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Power: Don King
In a sport famed for money and excess, what does it take to get to the top...and stay there? Rising from a life of hardship and crime, Don King became the most successful boxing promoter the sport has ever seen—and the first Black man to do so. He is his own American Dream. His flamboyant appearance...
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Lady Mafia: The Untold Story of Secrets, Lies, and Jackpots
Sara King lived large as 'Lady Mafia,' but what caused it all to come crashing down? Host Michele McPhee unravels the secrets behind Sara King's high-...
Don King | 9. The Roundtable
Panama is joined by friends Tahira Henderson, Corey Wilson, and Jibri Griffin to discuss Don King’s legacy and his impact on sports, entertainment, an...
Don King | 8. Mapp vs Ohio
How did Don King, the numbers runner kingpin, become the first domino to set a major US Supreme Court ruling in motion? We go back to Don King's numbe...
Don King | 7. Only in America
Don King lived out his own American dream but has that dream finally come to an end? How did boxing change because of Don King? And does boxing still...
Don King | 6. The Unraveling
The dream team of youth and experience, Tyson and King, come undone. When they both fall from grace, will there be the consequences for King that ther...
Don King | 5. The Dream
Don King meets his future in Mike Tyson. Tyson is a prodigy, a boxer overflowing with talent and hunger—and he falls early into Don’s orbit. Don gets...
Don King | 4. Catch Me if You Can
Don finds himself on the wrong end of the FBI. They set up an undercover operation to take down boxing’s number one promoter, figuring he’ll be able t...
Don King | 3. Never Fall in Love with your Fighter
Don moves on after his first failure and realizes instead of trying to control one fighter, he’s going to control them all. He assembles a whole stabl...
Don King | 2. The Greatest
Don builds his masterpiece, one of the greatest boxing matches in history, his piece de resistance: The Rumble in the Jungle. But when he tries to cap...
Don King | 1. Make Me Big
We track Don King’s path to boxing, from a poverty-stricken childhood, to a crime-laden young adulthood, and finally to the moment he enters the arena...
Introducing...Don King
In a sport famed for money and excess, what does it take to get to the top...and stay there? Rising from a life of hardship and crime, Don King became...
Hugh Hefner | 8. Hefner’s Long Shadow
In the mid 2010s, Hefner’s close friend Bill Cosby faces numerous allegations of sexual assault, and several are directly related to the Playboy Mansi...
Hugh Hefner | 7. The Girl Next Door
Holly Madison becomes one of Hefner’s girlfriends when she is 21 years old and stars in a new reality TV show, The Girls Next Door, focused on life in...
Hugh Hefner | 6. A Child in the Mansion
Jennifer Saginor is the daughter of Hefner’s hard-partying personal physician. She grows up in the mansion, smack in the middle of Playboy’s decadent...
Hugh Hefner | 5. When The Party's Over
Hefner retreats into his fake, perfect life in the Playboy Mansion, hoping to escape problems in his business empire and the fallout from the murder o...
Hugh Hefner | 4. The Limits of Liberation
Hugh Hefner’s world is knocked off its axis when he's targeted by President Nixon’s new war on drugs. Bobbie Arnstein, the Playboy founder’s confidant...
Hugh Hefner | 3. The Definition of Beauty
The Pubic Wars commence! Hefner faces off against a new rival: Bob Guccione and his scandalous upstart magazine, Penthouse. Superstar Playmate Marilyn...
Hugh Hefner | 2. A Woman’s Worth
Hugh Hefner’s progressive legacy hinges on sexual liberation and anti-racism. As radical feminists confront Hefner on TV and Black people start appear...
Hugh Hefner | 1. How To Sell A Fantasy
How did Hugh Hefner persuade the world to buy into his fantasies? Who was the first girl next door? And what was it really like to work in the glitzy...
Introducing Power: Hugh Hefner
Who was Hugh Hefner? Centerfold models, Playboy Bunnies, and other women from the Playboy founder’s inner circle, like TV personality and author Holly...
The Maxwells | UPDATE: Follow The Money
A recent discovery of some of Kevin and Ian Maxwell’s financial records show things weren’t quite as they seemed. In this follow-up episode of Power:...
The Maxwells | 9. Life In Maxwelliana
Julia Langdon worked for Maxwell as the first woman political editor of a daily national newspaper in the UK. Julia went on many international trips w...
The Maxwells | 8. Knee Deep In Muck
After making two podcasts (this one and ‘Broken: Seeking Justice’) about the murky world of Ghislaine, Epstein and Robert, Tara sits down with her rep...
The Maxwells | 7. Uninvited Guest
What did Ghislaine learn from her father? We pick up the story of her life in early 90s New York.
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The Maxwells | 6. Who Pays?
Following Maxwell’s death in November 1991, news emerges of a further scandal: in his final months Maxwell stole £400 million from the Mirror pension...
The Maxwells | 5. Top Dollar
It’s the late 80s and Robert Maxwell goes on a spending spree for companies in New York. But will the purchase of the New York Daily News prove to be...
The Maxwells | 4. The Best Lies
Was Robert Maxwell a spy? What do the conspiracy theories surrounding his dealings with intelligence services tell us about his life? And why are we s...
The Maxwells | 3. Failing Upwards
Robert Maxwell’s rags to riches story: from escaping the Holocaust in central Europe to becoming owner of the Daily Mirror, one of the UK’s most influ...
The Maxwells | 2. The Lady Ghislaine
November 1991. Robert Maxwell is missing off his yacht in the Canary Islands. We hear from the photographer and journalist who accompanied his family...
The Maxwells | 1. Daddy Issues
What was Robert Maxwell’s relationship with his youngest daughter Ghislaine like? And what effect did his shocking death have on her?
Introducing... Power: The Maxwells
Everyone’s heard of Ghislaine Maxwell (Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged partner in crime). But there’s a shadowy figure who hangs above her who you likely do...