The Spencer case followed the same pattern. A dashcam SD card from the night of the shooting — the only device that could have captured what happened — was pulled, viewed on a personal computer, stored in an office drawer, and lost. Judge Wilson found bad faith, catalogued eleven failures, and dismissed the murder charge.Now the aftermath is playing out in real time. Detective McCain was fired. Staley issued a statement accepting responsibility. Prosecutor Graham, who fought dismissal, has gone quiet. The AG's office could appeal — but their own forensics unit received the camera, and the card was already gone.What makes this bigger than one case is the question it forces. Is this incompetence or something deliberate? And if it's institutional, who's going to hold the institution accountable?An outside legal analyst breaks down the pattern, identifies who faces exposure, and maps what to watch for in the weeks ahead.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LonokeCoverUp #AaronSpencer #HunterBrittain #EvidenceDestroyed #Accountability #ArkansasJustice #TrueCrime #InstitutionalRot #SheriffStaley #HiddenKillers

The dashcam SD card in Aaron Spencer's case didn't vanish in a vacuum. It disappeared inside a department with a documented history of evidence problems stretching back over a decade.In 2021, a seventeen-year-old named Hunter Brittain was shot and killed by a Lonoke County deputy during a traffic stop. Brittain was unarmed. He was carrying an antifreeze container. The deputy's body camera was not activated until after the shooting. Sheriff John Staley fired the deputy for violating the camera policy — not for killing an unarmed teenager. The department did not provide dashcams.In 2024, a federal civil rights lawsuit pulled back the curtain on the Lonoke County jail. Staff members were accused of harming a detainee. When she reported what happened, the retaliation was documented: taunting over the intercom, isolation, and punishment. Video evidence from inside the facility was withheld during discovery.Then came the Spencer case. Lead Detective Robbie McCain removed a dashcam from Fosler's truck, viewed the SD card on his personal computer, stored the camera in an office envelope for a year, and lost the card. Judge Wilson catalogued eleven violations and found bad faith. He wrote that the conduct gave “the appearance of a coverup” and called it “so egregious” that dismissal was the only remedy.One department. One sheriff. Over a decade. Every time the evidence matters most, it's not there. Despite all of this, Staley was elected president of the Arkansas Sheriffs Association executive board.An outside legal analyst examines whether this pattern amounts to institutional failure, who faces exposure now that a judge has put it in writing, and whether anyone in a position of authority is likely to be held accountable.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LonokeCoverUp #AaronSpencer #HunterBrittain #EvidenceDestroyed #Accountability #ArkansasJustice #TrueCrime #InstitutionalRot #SheriffStaley #HiddenKillers

The detective got fired. The sheriff issued a statement. The prosecutor's office went quiet. And the question hanging over all of it is whether any of these people will face real consequences for what a judge described as “egregious” conduct.Judge Wilson's ruling focused on one detective and one piece of evidence. But the Lonoke County Sheriff's Office's problems with evidence didn't start with Aaron Spencer. In 2021, a deputy killed seventeen-year-old Hunter Brittain during a traffic stop. Brittain was unarmed. The body camera wasn't on until after the shooting. In 2024, a jail detainee alleged she was harmed by staff — and then retaliated against for reporting it. Video evidence from inside the jail was withheld in federal proceedings.The Spencer case is the latest in that sequence. A dashcam SD card from the night of the shooting — pulled, viewed on a personal laptop, stored in a drawer, lost. Eleven documented failures. A bad faith finding. The word “coverup” in a judicial order.Detective McCain was terminated. Sheriff Staley says he takes responsibility but framed it as one employee's failure. Prosecutor Graham, who fought the dismissal motion, has said nothing publicly since the ruling. The AG's office has authority to appeal — but the AG's own forensics unit received the camera and the SD card was already gone when they opened it.Despite this entire track record, Staley was elected president of the Arkansas Sheriffs Association executive board. The oversight system that should have flagged these patterns elevated the man at the center of them.An outside legal analyst breaks down who faces real exposure, what mechanisms exist for criminal referral or civil action, and what to watch for over the next sixty to ninety days.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#LonokeCoverUp #AaronSpencer #HunterBrittain #EvidenceDestroyed #Accountability #ArkansasJustice #TrueCrime #InstitutionalRot #SheriffStaley #HiddenKillers

Day Break | Maine's Reckoning, Election Integrity Fights, and Washington Showdowns --- 00:00 - Monologue 19:14 – Hans von Spakovsky, election attorney and Senior Legal Fellow at Advancing American Freedom. Von Spakovsky discusses election administration issues, including reports that millions of California ballots remain uncounted following recent elections. He also examines developments in Maine politics and what they could mean for upcoming races and election integrity debates. 28:11 – Nick Hopwood, Certified Financial Planner and Founder of Peak Wealth Management. In this week's No Lazy Money segment, Hopwood discusses the resurgence of the IPO market, investor interest in companies such as SpaceX, and recent stock market performance following a lengthy winning streak. He also highlights financial planning challenges involving Obamacare subsidy thresholds and shares a cautionary story about a client nearly locked into an unfavorable annuity strategy. 38:18 - Monologue Featuring Ivey Gruber 47:15 – Dr. Cathy Sarvis, nationally recognized wellness strategist and educator. Sarvis discusses summer skin care, addressing common concerns such as sun damage, dark spots, and premature aging. She shares organic and science-based approaches for maintaining healthy skin and improving overall skin appearance. 57:27 – Frank Cassidy, former Federal Housing Commissioner under President Trump. Cassidy discusses Bill Pulte's nomination to serve as Acting Director of National Intelligence and examines the upcoming congressional debate over FISA surveillance authorities and national security policy. 1:06:20 – Rep. Marlin Stutzman, U.S. Representative for Indiana's 3rd Congressional District. Stutzman discusses his resolution regarding the future direction of U.S.-Israel relations, exploring questions of foreign policy, strategic partnerships, and America's role in the Middle East. 1:16:25 - Monologue 1:25:20 – Rhyen Staley, Director of Research at Defending Education. Staley discusses debates surrounding sex-based participation in school athletics, focusing on policies regarding transgender athletes and concerns about competitive fairness in girls' and women's sports. 1:35:29 – Rep. Jim Shaw, Oklahoma State Representative for District 32. Shaw discusses concerns about taxpayer-funded lobbying efforts, arguing that public funds should not be used to support lobbying organizations that may advocate for policies not supported by taxpayers. 1:44:26 – Ivey Gruber, President of the Michigan Talk Network. Gruber discusses changing approaches to childhood development and education, including concerns about behavioral diagnoses, medication of children, and broader cultural debates surrounding gender, childhood behavior, and parenting. The conversation focuses on differing views regarding how society responds to developmental and behavioral differences in young boys. --- Check out our brand new podcast, 'Forgotten America'... Episode 17 is live NOW at Steve Gruber on YouTube! Link below: https://youtu.be/nS_iwvO5SgY

