Julian Dorey Daily

A sprawling breakdown of corruption, power, and money inside Trump's second term. It starts with former CIA officer John Kiriakou's story of being told a Trump pardon would cost $2 million through a Giuliani associate — and refusing to pay — before 60 Minutes' hidden-camera investigation into the broader "pardon broker" industry selling access to the president, including Trump's quiet pardon of a man convicted of dealing cocaine. From there it's a tour through how rich Trump's orbit has gotten: elites quietly buying second passports and off-grid land, Doug Rushkoff's now-famous story of billionaires asking him how to survive "The Event," the political lawfare precedent being set right now, the pressure campaign on Cuba, Jared Kushner's dramatic net worth growth, and Pete Hegseth's investments alongside his religiously-charged framing of the Pentagon's mission. Then it's Kimberly Guilfoyle's Wall Street Journal-reported scandal in Greece, Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House, the irony of Hillary Clinton defending press freedom, Julian Assange's unexpected family news, a detour into an alternate-timeline version of Trump, and Edward Snowden's blistering case against Sam Altman and the AI industry. Timestamps: 0:00 – John Kiriakou Refused To Pay Rudy Giuliani For A Trump Pardon (STORY) 3:37 – Trump Pardoning C*ke Kingpins & Shady People 5:30 – A Prominent Person Called John And Tried To Silence Him 6:22 – Trump Pardon Brokers Exposed On 60 Minutes 12:22 – The Trump Administration Is Getting WAY RICHER 14:26 – Elites Getting Second Passports And Buying Off-Grid Land (End Times Coming?) 18:34 – The Bot Activity Driving Narratives 19:17 – What Are The Elites Doing With All This Corruptly-Gotten Money? 20:27 – Doug Rushkoff's Scary Meeting w/ Billionaires Planning For End Of World (Story) 23:26 – The Political Lawfare Dangerous Precedent 26:25 – Cuba's Been Getting It 27:39 – Jared Kushner's Net Worth Increases During Trump Presidency 29:29 – Pete Hegseth Is A Great Investor Too 33:40 – Hegseth & The Holy War 36:20 – Kimberly Guilfoyle Bringing Down Governments (WSJ Story) 43:10 – Kimberly Guilfoyle's Greek SQUEEZE 49:21 – Trump Kicking Out News Networks 50:10 – Hillary Clinton Stands Up For The Free Press (LOL) 51:51 – Julian Assange Having A Child After An Insane Odyssey 53:42 – The Alternate Timeline Version Of Trump 55:48 – Edward Snowden Goes NUCLEAR On Sam Altman & AI Overlords Subscribe for more breakdowns of power, money, and the people running the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WATCH FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/v_iWa0mGSq0 Subscribe Here: @JulianDoreyDaily DAN'S LINKS: - X: https://x.com/danielghummel - WEBSITE: https://www.danielghummel.com/ - BUY HIS BOOK: https://tinyurl.com/ywf7u5yc Newsletter: https://juliandoreypodcast.beehiiv.com/get-julians-top-10-books CLIPPERS DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/8QmWEKJ3BT Dan Hummel takes Julian through the story of the Dead Sea Scrolls, starting with their discovery in 1947 and the Bedouin shepherds who first found and sold them, largely by accident, into what would become one of the biggest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. Hummel explains why the scrolls turned into such a massive bombshell once their significance became clear, and walks through the more complicated chapter that followed: growing criticism from archaeologists toward Israel's handling and control of the scrolls throughout the 1960s and '70s. Along the way, Hummel gives Julian a quick, accessible rundown of how modern Christianity and Judaism actually relate to and diverge from each other, and breaks down what Old Testament texts were actually found among the scrolls. The conversation closes on a bigger theme running through the whole discussion: the complicated mix of closeness and animosity that has historically existed between Christians and Jewish people. Subscribe for more conversations on the history and ideas shaping religion and politics today. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Dan Hummel, a Historian INSIDE Zionism 9:35 - Speaking in Tongues, Global Christian Zionism 21:36 - Left Behind & How Ted Cruz Uses Genesis 30:03 - Daniel, the Aramaic Text & Dead Sea Scrolls 36:23 - The Scrolls Discovery That SHOOK Everything 52:52 - Birth of "Judaeo-Christianity" in the 1920s @JulianDoreyDaily ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WATCH FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/OCNkGL-4ZQI?si=PD0MrN01bp5rCev6 Subscribe Here: @JulianDoreyDaily JOBY'S LINKS - X: https://twitter.com/JobyWarrick - NEW "CARLOS THE JACKAL" BOOK: https://a.co/d/0fIq94lm Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Joby Warrick joins Julian to tell the story of Carlos the Jackal — one of the most notorious terrorists of the 20th century — starting with who Carlos actually