Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers. I had a great conversation with Nina Burleigh, journalist and author of Trump’s Women: Part of the Deal, and Executive Producer on the Peacock investigative series on Ghislaine Maxwell. The focus now is on Jeffrey Epstein’s predatory system, but Donald Trump had his own networks of exploitation, and Trump Models, which he still owned during his first months as president (!) deserves more scrutiny.
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Epstein and Trump: My Conversation with Nina Burleigh, author of Trump's Women
A recording from Ruth Ben-Ghiat's live video
Nov 15, 2025
Lucid. A podcast about threats to democracy, by Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Lucid is about threats to democracy and abuses of power and how to counter them. Ruth interviews individuals working on the front lines of anti-corruption, human rights, democracy protection, and more.
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