Jes Staley's Epstein narrative was built around distance, professionalism, and minimization: he repeatedly tried to frame Jeffrey Epstein as a former client or business contact from his JPMorgan days rather than a genuinely close personal associate. That version began to collapse as regulators, court filings, and released communications showed something far more intimate and sustained. Staley and Epstein exchanged more than 1,000 emails after Epstein's 2008 conviction, with messages described by the UK Financial Conduct Authority as reflecting the “strength” of their friendship, not merely a routine banker-client relationship. The record also showed that Barclays told regulators Staley “did not have a close relationship” with Epstein and that their last contact was well before Staley joined Barclays, claims that later became central to the finding that Staley misled the FCA.What shattered the narrative was the sheer weight of the paper trail: affectionate language, repeated communications, personal favors, unexplained references, reported visits, and Staley's own admission that he had consensual sex with a member of Epstein's staff. Instead of looking like a banker who had made a regrettable professional association, Staley began to look like someone who had understated the closeness of a relationship that continued well after Epstein was publicly known as a convicted sex offender. The consequences were severe: Staley resigned from Barclays in 2021, was fined and banned by the FCA from holding senior financial roles, then failed to overturn that ban in 2025 after a tribunal found he had acted without integrity in how he handled the Epstein questions. Now, with Staley set to appear before the House Oversight Committee on July 23, the same basic issue follows him into Congress: his public version of the Epstein relationship has repeatedly failed when placed against the documentary record.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

Jes Staley's Epstein narrative was built around distance, professionalism, and minimization: he repeatedly tried to frame Jeffrey Epstein as a former client or business contact from his JPMorgan days rather than a genuinely close personal associate. That version began to collapse as regulators, court filings, and released communications showed something far more intimate and sustained. Staley and Epstein exchanged more than 1,000 emails after Epstein's 2008 conviction, with messages described by the UK Financial Conduct Authority as reflecting the “strength” of their friendship, not merely a routine banker-client relationship. The record also showed that Barclays told regulators Staley “did not have a close relationship” with Epstein and that their last contact was well before Staley joined Barclays, claims that later became central to the finding that Staley misled the FCA.What shattered the narrative was the sheer weight of the paper trail: affectionate language, repeated communications, personal favors, unexplained references, reported visits, and Staley's own admission that he had consensual sex with a member of Epstein's staff. Instead of looking like a banker who had made a regrettable professional association, Staley began to look like someone who had understated the closeness of a relationship that continued well after Epstein was publicly known as a convicted sex offender. The consequences were severe: Staley resigned from Barclays in 2021, was fined and banned by the FCA from holding senior financial roles, then failed to overturn that ban in 2025 after a tribunal found he had acted without integrity in how he handled the Epstein questions. Now, with Staley set to appear before the House Oversight Committee on July 23, the same basic issue follows him into Congress: his public version of the Epstein relationship has repeatedly failed when placed against the documentary record.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

Jes Staley's Epstein narrative was built around distance, professionalism, and minimization: he repeatedly tried to frame Jeffrey Epstein as a former client or business contact from his JPMorgan days rather than a genuinely close personal associate. That version began to collapse as regulators, court filings, and released communications showed something far more intimate and sustained. Staley and Epstein exchanged more than 1,000 emails after Epstein's 2008 conviction, with messages described by the UK Financial Conduct Authority as reflecting the “strength” of their friendship, not merely a routine banker-client relationship. The record also showed that Barclays told regulators Staley “did not have a close relationship” with Epstein and that their last contact was well before Staley joined Barclays, claims that later became central to the finding that Staley misled the FCA.What shattered the narrative was the sheer weight of the paper trail: affectionate language, repeated communications, personal favors, unexplained references, reported visits, and Staley's own admission that he had consensual sex with a member of Epstein's staff. Instead of looking like a banker who had made a regrettable professional association, Staley began to look like someone who had understated the closeness of a relationship that continued well after Epstein was publicly known as a convicted sex offender. The consequences were severe: Staley resigned from Barclays in 2021, was fined and banned by the FCA from holding senior financial roles, then failed to overturn that ban in 2025 after a tribunal found he had acted without integrity in how he handled the Epstein questions. Now, with Staley set to appear before the House Oversight Committee on July 23, the same basic issue follows him into Congress: his public version of the Epstein relationship has repeatedly failed when placed against the documentary record.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

Jes Staley's admission that he had what he described as consensual sexual relations with one of Jeffrey Epstein's assistants seriously undermines the narrative that Epstein's trafficking operation had no outside beneficiaries. The issue is not simply whether Staley used the word “consensual,” but whether that woman was operating inside Epstein's larger ecosystem of coercion, dependency, employment pressure, secrecy, and abuse. Epstein's world was not a neutral social environment; it was a controlled system where staff, assistants, young women, powerful visitors, money, housing, and access all overlapped. If at least one assistant was abused or controlled by Epstein, then sexual access to someone in that role cannot be dismissed as an ordinary private encounter without asking whether Epstein's power shaped the circumstances. Staley has not been convicted of trafficking and the full legal record still requires precision, but his admission creates a factual anchor that makes the old “Epstein never trafficked anyone to anyone else” defense look increasingly hollow.The broader point is that Epstein's operation survived because powerful people and institutions repeatedly separated individual incidents from the machinery that produced them. “Consensual,” “no client list,” “no charges filed,” and “professional relationship” have all been used to narrow the public's view of a scandal built around access, control, and institutional protection. Staley's connection to Epstein was not a meaningless brush with a disgraced financier; it involved a relationship serious enough to draw regulatory scrutiny, and his admitted encounter with an Epstein assistant raises direct questions about whether Epstein's financial, social, and sexual worlds were intertwined. Any serious investigation should ask when the encounter occurred, how it was arranged, what Epstein knew, whether the woman was dependent on or controlled by Epstein, and whether other powerful associates were given similar access. The admission does not prove every allegation, but it does shatter the comfortable claim that there is no public basis for asking whether Epstein's powerful associates sexually benefited from the system he built.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

Jes Staley's admission that he had what he described as consensual sexual relations with one of Jeffrey Epstein's assistants seriously undermines the narrative that Epstein's trafficking operation had no outside beneficiaries. The issue is not simply whether Staley used the word “consensual,” but whether that woman was operating inside Epstein's larger ecosystem of coercion, dependency, employment pressure, secrecy, and abuse. Epstein's world was not a neutral social environment; it was a controlled system where staff, assistants, young women, powerful visitors, money, housing, and access all overlapped. If at least one assistant was abused or controlled by Epstein, then sexual access to someone in that role cannot be dismissed as an ordinary private encounter without asking whether Epstein's power shaped the circumstances. Staley has not been convicted of trafficking and the full legal record still requires precision, but his admission creates a factual anchor that makes the old “Epstein never trafficked anyone to anyone else” defense look increasingly hollow.The broader point is that Epstein's operation survived because powerful people and institutions repeatedly separated individual incidents from the machinery that produced them. “Consensual,” “no client list,” “no charges filed,” and “professional relationship” have all been used to narrow the public's view of a scandal built around access, control, and institutional protection. Staley's connection to Epstein was not a meaningless brush with a disgraced financier; it involved a relationship serious enough to draw regulatory scrutiny, and his admitted encounter with an Epstein assistant raises direct questions about whether Epstein's financial, social, and sexual worlds were intertwined. Any serious investigation should ask when the encounter occurred, how it was arranged, what Epstein knew, whether the woman was dependent on or controlled by Epstein, and whether other powerful associates were given similar access. The admission does not prove every allegation, but it does shatter the comfortable claim that there is no public basis for asking whether Epstein's powerful associates sexually benefited from the system he built.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