was before getting into the harder part: how Warrick managed to get Carlos to actually agree to talk to him at all. Warrick walks through what it was like spending ninety minutes face-to-face with the man himself, and recounts the Vienna attack along with what he describes as Carlos's genuinely wild entrance into the room. The conversation then shifts into craft — Warrick breaks down his actual writing regimen, including his use of a physical timer to stay disciplined, and gets into the practical side of long-form nonfiction writing: how he approaches openings, when and how he decides to cut entire chapters, and what he calls the "but/therefore rule" for keeping a narrative moving instead of just listing facts. Timestamps: 0:00 – Who Was Carlos the Jackal? 10:52 – Getting Carlos to Say YES 21:38 – Ninety Minutes With the Man Himself 31:04 – The Vienna Attack & His Wild Entrance 39:32 – Joby's Writing Regiment and the Physical Timer 52:08 – Openings, Cutting Chapters & the But/Therefore Rule Subscribe for more deep dives into the stories and the people who tell them. @JulianDoreyDaily ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WATCH FULL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5OG7a5cmiU&t=3s Subscribe Here: @JulianDoreyDaily Newsletter: https://juliandoreypodcast.beehiiv.com/get-julians-top-10-books CLIPPERS DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/8QmWEKJ3BT Julian sits down with Arab for a conversation that moves in a very different direction than usual, one grounded in faith, travel, and personal transformation. Arab opens by talking about the idea that there are prophets among us, people most of us walk past without recognizing, and shares his own practice of detachment, letting go of the things that keep people stuck. He weaves in stories from his travels and time around cartel life, tracing a path from real darkness into something closer to light. From there, Arab talks about the power of words, describing them almost like magic, and how the language we choose shapes the influence we have on the people and world around us, tying it back to the role education has played in his own journey. He goes deep into what daily rebirth actually looks like in practice, what prayer within really means to him, and how he's learned to read the signs and spirit around him rather than ignore them. The conversation closes on something a lot of people are quietly looking for: how to find peace in chaos, how fear can be transformed into purpose instead of paralysis, and Arab's core belief that, no matter how dark things get, light wins. He ends by reflecting on what his work is really about at its core. This is a slower, more reflective conversation than most on this channel, and one that hits differently depending on where you're at in your own life right now. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 Travel & Faith, Cartel Stories, Darkness → Light 13:08 Words As Magic, Positive Influence, Education 18:13 Daily Rebirth, Prayer Within, Signs & Spirit 33:06 Peace In Chaos, Fear → Purpose, Light Wins 50:30 Arab's Work @JulianDoreyDaily ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WATCH FULL EPISODE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw5nhlRiMB8 Subscribe Here: @JulianDoreyDaily Sarah joins the podcast to explain how she — like so many smart, capable people — ended up pulled in, and why she believes almost anyone can fall into a cult under the right circumstances. She and Julian talk through the comparisons to Scientology and how HBO's "The Vow" covered the story, before getting into what it was actually like on the inside with Keith Raniere and the DOS sub-group, along with her own background in acting. She walks through returning to Vancouver, her connection to Sarma, and why she believes she was uniquely "ripe" for a cult at that point in her life. The conversation covers "What the Bleep Do We Know," a film tied to how she started shifting her consciousness, and a broader discussion on situational vulnerability — how the right person at the wrong moment becomes an easy target. She also gets into being open-minded but carrying real angst, microdosing, the curriculum itself, and how she met Mark along the way. The episode closes with a wider conversation on Rose McGowan, Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood's own cult-like structures, and the parallels she sees to the Epstein network. 0:00 Intro 1:28 Many people can fall into cults... Scientology, HBO's The Vow 12:54 Good until it got dark, Keith, DOS, Sarah's acting background 23:34 Returning to Vancouver, Sarma, being ripe for a cult 33:02 What The Bleep, shifting consciousness, situational vulnerability 44:57 Open-minded but angst, LSD, microdosing, curriculum, meeting Mark 54:47 Rose McGowan, Weinstein, Hollywood cults, Epstein parallels @JulianDoreyDaily ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices