Ross Douthat

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293 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 2 Dec

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The Ezra Klein Show · Interesting Times: She Exposed Epstein and Shares MAGA’s Anger · 2 Dec 2025 podcast

Jeffrey Epstein is a teacher at the Dalton School, a very prestigious prep school in New York City. matched

where the headmaster is Donald Barr, who is the father of Bill Barr, who would be the attorney general when Epstein killed himself in prison. matched

And I cite that detail only because it's an example of how Epstein's story is filled with these little grace notes that are gifts to would-be conspiracy theorists. matched

So as I understand the story, a parent there is friendly with him, helps him get an interview for a job at Bear Stearns, the investment firm, as a trader. matched

And then from there, between there and the 1990s, he becomes insanely wealthy. matched

How did that happen? matched

How did he get rich? matched

You mentioned earlier, this was an open question when you started reporting. matched

But if you were going to tell the story now, as you understand it, how did he get rich? matched

But he wasn't just an advisor. matched

He wasn't like Les Wexner's financial advisor. matched

He was Les Wexner's, but he had power of attorney, right? matched

He was effectively like, you know, the hand of the king in Game matched

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or something where

he he's just making. matched

Any kind of deal for for Wexner. matched

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And in some of the some of the arguments about the mystery of Epstein's wealth, I've seen people say, well, this is kind of a mystery why Wexner gave him this kind of power. matched

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