Jes Staley, the former Barclays chief executive and former JPMorgan Chase executive, has agreed to sit for a voluntary, transcribed interview with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 23 about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The interview was requested by Oversight Chairman James Comer as part of the committee's broader probe into how Epstein was able to maintain access to elite financial, legal, political, and social networks for years despite his criminal history. Staley is a particularly important witness because he previously ran JPMorgan's private wealth and asset management operations, where Epstein was a major client, and because his own relationship with Epstein has already drawn serious regulatory, legal, and reputational scrutiny.The focus is not just that Staley knew Epstein, but how close that relationship was, what JPMorgan understood about Epstein while he remained a client, and whether major institutions ignored warning signs because Epstein was financially useful and socially connected. Staley has long maintained that he did not know about Epstein's criminal conduct, but prior proceedings and disclosures have raised questions about the depth of their friendship, including personal communications and findings by UK regulators that led to Staley being banned from senior financial roles. His July 23 interview now places him alongside other high-profile Epstein-linked figures expected to face congressional questioning, including Bill Gates, Leon Black, and Kathryn Ruemmler, as lawmakers continue trying to fill in the gaps left by settlements, sealed records, institutional evasions, and years of official failure.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley agrees to July 23 interview about Jeffrey Epstein by oversight panel

Jes Staley's admission that he had what he described as consensual sexual relations with one of Jeffrey Epstein's assistants seriously undermines the narrative that Epstein's trafficking operation had no outside beneficiaries. The issue is not simply whether Staley used the word “consensual,” but whether that woman was operating inside Epstein's larger ecosystem of coercion, dependency, employment pressure, secrecy, and abuse. Epstein's world was not a neutral social environment; it was a controlled system where staff, assistants, young women, powerful visitors, money, housing, and access all overlapped. If at least one assistant was abused or controlled by Epstein, then sexual access to someone in that role cannot be dismissed as an ordinary private encounter without asking whether Epstein's power shaped the circumstances. Staley has not been convicted of trafficking and the full legal record still requires precision, but his admission creates a factual anchor that makes the old “Epstein never trafficked anyone to anyone else” defense look increasingly hollow.The broader point is that Epstein's operation survived because powerful people and institutions repeatedly separated individual incidents from the machinery that produced them. “Consensual,” “no client list,” “no charges filed,” and “professional relationship” have all been used to narrow the public's view of a scandal built around access, control, and institutional protection. Staley's connection to Epstein was not a meaningless brush with a disgraced financier; it involved a relationship serious enough to draw regulatory scrutiny, and his admitted encounter with an Epstein assistant raises direct questions about whether Epstein's financial, social, and sexual worlds were intertwined. Any serious investigation should ask when the encounter occurred, how it was arranged, what Epstein knew, whether the woman was dependent on or controlled by Epstein, and whether other powerful associates were given similar access. The admission does not prove every allegation, but it does shatter the comfortable claim that there is no public basis for asking whether Epstein's powerful associates sexually benefited from the system he built.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Jes Staley's Epstein narrative was built around distance, professionalism, and minimization: he repeatedly tried to frame Jeffrey Epstein as a former client or business contact from his JPMorgan days rather than a genuinely close personal associate. That version began to collapse as regulators, court filings, and released communications showed something far more intimate and sustained. Staley and Epstein exchanged more than 1,000 emails after Epstein's 2008 conviction, with messages described by the UK Financial Conduct Authority as reflecting the “strength” of their friendship, not merely a routine banker-client relationship. The record also showed that Barclays told regulators Staley “did not have a close relationship” with Epstein and that their last contact was well before Staley joined Barclays, claims that later became central to the finding that Staley misled the FCA.What shattered the narrative was the sheer weight of the paper trail: affectionate language, repeated communications, personal favors, unexplained references, reported visits, and Staley's own admission that he had consensual sex with a member of Epstein's staff. Instead of looking like a banker who had made a regrettable professional association, Staley began to look like someone who had understated the closeness of a relationship that continued well after Epstein was publicly known as a convicted sex offender. The consequences were severe: Staley resigned from Barclays in 2021, was fined and banned by the FCA from holding senior financial roles, then failed to overturn that ban in 2025 after a tribunal found he had acted without integrity in how he handled the Epstein questions. Now, with Staley set to appear before the House Oversight Committee on July 23, the same basic issue follows him into Congress: his public version of the Epstein relationship has repeatedly failed when placed against the documentary record.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Jes Staley, the former Barclays chief executive and former JPMorgan Chase executive, has agreed to sit for a voluntary, transcribed interview with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 23 about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The interview was requested by Oversight Chairman James Comer as part of the committee's broader probe into how Epstein was able to maintain access to elite financial, legal, political, and social networks for years despite his criminal history. Staley is a particularly important witness because he previously ran JPMorgan's private wealth and asset management operations, where Epstein was a major client, and because his own relationship with Epstein has already drawn serious regulatory, legal, and reputational scrutiny.The focus is not just that Staley knew Epstein, but how close that relationship was, what JPMorgan understood about Epstein while he remained a client, and whether major institutions ignored warning signs because Epstein was financially useful and socially connected. Staley has long maintained that he did not know about Epstein's criminal conduct, but prior proceedings and disclosures have raised questions about the depth of their friendship, including personal communications and findings by UK regulators that led to Staley being banned from senior financial roles. His July 23 interview now places him alongside other high-profile Epstein-linked figures expected to face congressional questioning, including Bill Gates, Leon Black, and Kathryn Ruemmler, as lawmakers continue trying to fill in the gaps left by settlements, sealed records, institutional evasions, and years of official failure.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley agrees to July 23 interview about Jeffrey Epstein by oversight panelBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

