Call it Doomscroll x KK&F! For Episode 270, we’ve got Josh Citarella on deck to dig into Epstein’s influence on right-wing media circles, how the Epstein Files may have brought us to War, the ongoing culture war over masculinity, and, as always, much more — including special content for our paying subscribers. Watch the full video below:

It’s impossible to ignore, and ignoring it should strip anyone doing so of all credibility: it’s possible Trump was involved in the deepest depravities of Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring. There’s tape of Epstein saying he was Trump’s best friend for a decade. He took the Lolita Express to Little St. James, and there are pictures of him with possibly underaged girls that strongly indicate his sexual exploitation of them. There should be absolutely no getting around it, but Trump and his people, while they continue to wage an absolutely senseless war in Iran, have done everything they can to distract from this low point in American politics. AOC has called out what seems so obvious to the part of the American public that refuses to be deceived: it seems very likely that Trump was involved with blackmail, and it seems clear to her (and to us) that Trump is a central member of the Epstein Class.

What’s more, the files suggest Epstein and his affiliates were central to the development of online right wing culture factoring into everything from Gamergate to Pizzagate to Qanon. We take a granular look at these questions, identifying the specific online spaces with Epstein links and tracing their influence on broader Internet culture and even more mainstream right-leaning media outlets.

It’s not a pretty picture of the darkest corners of the internet, but it’s a necessary and detailed one, and we hope our conversation serves as a provocation to acknowledge and challenge that increasingly influential part of our culture. You can listen to this episode tomorrow when it’s released on major streaming platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, and more.