
The Present Illness Epstein's Dirty Medical Money (plus Space Babies!)
Feb 13, 2026
59:33
Epstein dirty money in Medical Education; Should we make babies in outer space?; Olympian’s relationship fumble; Knitting the resistance; Possum cake (yeah you read that right)
Epstein’s Ties to Medical Education
Fact check! The representative Arghavan referred to who brought up the email from survivors is Thomas Massie, not Anthony Massie.
- Arghavan’s video summarizing Les Wexner’s relationship with Epstein and Ohio State (with references)
- Virginia Giuffre’s 2016 deposition in which she names Wexner (scroll down)
- Mark Landon’s relationship with Epstein (chair of Ob-Gyn at Ohio State)
- Mark Tramo’s relationship with Epstein (neurologist at UCLA)
- Martin Nowak’s emails with Epstein
- David Gelernter is removed from teaching at Yale
- Documentary: Surviving Ohio State
Space Sex (Not SpaceX)
- 404 Media: As Space Tourism Looms, Scientists Ask: Should We Have Sex in Orbit?
- Reproductive biomedicine in space by G.A. Palmer, et al
Take Two and Call Me in the Morning💊
- Norwegian Olympian admits to cheating on his ex-girlfriend; check out comments here
- Lost Black American Recipes, by Wick’d Confections
- Story of the Norweigan resistance hat, an elder describes them
- You can knit one! Melt the Ice Knitting Pattern
- Watch a sensory hair cut by @theweightedcape
- A wild possum birthday cake by Greg Mason
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Credits
- Production by Arghavan Salles & Alyssa Burgart
- Editing by Alyssa Burgart
- Theme Music by Joseph Uphoff
- Social Media by Arghavan Salles