This episode contains descriptions of murder, mob violence, historical racial violence, and the execution of a convicted killer. If you need to skip this content, advance past the 18:00 mark. Support resources are listed at the end of these notes.This EpisodeSeason 40: Fifty states, fifty forgotten crimes, America's 250th year. Episode 9 covers California and Alabama — two cases, two communities that looked at the legal system and reached for something uglier. October 10, 1890. A woman named Helen Riche is playing cards in her tavern near a California quicksilver mine when ten men in flour-sack hoods crash through the door. She does not run. She reaches up and rips the mask off the nearest man's face, and in that single act she solves the crime that is about to kill her. This is true crime history from the American frontier, and the legal system that followed would leave you cold.December 1888, Birmingham, Alabama. A railroad engineer named Richard Hawes boards a streetcar with his eight- year-old daughter May. He gets off with her at East Lake. He gets back on alone. The body of a young girl is found floating in the lake the next morning. On the same day, Hawes is across the state line getting married. When Birmingham finds out, two thousand people march on the jail.The VictimsHelen Matilda Riche ran the Campers' Retreat tavern on sixty-two acres near the Bradford quicksilver mine, three miles south of Middletown, California. We do not know where she was born or how she came to run a mining-camp saloon in hard hill country — the historical record is thin on her life before October 10, 1890. What it preserves is a woman who managed a clientele of mercury miners in one of the most physically dangerous industries of the era. She was shot five times during the raid. She fought back, reaching for her husband's .44 Winchester with five bullets already in her body. She died four days later. Her husband J.W. Riche died less than three months after her, his own bullet wound never having healed.May Hawes was eight years old when her father took her on a one-way train ride to East Lake on the evening of December 3, 1888. She had been doing the work of a parent since she could walk, looking after younger siblings in a household already coming apart. She was laid out for public identification at Lockwood & Miller's Funeral Parlor in Birmingham, unidentified for a full day. A local butcher recognized her. May, her mother Emma, and her six-year-old sister Irene — all three murdered by Richard Hawes — lay in an unmarked grave at Oak Hill Cemetery in Birmingham for more than 135 years. In April 2024, they finally received a headstone.The CrimesThe Lake County White Cap raid followed personal grudges that had been tightening for months. Blackburn, a mine foreman, had been thrown out of the Campers' Retreat after a brawl with the bartender Fred Bennett. Others in the group had boundary disputes, cattle quarrels, neighborhood debts to settle. They put flour sacks over their heads and called it a community morality action — the Whitecapping movement had spread from Indiana through the Southern states and into California by 1890. The plan was to flog Bennett and run him to the county line. Helen Riche unmasked Henry Arkarro the moment the men crashed through the door, and the plan collapsed into gunfire.Richard Hawes murdered three members of his own family to clear the way for a new marriage. Emma and Irene Hawes were found bound with curtain cord and weighted with railroad iron curve-braces in a Birmingham lake on December 8, 1888 — the same day a mob of approximately 2,000 people converged on the Jefferson County Jail demanding to hang him on the spot. Sheriff Joseph S. Smith fired into the crowd. Ten men were killed. Approximately thirty were wounded. The historical murder case that followed Hawes would take fourteen more months and a formal trial to reach the same conclusion the mob wanted.The Investigations and Legal OutcomesIn California, ten men were arrested within days. The mining community was small; Helen Riche had identified one attacker herself. The trial opened February 6, 1891, in Lakeport — *People of the State of California v. B.F. Staley et al.* Four men were convicted of second-degree murder: Blackburn sentenced to twenty-five years, Staley and Cradwick to twenty years each, Osgood to twelve years. All four were released from San Quentin within approximately three years. The Governor had commuted Blackburn's sentence to ten years following an extensive lobbying campaign. Three years, for a home invasion that killed two people.In Alabama, Richard Hawes was tried beginning April 22, 1889, before Judge Samuel Greene. The prosecution built the case around May's murder — the strongest evidence available, though entirely circumstantial: eyewitness testimony placing father and daughter on the streetcar together, and only the father returning. The jury deliberated fifty-five minutes. Death. After multiple appeals to the Alabama Supreme Court, all denied, Richard Hawes was hanged by Sheriff Smith on February 28, 1890 — the same man who had fired into a crowd to keep him alive for this moment. Hawes wore a geranium in his lapel. The gallows were built by a man who had served on his jury.Historical ContextBoth cases sit at a specific American intersection: communities losing faith in institutional justice and reaching for extralegal violence, with consequences that fell hardest on people who had nothing to do with the original grievance. The Whitecapping movement was already documented across Indiana, Tennessee, and Mississippi before it reached California. In Alabama, the Birmingham riot of 1888 killed ten bystanders, including Maurice Throckmorton, thirty-three, the city's postmaster, who was reportedly trying to calm the crowd when he was shot. The legal system delivered the outcome the mob demanded — it just took fourteen months and cost ten additional lives to get there.California's legislature responded to the broader wave of hooded vigilantism during this period with enhanced anti- vigilante and anti-mask statutes. For the Hawes case, Fannie Bryant — the family's cook and a key witness for the prosecution — was herself sentenced to death for allegedly aiding Hawes. She died in a prison riot before the sentence could be carried out. Her actual level of involvement remains contested. 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This bonus pod features the 2016-17 South Carolina Gamecocks, Dawn Staley's first national championship team! Staley had been knocking on the door of greatness, but she finally gets over the hump with this team, led by future WNBA super-duper star A'ja Wilson and a slew of terrific role players. The first team other than UConn to win a national championship in half a decade, Staley's squad got the job done in Dallas. Nate Wall, Jacob Brindle and I break down this team; it was a championship team, but was it a great team? You tell us . . .Get your copy of Hoops 365: A One Year Guide to Becoming a Basketball CEO here! https://www.amazon.com/Hoops-365-Guide-Becoming-Basketball/dp/B0FPBD7QPW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1PYZOTGAM7OHT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.sEuPkF0Nk-evy2O2iGy4zhOpGEgiAGP99esg3xF5OPz9EY0RYWKgal-JRlGgnkb6Fb28rxptX_Lc2kgmC4n0ZuzKcFtGhbMweHFxSRAOAeLJ2J9VjTqXlaKOuinrOmQ_FVuhrlmltmbb6G-qBz3A8igaBz2ssffgLItwd_sNjB3CpG_48B0iWFjK6RRjWttkmFAFopwzecUqIvbmOEXyOg.geclG40Oi09NgLDoNvoITm9hh0pkd-M6IFu79HpE-4M&dib_tag=se&keywords=hoops+365+book&qid=1779136298&sprefix=hoops+365%2Caps%2C225&sr=8-1Get your copy of The Last of the Cowboys here! https://www.amazon.com/Last-Cowboys-Valley-Basketball-School/dp/B0F634Q15L/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1I7UIZVBBLG4W&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.heOr37WpWb4zoZq4z37horroiq1GFk5UscQzNFDnhSPru1-ZKfQ9t8X429WajU9_.OMSsO-LEZeccMt3hWc05FAViiPTki7MYhUGyi2bQzBw&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+last+of+the+cowboys+snow+valley&qid=1780411806&s=books&sprefix=the+last+of+the+cowboys+snow+valley%2Cstripbooks%2C311&sr=1-1Want to learn more about coaching basketball and becoming a complete basketball coach? Subscribe to The Opening Tip newsletter on Substack! https://apenandanapkin.substack.com/?utm_source=global-search

Stephen Staley, director of The Hub's Fault Lines initiative, discusses his recent commentary on the systemic enforcement crisis across Canada. He explains how federal regulations exist on paper but aren't followed in practice, citing examples from airport security failures enabling organized crime to refugee processing shortcuts and fraudulent truck driver training. Staley argues that the government prioritizes communications announcements over implementation, leaving enforcement gaps that criminals exploit.You can read his commentary, "Bombshell report on Canada's airports highlights our enforcement crisis," here: https://thehub.ca/2026/05/25/bombshell-report-on-canadas-airports-highlights-our-enforcement-crisis/This episode is a part of The Hub's new Fault Lines initiative, which examines the pressures pulling Canadian society apart and the principles that can hold it together. Click here to learn more: https://thehub.ca/fault-lines/The Hub is Canada's fastest growing independent digital news outlet. Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get all our best content:https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple)https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify)Watch a video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanadaFollow The Hub on X: https://x.com/thehubcanada?lang=en CREDITS:Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer and Video EditorHarrison Lowman - Host Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The legal battle between Jes Staley and JPMorgan Chase erupted after lawsuits accused the bank of enabling Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking operation for years while he remained a wealthy client. Staley, who had been one of JPMorgan's top executives and Epstein's main private banking contact, quickly became central to the litigation because of his close personal relationship with Epstein. The U.S. Virgin Islands and Epstein accusers alleged that JPMorgan ignored repeated warning signs about Epstein's conduct because he brought the bank wealthy clients and influence, and they argued Staley played a key role in protecting the relationship. Court filings and internal emails revealed Staley exchanged hundreds of messages with Epstein, visited his properties, and allegedly pushed internally to keep Epstein as a client despite compliance concerns and growing fears tied to human trafficking allegations. JPMorgan responded by attempting to shift much of the blame onto Staley personally, filing claims against him seeking accountability for any damages the bank suffered from the lawsuits.The fight became increasingly bitter as both sides tried to avoid taking sole responsibility for the scandal. JPMorgan argued Staley concealed the true nature of his relationship with Epstein and acted outside the bank's knowledge, while Staley's lawyers countered that the bank itself had extensive awareness of Epstein's activities and continued banking him anyway because of the profits and elite connections involved. The litigation exposed embarrassing internal communications, including emails provided by JPMorgan that later became central to UK regulators' investigations into Staley's conduct. In 2023, JPMorgan ultimately reached settlements with both the U.S. Virgin Islands and Epstein victims while also resolving its claims against Staley, effectively ending the direct courtroom war between them. Even after the settlements, however, the fallout continued to haunt both sides, as the disclosed emails and testimony fueled regulatory cases, shareholder lawsuits, and public scrutiny over how deeply Epstein had embedded himself within major financial institutions and how aggressively senior executives like Staley fought to preserve those relationships.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

