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Frederic Poag and I debate whether or not Chef Boyardee is Italian food (it’s not) and talk Congressional angles when it comes to one of the first nearly unanimous vote in decades. What does an Epstein Files release really look like? I shall not hold my breathe… The Panicked, Unpaid Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid...

The New York Times is holding their annual DealBook Summit on December 3rd in New York City. This is an opportunity for multimillionaire and billionaire CEOs (think Elon Musk, Bob Iger, Jamie Dimon) to speak to a room full of multimillionaire and billionaire CEOs. Tickets are $2800 apiece, if that gives you an idea of the clientele. I have been transcribing the Summit for many years, and attended...

I might have been doing the dishes in my pajamas, but when Lev Parnas and Dean Blundell call, you pick up the phone. The Panicked, Unpaid Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you Monique Camarra , Cat , David , Cheech Previti , Pamela , and many others for tuning into my live video with Dean Blundell...

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Thank you Nick Paro , Lisa | We Are The Third Estate , P. J. Schuster , Cynthia Boatright Raleigh , Sandra Tuttle , and many others for tuning into my live video with Shane Yirak ! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked, Unpaid Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode....

Rick Herbst and I sit down to talk about JPMorgan ignoring a decade’s worth of flagged activity on Jeffrey Epstein’s 84…yes 84…bank accounts, as well as my book, Death of a Mayfly. The Panicked, Unpaid Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you Lisa | We Are The Third Estate , Pamela , Jennifer Wells ,...

A delightful conversation with Walter Rhein about the roller coaster that is the publishing industry. The Panicked, Unpaid Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you Stephanie G Wilson, PhD , Murphy , Noble Blend , Independent Voter 1 , Robert Danna , and many others for tuning into my live video with W...

I sit down with Zev Shalev to talk about his 2nd installment of the Greatest Heist , following the story of Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump’s involvement in the “biggest crime in history.” Please subscribe to Zev’s Substack , and support a fantastic investigative journalist who’s been doing this far longer than most of us. It’s time to solve this riddle. Thank you Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA ,...

An old-timey talk about Jeffrey Epstein and anything else we want, because that’s what we do. Don’t forget to subscribe to Frederic Poag so he can buy more flannel shirts. The Panicked, Unpaid Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you Jessica Talisman , Caro Henry , Debbie Hupp , Just Breathe , the rea...

Shane Yirak and I sit down to talk about Jeffrey Epstein and, of course, eating the rich. If you’re new here, hello! I’m glad you’re here. Feel free to listen and read for free, or, if you’re able, help me do the investigative research I love for $5/month (which also feeds my family). Thanks guys! The Panicked, Unpaid Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my wo...

Finally get to sit down with my Northwest buddies, Dana DuBois and Lawrence Winnerman to talk about this week’s Big Blue Wave, the Epstein Files, JPMorgan walking themselves into a legal corner, and my thoughts on Virginia Giuffre’s book Nobody’s Girl (linked to an independent book shop - go buy!). I’m working my tail off to investigate these documents and give you all definitive conclusions about...

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Thank you Nick Paro , Robert Lee Brutus III , Ilona Pamplona , Cathy R. Payne , Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA , and many others for tuning into my live video with Shane Yirak ! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

Thank you Caro Henry , Debbie Hupp , Pamela , Jenny Benjamin , Carol , and many others for tuning into my live video with Zev Shalev and Olga Lautman ! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked, Unpaid Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this...

Thank you Nick Paro , JR Roessl , Cathy R. Payne , Pamela , Noble Blend , and many others for tuning into my live video with Zev Shalev , William K Black , Ellie Leonard and Patrick Lovell ! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked, Unpaid Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public...

Click the above voiceover to hear this chapter read by Walter Rhein of I’d Rather Be Writing . Trigger warning: memories of a sexual assault are referenced in this chapter I stared down at the onion-skin pages, ghost-like pencil scratches from decades of note-taking nearly gone, trying to remember just enough to answer his questions, to pretend like I understood or cared. He leaned low over my sho...

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Rick and I sit down to talk about the always out-of-control dumpster fire worth saving, democracy . Join us, won’t you? The Panicked, Unpaid Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you Cat , Lisa | We Are The Third Estate , Pamela , Just Breathe , Michael deCamp , and many others for tuning into my live...

Okay, we talked a lot, but we also mentioned several information sites that you can go to get the Epstein files we do have so far. So here you go. July 2025 Ghislaine Maxwell Interviews January 2024 Epstein docs released by the DOJ September 2, 2025 Epstein docs released by the House Oversight Committee Epstein’s Birthday Book Epstein’s Black Book September 26, 2025 Epstein docs released by the Ho...

I snuck in for a little bit to chat about Jeffrey Epstein and how I really feel about Woody Epstein. Thank you Nick Paro , Dana DuBois , Caro Henry , Noble Blend , P. J. Schuster , and many others for tuning into my live video with Frederic Poag ! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked, Unpaid Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, cons...

Thank you Independent Voter 1 , Courtney 🇨🇦 , Sue Henger , Nanalin , Dennis McAtee , and many others for tuning into my live video with Nick Paro and Banner & Backbone ! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked, Unpaid Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd li...

Click the above voiceover to hear this chapter read by Walter Rhein of I’d Rather Be Writing . I kicked at the concrete, ancient and crumbling under my Oxfords, the clumps of dead grass nearly overtaking the sidewalk. Ahead of me Main Street forked, to the right past the perfect cookie-cutter homes ending at the fairgrounds; to the left toward town and the river. I picked at a scrap of Mom’s yello...

Happy Saturday! Here’s a few things I’m working on and ideas I’d like to share with you, also with a few cryptic tidbits that I’ll be able to talk more about soon. The Panicked, Unpaid Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you Kat Lo , Deborah J. , Musings on Interesting Times , Sandra , Nanalin , and...

Thank you Nick Paro , Dana DuBois , julie elder , It’s Time , Stuart Cohen , and many others for tuning into my live video with Rick Herbst ! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked, Unpaid Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with othe...