The Butterfly Bureau Podcast

Content Warning: This episode includes discussions of political trauma, sexual exploitation, child sexual abuse allegations, and failures of institutional accountability. Episode Summary What. The. F**k. Sometimes those three words are the only appropriate response to the state of American politics. Not because we have run out of intelligent things to say, but because the sheer volume of political...

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I wrote and put together a call to action for my sisters! We asked for equality. Now we’re taking away the privileges you mistook for rights. We are here. We are many. And we are done being told to wait. For generations, women have been asked to endure the unacceptable with grace. We have been told to protect reputations, forgive the unforgivable, and keep our voices down so nobody gets uncomforta...

The Interview That Had Us Talking Well, butterflies, this was one hell of a conversation to unpack. On October 7, 2026, investigative journalist Bekah Day appeared on The Bad Decisions Podcast with Scott Michael Nathan , where she finally had the opportunity to question Paolo Zampolli directly. Not through a press release. Not through a carefully prepared statement. Not through somebody’s attorney...

Jeffrey Epstein invested in an emergency technology company that collected location and live video data. Years later, Axon acquired that company and incorporated its technology into a much larger police platform. A separate set of emails shows Ehud Barak seeking Epstein’s help with a business aimed at government surveillance customers. So, did Epstein have an interest in mass surveillance? The rec...

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In Episode 9 of the Butterfly Bureau , Resistance Kitty, Night Fire, and Dr. Chenoweth asked a question that sounds simple until the receipts start piling up: Who is Reid Hoffman, and what was the real nature of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein? This is the companion receipts blog for that conversation. It is not a transcript and it is not a prosecution brief. The episode examined Hoffman fro...

The Jeffrey Epstein story is no longer one investigation. It is a collection of congressional inquiries, document disputes, civil lawsuits, state level efforts, and demands for federal prosecution. In this episode of the Butterfly Bureau, we examined the fourteen people Representative Thomas Massie named on the House floor, the testimony of former banking executive Jes Staley, the escalating confl...

Jeffrey Epstein did not simply hire someone to make a nicer website. After becoming a registered sex offender, he funded an online system designed to change what people saw when they searched his name. The network included exact name domains, science and philanthropy sites, hosted blogs, social accounts, press releases, business directories, Wikipedia activity, favorable articles, and pages about...

Episode 6 examines Reid Hoffman, Tides, World Without Exploitation, and the unanswered questions surrounding survivor advocacy Epstein survivors have already been failed by prosecutors, institutions, wealthy enablers, and a government that repeatedly promised transparency while guarding the machinery of secrecy. Now a new investigation asks whether the women were placed inside another system they...

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Episode 5 examines Epstein’s CIA access, diplomatic backchannels, foreign leaders, and intelligence connected relationships in the early years. Jeffrey Epstein was a convicted sex offender who somehow moved through spaces normally reserved for diplomats, intelligence officials, cabinet ministers, presidents, billionaires, and national security insiders. He attended high level Middle East meetings....

Butterfly Bureau Episode 4 Receipts: Juliette Bryant, Recruitment, Abuse, and the Evidence Trail In Episode 4 of the Butterfly Bureau, Epstein survivor Juliette Bryant describes how a promised modeling opportunity became a system of manipulation, sexual abuse, coercion, and silence. Bryant’s account begins in Cape Town, South Africa, in September 2002. She says she was introduced to Jeffrey Epstei...

Examining One of the Most Important Figures in the Jeffrey Epstein Network When people discuss the Jeffrey Epstein case, the same names tend to dominate the conversation. Jeffrey Epstein. Ghislaine Maxwell. High profile associates. Wealthy businessmen. Politicians. Celebrities. Yet one of the most consistently documented figures inside Epstein’s operation has often received far less sustained publ...

One of the most important questions raised by the Jeffrey Epstein case is not simply how abuse occurred, but why warning signs appeared to go unaddressed for so long. Journalists, criminologists, sociologists, and psychologists have spent decades studying similar questions in cases involving financial fraud, institutional abuse, political corruption, corporate misconduct, and organized exploitatio...

Today marks the launch of The Butterfly Bureau. If you are reading this, you are here at the beginning. The Butterfly Bureau was created because too many important stories disappear into fragmented documents, forgotten court filings, broken links, and scattered investigations. We believe the public deserves a place where evidence can be preserved, examined, and discussed openly. This podcast is ou...

Some clues are hidden in documents. Others are written in plain sight. This Butterfly Bureau teaser previews one of the most haunting pieces of evidence uncovered by independent researchers. A series of images. A handwritten message. Questions that refuse to stay buried. What was written? Who was it meant for? And what does it reveal about the world surrounding Jeffrey Epstein? The Butterfly Burea...

Every fairy tale has a villain. A costume. A photograph. A disturbing allegation that has lingered in the shadows for years. In this Butterfly Bureau teaser, we revisit one of the most unsettling stories connected to Jeffrey Epstein's circle. The image became infamous. The questions never went away. Who was there? What really happened? And why are people still talking about it decades later? The B...