Barclays became deeply entangled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal because of the close and long-running relationship between its former chief executive, Jes Staley, and Epstein himself. Staley, who previously spent decades at JPMorgan before taking over Barclays in 2015, had maintained extensive contact with Epstein even after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor. The controversy exploded after Epstein's 2019 arrest and death, when regulators and investigators began scrutinizing whether Barclays and Staley had misled shareholders and financial authorities about the true nature of their relationship. Barclays initially told the UK Financial Conduct Authority that Staley did not have a close relationship with Epstein and that their contact had ended before Staley joined Barclays, but thousands of emails and other evidence later suggested the relationship was far more personal and continued much later than publicly acknowledged.The fallout dragged Barclays into years of legal, regulatory, and reputational damage. The FCA eventually fined and banned Staley from holding senior roles in the UK financial sector after concluding he had misled regulators about his ties to Epstein. Court proceedings and lawsuits revealed communications in which Staley referred to Epstein as family and “one of my deepest friends,” while shareholder lawsuits accused Barclays leadership of downplaying the relationship to protect the bank's image and stock price. Additional scrutiny came from lawsuits tied to JPMorgan's handling of Epstein's accounts, where Staley's role as a former executive became central to allegations that powerful financial institutions ignored warning signs surrounding Epstein for years. As more records surfaced, Barclays faced mounting criticism over its vetting of senior leadership and whether executives and board members took the Epstein issue seriously enough when Staley was running one of Britain's biggest banks.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

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Barclays became deeply entangled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal because of the close and long-running relationship between its former chief executive, Jes Staley, and Epstein himself. Staley, who previously spent decades at JPMorgan before taking over Barclays in 2015, had maintained extensive contact with Epstein even after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor. The controversy exploded after Epstein's 2019 arrest and death, when regulators and investigators began scrutinizing whether Barclays and Staley had misled shareholders and financial authorities about the true nature of their relationship. Barclays initially told the UK Financial Conduct Authority that Staley did not have a close relationship with Epstein and that their contact had ended before Staley joined Barclays, but thousands of emails and other evidence later suggested the relationship was far more personal and continued much later than publicly acknowledged.The fallout dragged Barclays into years of legal, regulatory, and reputational damage. The FCA eventually fined and banned Staley from holding senior roles in the UK financial sector after concluding he had misled regulators about his ties to Epstein. Court proceedings and lawsuits revealed communications in which Staley referred to Epstein as family and “one of my deepest friends,” while shareholder lawsuits accused Barclays leadership of downplaying the relationship to protect the bank's image and stock price. Additional scrutiny came from lawsuits tied to JPMorgan's handling of Epstein's accounts, where Staley's role as a former executive became central to allegations that powerful financial institutions ignored warning signs surrounding Epstein for years. As more records surfaced, Barclays faced mounting criticism over its vetting of senior leadership and whether executives and board members took the Epstein issue seriously enough when Staley was running one of Britain's biggest banks.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 Jes Staley and JPMorgan Chase erupted after lawsuits accused the bank of enabling Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking operation for years while he remained a wealthy client. Staley, who had been one of JPMorgan's top executives and Epstein's main private banking contact, quickly became central to the litigation because of his close personal relationship with Epstein. The U.S. Virgin Islands and Epstein accusers alleged that JPMorgan ignored repeated warning signs about Epstein's conduct because he brought the bank wealthy clients and influence, and they argued Staley played a key role in protecting the relationship. Court filings and internal emails revealed Staley exchanged hundreds of messages with Epstein, visited his properties, and allegedly pushed internally to keep Epstein as a client despite compliance concerns and growing fears tied to human trafficking allegations. JPMorgan responded by attempting to shift much of the blame onto Staley personally, filing claims against him seeking accountability for any damages the bank suffered from the lawsuits.The fight became increasingly bitter as both sides tried to avoid taking sole responsibility for the scandal. JPMorgan argued Staley concealed the true nature of his relationship with Epstein and acted outside the bank's knowledge, while Staley's lawyers countered that the bank itself had extensive awareness of Epstein's activities and continued banking him anyway because of the profits and elite connections involved. The litigation exposed embarrassing internal communications, including emails provided by JPMorgan that later became central to UK regulators' investigations into Staley's conduct. In 2023, JPMorgan ultimately reached settlements with both the U.S. Virgin Islands and Epstein victims while also resolving its claims against Staley, effectively ending the direct courtroom war between them. Even after the settlements, however, the fallout continued to haunt both sides, as the disclosed emails and testimony fueled regulatory cases, shareholder lawsuits, and public scrutiny over how deeply Epstein had embedded himself within major financial institutions and how aggressively senior executives like Staley fought to preserve those relationships.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

David Staley has been described as an "avant garde scholar." A professor in the departments of History and Design at The Ohio State University in the USA he is the author of several books including Knowledge Towns: Colleges and Universities as Talent Magnets. In 2022 he was named the "Best Freelance Writer" by the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists for his Next futures column with Columbus Underground. With the ICF Summit being held in Columbus this October and because of Staley's long relationship with ICF, we invited him to chat with Lou about "the knowledge enterprise" and whether it can be built even in places where this is in university. In this edition of The INTELLIGENT Community Interview, ICF Co-Founder Lou Zacharilla speaks with Dr. David Staley, Associate Professor of History, The Ohio State University.

