About this episode

The episode explores the circumstances surrounding the death of Jeffrey Epstein with comedian Jena Friedman.

This week, Jason and Tyler welcome comedian Jena Friedman to question the circumstances around the death of Jeffrey Epstein. In this episode: (4:57) Reactions to the news of Epstein's death (6:30) Julie K. Brown’s investigation (19:14) Biden, Obama and of course: Trump (50:01) LUCID score (56:49) The Doomscroll Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker Guest: Jenna Friedman Producers: Cory McConnell, Donnie Beacham, and Justin Sayles Art direction: David Shoemaker Motion graphics and animations: Chris Calleton Engineering: Sarah Reddy Set design: Hannah Leiken and Jonathan Ratliff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason Concepcion, Tyler Parker

Guest: Jena Friedman

Topics covered

• Jeffrey Epstein
• death investigation
• political reactions
• media coverage
• true crime
• comedy

Keywords

• Jeffrey Epstein
• death
• investigation
• Jena Friedman
• politics
• true crime
• media

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