What makes a university—and its surrounding city—sticky?In this episode, David J. Staley explores a powerful concept shaping the future of higher education: stickiness—the ability of a college or university not only to attract students, but to inspire them to stay, build careers, and contribute to the region after graduation.Drawing on a recent consulting experience at a Midwestern university, Staley reflects on a familiar challenge: institutions successfully bring students in, only to watch them leave for opportunities elsewhere. He contrasts this with “sticky” ecosystems like Ohio State and Columbus, where a dynamic interplay between university strengths and regional opportunities encourages graduates to remain and thrive.The episode introduces the idea of a “stickiness index”—a framework for assessing how well institutions and cities retain talent. Factors include:Alignment between academic programs and local job marketsInternship and career pipelinesSocial connections and campus engagementQuality of life and affordabilityEntrepreneurial and innovation ecosystemsStaley argues that stickiness is not accidental—it requires a deliberate, collaborative strategy between universities, civic leaders, and employers. It also calls for a reimagining of alumni engagement, shifting from long-term connection-building to immediate post-graduation retention efforts.Importantly, he reframes the common narrative of “brain drain” as something more subtle: “brain leakage”—where talent is developed locally but gradually seeps away due to lack of opportunity or connection. For institutions facing enrollment pressures and questions about value, a focus on stickiness offers a compelling path forward—one that integrates enrollment, student experience, workforce development, and regional vitality into a unified strategy.

Recently unsealed Department of Justice records show that **Jeffrey Epstein named Jes Staley and Larry Summers as potential executors in earlier draft versions of his estate planning documents from the 2010s, though neither appeared in the final will he signed in 2019. According to the newly released materials under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Staley first appeared in a 2012 draft as a “successor executor” and was later listed as a full executor in versions from 2013 and 2014, while Summers was named a successor executor in a 2014 revision. These designations would have given both men significant authority over Epstein's vast estate if the primary executors were unable or unwilling to serve — a striking inclusion given their high public profiles. However, in the final will drafted shortly before Epstein's death, both men were removed and are absent from the 2019 document that ultimately governs the estate.Oh these are the guys we're supposed to tiptoe around for? These are the delicate reputations the system keeps clearing its throat to protect? A Wall Street lifer who can't explain his Epstein emails without tripping over himself, and an academic power broker who spent years pretending his association with Epstein was some innocent clerical error? These are the men whose good names require sealed files, careful wording, and institutional panic? Give me a break. If the truth about a dead sex trafficker's will is enough to embarrass you, then maybe the embarrassment isn't the problem — maybe it's the résumé. The idea that the public must be shielded from learning that Jeffrey Epstein trusted these guys with his estate isn't discretion, it's comedy. And not even good comedy — it's the kind that only plays in boardrooms where accountability has been dead longer than Epstein himself.to conact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Jeffrey Epstein named Larry Summers, Jes Staley as estate executors in draft wills | New York PostBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

DAY 1 LEADER INSIGHTS Pro leader Mark Casey details his primary pattern and key decisions Co-angler leader J.D. Madden explains how he capitalized on his opportunities Scholastic leader Ryder Staley shares his approach and execution DELTA CONDITIONS & PATTERNS How tides are positioning fish Key areas producing bites on Day 1 Adjustments anglers made throughout the day TECHNIQUES THAT PRODUCED Presentations that generated quality bites Managing fish catches vs. hunting bigger upgrades Adapting to changing conditions on the water MENTAL GAME & DECISION MAKING Staying locked in during a long tournament day When to commit vs. when to adjust Managing momentum as a tournament leader LOOKING AHEAD TO DAY 2 Leader predictions for the rest of the event What changes could impact the leaderboard Keys to maintaining a top position on the Delta About BAM Podcasts Bass Angler Magazine's is a bi-monthly podcast series its available free on Simple Cast, iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and Amazon. Stay tuned as we discuss the latest in bass fishing, lure trends, ways to catch fish, tournament wins and things of interest to bass anglers.BASS ANGLER MAGAZINE (BAM), a veteran owned quarterly print and digital magazine, designed, and printed in the U.S.A. Covering largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, Bass Angler was created specifically to help you become a better, more informed bass fisherman. As the industry's most informative bass fishing magazine, we provide you in-depth exclusive new features with the world's top anglers.Subscribe to Bass Angler Magazine print and or digital here

Mike and Charlie reported on the Pelicans' coaching search. Mike interviewed new Saints LB Anfernee Jennings and CB Martin Emerson Jr. Horse racing analyst Dick Jerardi previewed the 2026 Kentucky Derby. New Saints LB Anfernee Jennings joined Sports Talk to discuss his path to New Orleans. Jennings emphasized his "pride" in stopping the run defensively. Steve and Charlie gave their observations of the 2026 NBA Playoffs. The guys spoke to Audacy NBA Insider Nick Friedell about the postseason, the league's proposed lottery "fix," and the Pelicans' head coaching search. Koki Riley, an LSU reporter for The Advocate, joined Sports Talk to discuss the Tigers' mid-season slide.

Steve and Jeff listened to the media session with new Saints DE Anfernee Jennings.

Jes Staley's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein wasn't just a lapse in judgment—it was a full-blown embrace of depravity dressed up as “networking.” Staley wasn't dragged into Epstein's orbit; he signed up for the frequent flyer program. He flew to the island, sent creepy “Snow White” emails, and played the role of banker, buddy, and image-launderer for a convicted sex offender. This wasn't ignorance—it was arrogance. He knew exactly who Epstein was and decided that power, money, and access were worth more than decency, truth, or his own reputation.In the end, Staley will never be remembered for his banking career or “leadership.” His legacy is sealed as Epstein's enabler, lapdog, and fool—the man who polished the monster's image while survivors were left fighting for justice. He represents everything rotten about high finance: greed over morality, image over truth, connections over humanity. Staley thought he could walk hand-in-hand with Epstein and still be respected. Instead, he's a permanent cautionary tale of complicity, corruption, and cowardice.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Join Andrew and Max as they recap the men's and women's NCAA tournaments and discuss the Geno-Staley beef. They also preview the Master's, analyze the Braves-Angels brawl, talk about the upcoming NBA and NHL playoffs, and more! Special thanks to Pri Kligerman for our logo!-------------------------------------------------------------Follow Podcast by Committee on Instagram and Twitter:IG: https://www.instagram.com/podcast_by_committee/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodByCommitteeFollow Andrew and Max on Twitter:Andrew (https://twitter.com/andrewfbrill)Max (https://twitter.com/maxjbrill)Reach out to us via email: hosts@podcastbycommittee.comPodcast By Committee is produced by Starting Five Productions.

Chaos, hot takes, and Masters Week energy! Dave Garner and Will Cooper break down the Atlanta Braves' fiery 8-5 start, the wild Jorge Soler brawl, Hawks playoff concerns, Falcons news, March Madness upsets, and early Masters predictions. Banter, baseball analysis, and unfiltered sports talk make this Tailgate Thursday a must-listen. Dave’s X Account: https://x.com/DaveGarner777 Will's X Account: https://x.com/wil24cooper www.sportspigradio.com Facebook Android App ios App Instagram YouTube Advertise With UsWant to reach loyal, engaged listeners who support local businesses? Advertise on our shows and put your brand in front of the right audience. Click below and an account executive will contact you. Advertise with Us Chapters00:00 Introduction and Banter 01:46 Braves Early Season Review and Lineup Talk 02:43 Jorge Soler Brawl and Walt Weiss Heroics 05:11 March Madness Recap and Art Mosley Win 06:25 Hawks Struggles vs. Cleveland and Size Concerns 10:54 Falcons Offensive Line and Caleb McGarry Retirement 19:21 Women's Basketball Drama: Auriemma vs. Staley 23:03 Mike Vrabel and Diana Russini Scandal Discussion 27:03 Masters Week Preview and Player Picks 33:00 Funny Fan Moment and Studio Banter 35:17 Par 3 Contest and Course Conditions 49:25 Tomahawk Take: Braves Rotation, Bullpen & Lineup 56:34 Alabama Spring Game and Quarterback Battle 59:25 Show Wrap-Up and Sign-OffSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chaos, hot takes, and Masters Week energy! Dave Garner and Will Cooper break down the Atlanta Braves' fiery 8-5 start, the wild Jorge Soler brawl, Hawks playoff concerns, Falcons news, March Madness upsets, and early Masters predictions. Banter, baseball analysis, and unfiltered sports talk make this Tailgate Thursday a must-listen. Dave’s X Account: https://x.com/DaveGarner777 Will's X Account: https://x.com/wil24cooper www.sportspigradio.com Facebook Android App ios App Instagram YouTube Advertise With UsWant to reach loyal, engaged listeners who support local businesses? Advertise on our shows and put your brand in front of the right audience. Click below and an account executive will contact you. Advertise with Us Chapters00:00 Introduction and Banter 01:46 Braves Early Season Review and Lineup Talk 02:43 Jorge Soler Brawl and Walt Weiss Heroics 05:11 March Madness Recap and Art Mosley Win 06:25 Hawks Struggles vs. Cleveland and Size Concerns 10:54 Falcons Offensive Line and Caleb McGarry Retirement 19:21 Women's Basketball Drama: Auriemma vs. Staley 23:03 Mike Vrabel and Diana Russini Scandal Discussion 27:03 Masters Week Preview and Player Picks 33:00 Funny Fan Moment and Studio Banter 35:17 Par 3 Contest and Course Conditions 49:25 Tomahawk Take: Braves Rotation, Bullpen & Lineup 56:34 Alabama Spring Game and Quarterback Battle 59:25 Show Wrap-Up and Sign-OffSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, David J. Staley reads from his latest University Design blog entry, Educable, where he explores a provocative new concept drawn from Leslie Valiant's recent work: that what truly distinguishes humans is not intelligence—but educability.What if education is not simply about acquiring knowledge or skills, but about undergoing a fundamental “state change”—a transformation in how we think, act, and understand the world? And what if this idea reshaped how we assess learning, design degrees, and even imagine the future of artificial intelligence?Staley challenges us to reconsider long-standing assumptions about education versus training, the purpose of higher education, and what it really means to be “educated” in a rapidly evolving world.Key Ideas ExploredEducability vs. Intelligence: A new framework for understanding human uniquenessEducation as “State Change”: Learning as deep cognitive transformation, not just information transferRethinking Assessment: What if grades reflected the degree of transformation rather than performance?Education vs. Training: Why education prepares us for the unforeseenArtificial Educability: A bold vision for the future of AI beyond current modelsThe Future of Teaching: Imagining new methods for educating both humans and machinesWhy This MattersAt a time when higher education is under pressure to demonstrate value and relevance, this episode invites us to think more expansively. If education is truly about transformation—about changing who we are—then our current systems of grading, credentialing, and ranking may be missing the point.Staley's reflections open the door to a more ambitious vision of higher education—one centered on human development, adaptability, and lifelong learning.

It's Hump Day on The Majority Report   On today's show:   Donald Trump announces a two-week ceasefire with Iran but that hasn't stopped Israel from unleashing hell in Lebanon. As a result of Israel refusing to abide the conditions of the agreed upon 10-point peace plan, Iran has said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed.   Freelance Journalist and co-host of the Turbulence podcast, Seamus Malekafzali joins Emma for a conversation about the wars in Iran and Lebanon.   Effie Phillips-Staley, candidate in the Democratic primary running to challenge scumbag Rep. Mike Lawler in New York's 17th Congressional district.   In the Fun Half:   Emma and Matt discuss the criticism of AOC from the left.   Graham Platner calls for Congress to hold Supreme Court justices to the same standard as federal judges which would in result lead to the impeachment of at least two justice - Clarence Thomes and Sam Alito.   Harry Enten breaks down the results of last night's special elections and explains why they signal promising prospects for Democrats to retake the House.   Abdul El-Sayed hosts two rallies in Michigan with Rep. Summer Lee and Hasan Piker that are packed to the gills, standing room only.   Mark Levin is not happy about the ceasefire and pleads directly to Trump on air to put Iran in a box and keep a boot on their neck.   The New York Times publishes an in-depth article about the behind-the-scenes lead up to the war on Iran.   all that and more   To connect and organize with your local ICE rapid response team visit ICERRT.com The Congress switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. You can use this number to connect with either the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives. Follow us on TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here: https://rumble.com/user/majorityreport Check out our alt YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! https://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: https://majority.fm/app Go to https://JustCoffee.coop and use coupon code majority to get 10% off your purchase Check out today's sponsors: TRUST & WILL: Get 20% off trustandwill.com/MAJORITY FAST GROWING TREES: Get 15% off your first order by going to Blueland.com/MAJORITY. SUNSET LAKE: Use coupon code "Left Is Best" (all one word) for 20% off of your entire order at SunsetLakeCBD.com  Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech On Instagram: @MrBryanVokey Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on YouTube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com

(1) Grizzlies Tankathon update, Magic Pick, Geno vs Staley, NFL Mock Draft (2) Drew Hill from the Daily Memphian talks about likely end to Ja Morant era

Two prominent women's basketball coaches are hoping to change the narrative after a public disagreement. Correspondent Gethin Coolbaugh reports.

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The hour opens with LeBron on Bob Does Sports and his distaste for Milwaukee and Memphis, including his suggestion the Grizzlies move to Nashville. We discuss why Caitlin Clark blocked Dave Portnoy and how Dan Hurley's wife feels about St. John's fans. We hear Geno's sideline clash with Dawn Staley, the Yankees' loss despite a Ben Rice home run, and the Mets' win in San Francisco. Finally, we touch on Kodai Senga's translation mishap and a caller revisits the details of Lamar Odom's gas station pill incident.

Jerry returns for an update but first Gio explains why Caitlin Clark blocked Dave Portnoy. Dan Hurley's wife did not like St. John's fans rooting against UConn. We heard the audio of Geno Auriemma getting into it with Dawn Staley on the sideline.

Ken Carman and Anthony Lima react to LeBron James' blunt comments about outgrowing his hometown of Akron and his list of least favorite NBA road cities. They also analyze the Cleveland Cavaliers' postseason path and a heated exchange between college basketball coaches Geno Auriemma and Dawn Staley. 02:35 - Guardians Series Success 03:08 - Cavs Playoff Seeding 05:45 - LeBron Outgrows Akron 08:31 - Auriemma vs Staley

Speed Run the Podcast, where we speed through 12 question topics for a guest to speed run a podcast in 10 minutes as a challenge. This week we are joined by publicist Staley Sharples to talk READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME. Hear us speed run several questions on the long awaited sequel to READY OR NOT. ►Follow Staley! https://x.com/stalesmcgalesss https://www.instagram.com/stalesmcgales/ ►Check out our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thewafflepresspodcast ►YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TheWafflePress ►SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thewafflepress ►Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0wn6x2sfn6eCmg1MYDUW45?si=41ba4346059746cf ►iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-waffle-press-podcast/id1265467358?mt=2 ►Check out FilmCred! https://film-cred.com/

In September 2023, a federal judge in Manhattan granted former JPMorgan executive Jes Staley permission to depose one of the unnamed Jeffrey Epstein accusers who had sued JPMorgan Chase & Co. alleging the bank benefited from Epstein's crimes. The ruling allowed Staley's legal team to question the woman—identified in filings only as Jane Doe—in person in the city where she lives, despite her previously expressed concerns about facing what her attorneys described as potentially intrusive questioning. This order came in the context of a broader settlement between JPMorgan and Epstein's victims, and situated within the ongoing pretrial litigation over the bank's liability and Staley's role in the bank's relationship with Epstein.The judge's decision followed arguments from Staley's lawyers that questioning the accuser was necessary to challenge key factual assertions about what she knew and when, which bear on claims against Staley personally in JPMorgan's third-party complaint. Staley's request was distinct from and in addition to his own scheduled deposition in the broader litigation involving the U.S. Virgin Islands and other plaintiffs, and the judge's order set logistical parameters for how that deposition of the accuser would be conducted before fact discovery closed.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Saints defensive tackle John Ridgeway joined Sports Talk. Ridgeway discussed his decision to sign an extension with New Orleans, remembered his connection with LB Demario Davis, and recalled his wrestling background. Ridgeway also praised the Saints' defensive coaching staff.

Saints defensive tackle John Ridgeway joined Sports Talk. Ridgeway discussed his decision to sign an extension with New Orleans, remembered his connection with LB Demario Davis, and recalled his wrestling background. Ridgeway also praised the Saints' defensive coaching staff.

The downfall of Jes Staley traces back to his long-running professional and personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, which resurfaced publicly years after Epstein's crimes became widely known. While serving as CEO of Barclays, regulators began scrutinizing the extent to which Staley had been transparent about the relationship, including email contact that continued after Epstein's 2008 conviction. Staley initially characterized Epstein as a limited professional acquaintance, but subsequent disclosures—particularly emails referring to Epstein as a “trusted friend”—undermined that account and raised concerns about candor and judgment at the highest levels of the bank.In 2021, UK regulators concluded that Staley had mischaracterized the nature of his ties to Epstein, leading to his forced resignation from Barclays and a formal investigation into whether he had misled the board and regulators. The episode effectively ended Staley's career at the top tier of global banking and later followed him into litigation, including a lawsuit by JPMorgan Chase, where he had previously worked and overseen the Epstein relationship. Staley has argued that institutions used him as a scapegoat for broader failures, but the reputational damage proved decisive: his association with Epstein became inseparable from questions of credibility, oversight, and accountability—turning a once-powerful banking executive into one of the most prominent professional casualties of the Epstein scandal.to contact  me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

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Jes Staley has repeatedly argued that he was unfairly railroaded by his association with Jeffrey Epstein, portraying himself as collateral damage in a scandal he claims was exaggerated and mischaracterized. In public statements and court filings, Jes Staley has insisted that his relationship with Epstein was overstated, that he had no knowledge of Epstein's criminal conduct, and that the fallout cost him his career and reputation unjustly. Staley has framed the allegations as a narrative pile-on—suggesting that regulators, banks, and the media needed a single, convenient figure to absorb blame once Epstein's crimes became impossible to ignore.Those denials, however, collapse under the weight of the documented facts. Emails, travel records, and testimony show that Staley maintained a far closer and longer relationship with Jeffrey Epstein than he publicly acknowledged, including repeated personal contact well after Epstein's 2008 conviction. Evidence revealed during regulatory investigations and litigation contradicts Staley's claims of distance and ignorance, exposing a pattern of sustained engagement that undercuts his credibility. When set against the paper trail, Staley's insistence that he was merely an unlucky bystander rings hollow—less a case of being railroaded, and more an example of how implausible denials unravel once they're tested against emails, calendars, and sworn findings.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

In filings in 2023, former Jes Staley asked a federal judge in Manhattan to dismiss JPMorgan Chase's lawsuit against him related to the bank's handling of its relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. JPMorgan sued Staley seeking to recover compensation and losses tied to two lawsuits the bank faces over its work with Epstein, alleging Staley misled the bank about Epstein's character and conduct and failed to address internal concerns about keeping Epstein as a client. In response, Staley argued that the bank's claims lacked both legal and factual basis, and he urged the judge to throw out the case because the bank was unfairly trying to pin blame on him for broader institutional decisions made by JPMorgan. Staley specifically accused the bank of using him as a “public relations shield” to deflect criticism and responsibility for its own alleged failures in managing its relationship with Epstein rather than focusing on substantive legal issues.A federal judge later denied Staley's motion to dismiss, saying the case would proceed and that explanations would follow in written orders. Staley's defense centered on the idea that JPMorgan could not plausibly hold him solely responsible for decisions made by the bank years earlier, especially when there were no clear allegations that he directly facilitated Epstein's criminal activities or knew of them firsthand. His contention was that JPMorgan was attempting to deflect scrutiny from its own policies and practices by placing him at the center of high-profile litigation, turning him into a scapegoat for reputational purposes. The legal dispute was part of broader litigation tied to Epstein's network and the bank's role in enabling his financial activities.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

JP Morgan, the United States Virgin Islands and Jes Staley have been engaged in a battle royale in a courtroom in New York for months now and with the trial less than a month away, things are still cooking at a high degree.According to a new filing by Jes Staley that hit the docket and then was quickly removed, JP Morgan has already spent more than 14 million dollars in legal fees. They are looking to roll that number into the larger number that they say Staley is responsible for and JP Morgan hopes that any ruling made against them, will end up being a burden that Staley has to deal with.Staley, for his part has said that anything he did with Epstein was all part of the job and that if anyone is responsible for missing the fact that Epstein was a human trafficking monster, it was JP Morgan.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:JPMorgan legal fees in Jeffrey Epstein sex traffick cases revealed (cnbc.com)

Leaked correspondence between Jes Staley—former CEO of Barclays and long-time JPMorgan executive—and Jeffrey Epstein laid bare more than just casual business exchanges; they revealed a troubling bond rooted in intimacy, trust, and privilege. In one exchange, Staley mused, “That was fun. Say hi to Snow White,” to which Epstein replied, “What character would you like next?” Staley coyly responded, “Beauty and the Beast,” turning their relationship into a grotesque pantomime. More damningly, Staley described Epstein as “family” and spoke of a “profound” connection, while photos of young women were also swapped—all under the guise of everyday correspondence. Far from distancing himself, Staley sustained contact well past Epstein's 2008 conviction, even joining him on his private island in 2009—behavior that defied any claim of a “purely professional” relationship.The fallout was swift—and deserved. The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) concluded that Staley “recklessly misled” both Barclays and regulators by downplaying the closeness of his ties with Epstein. A £1.8 million fine (later reduced to £1.1 million) and a lifetime ban from senior financial roles followed. The Upper Tribunal upheld the sanctions, emphasizing that Staley knowingly took a calculated risk, hoping the truth would stay buried. But the emails, held up like digital incriminators, ensured his downfall. His denials, evasive demeanor in court, and attempt to frame the relationship as innocuous only magnified the breach of trust. In financial leadership, reputation is everything—and Staley burned his.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Epstein-Staley Emails Reveal Friendship Forged at JPMorgan (yahoo.com)