He's wowed presidents, pro athletes and podcasters. But magicians tell us Oz Pearlman's viral act has crossed an ethical line. Stevie Baskin, after obsessively studying Pearlman's tricks, explains to Pablo how influencers from Charles Barkley to the White House were in on the act — and why he thinks this brand of "mind-reading" amounts to fraud. • Much more from Stevie Baskin's YouTube video • Previously on PTFO: The Unwritten Rules of Magic (Pablo Torre Finds Out is independently produced by Me...
May 19, 2026•1 hr 4 min
What do the tech titans of Silicon Valley and the old heads of traditional broadcast television have in common? Answer: they all need to kiss the ring of Roger Goodell. But will the NFL get too greedy in their continued pursuit of maximum return on their media rights? And why is Rupert Murdoch secretly meeting with Donald Trump? The Sporting Class — aka “Rich Guys OnlyFans” — returns… Read Vanity Fair's Roger Goodell's Hollywood Blitz: Why All the Other Moguls Have to Kiss the Ring Read Wall Str...
May 15, 2026•44 min
Why is the Bulls legend hawking "the Mona Lisa of sports" as a talking Web3 meme-coin NFT? And who are the secret weapons turning the 60-year-old Hall-of-Famer into a crypto bro, with a last-ditch effort to cash in on The Last Dance? Pablo breaks out the folders for Jordan family friend Wyatt Cenac and former Pippen colleague Amin Elhassan, featuring revelations on MJ's son, Benihana, Lil Hippo... and so on. • Previously on PTFO: The Last Dance of Larsa Pippen and Marcus Jordan Hosted on Acast. ...
May 14, 2026•56 min
The president may have ended his favorite sport's civil war — by waging a war of his own. But what did we really learn from Saudi Arabia's multibillion-dollar golf experiment? Journalist Alan Shipnuck explains what insiders are texting about but won't say out loud: that golfers are the most overpaid athletes on Earth, that peacetime is suddenly more complicated for the PGA Tour... and that sportswashing is insidious because it works. • Read "LIV and Let Die" by Alan Shipnuck • Previously on PTFO...
May 12, 2026•45 min
The Knicks are surging. But politicians are condemning owner James Dolan and his tax breaks, after our investigation with WIRED. So Pablo tests the limits of facial recognition with his playoff ticket plug Ben Wizner, who just happens to be the Deputy Legal Director at the ACLU — and one of America's foremost experts on modern privacy. Which makes him uniquely (if begrudgingly) qualified to break down everything from spooked NBA journalists and a banned puppy, to Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weins...
May 08, 2026•56 min
What does Mark Cuban think of Pablo's big Pulitzer Prize win? Did A.I. write that JPMorgan threesome lawsuit? And are the steroid Olympics in fact the Apollo mission of RFK Jr.'s America? Plus: third-tier "Mad Men" characters, self-canonization, the polymath of punch-ups, the lifespan of an inbred beagle... and Zoop. Further content: • Pablo Torre left the worldwide leader in sports to start a podcast. It just won a Pulitzer. (Poynter) • Ex-JPMorgan banker Chirayu Rana files wild new claims agai...
May 07, 2026•36 min
As the Clippers await punishment, their owner is big mad at Pablo — and appears worried about what Aspiration's founder might have told the NBA. So Pablo and David Samson (finally) sit down with a special guest: Lou Manzo, the former DOJ prosecutor who investigated this whole tree-planting fraud in the first place, to go inside the courtroom, comb through footnotes and focus on the end game. (Additional reporting by Anita Bennett) Previously on PTFO: • Part I: The Silent Superstar and the Rotten...
May 05, 2026•56 min
Epstein wasn't just funding women's sports or creeping around campus. Our new files — and Harvard's own audit — show how a billionaire pedophile used the biggest brand in academia to launder his reputation. Pablo and The Harvard Crimson's Dhruv Patel continue their investigation, with exclusive internal files, letters and interviews with athletes who say the university normalized a monster — and skirted accountability, until now. • Part One: "The Jeffrey E. Epstein Fund for Women's Athletics" • ...
May 01, 2026•40 min
How did an unforgettable donation from the most notorious pedophile in America get past the most prestigious university's self-investigation? And why did Harvard allegedly ask to keep it confidential? Pablo and The Harvard Crimson's Dhruv Patel unearth internal financials, the secret role of president Lawrence Summers, plus new Jeffrey Epstein correspondence — and speak to the team that "never asked to be affiliated with this monster." • More from The Harvard Crimson: Women’s Rugby Players Were ...
Apr 30, 2026•46 min
Secret salary caps. Accidental email attachments. Truth-serum texts from owners. Slide decks for ESPN. If anyone knows how to dork-out on billionaires taking your money — and documenting their greed — it's the former NFL Players Association boss who negotiated $100 billion for athletes... and sued the sh*t out of The Shield. With his union now plagued by scandal — and America as unregulated as ever — De Smith enters the studio in Gladiator Mode. • Read "Turf Wars" by DeMaurice Smith Previously o...
Apr 28, 2026•59 min
What are the business ethics of sh*tting where you eat? Can you be a journalist and an "insider" at the same time? And what happened after the Knicks' owner doxxed the man threatening his arena's beer? David Samson — the Marie Kondo of sports infidelity and the watchful eye of Florida baseball — helps Pablo decode the messy stories of Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel... and James Dolan versus his enemies. • Subscribe to "Nothing Personal with David Samson" (Pablo Torre Finds Out is independently p...
Apr 24, 2026•45 min
How does the game-show game clock move so fast? Why do you become 30% dumber when the cameras roll? And is Mina part of a sociopathic conspiracy with Ken Jennings? Plus: Andy Richter, button analytics, the dais height advantage, Daily Double anxiety, tanking board games for your kids... and a Stat Boy cameo. • Subscribe to "The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny" • Watch "Nobody Wants This" with Timothy Simons on Netflix Previously on PTFO: • Share & Jeopardy! & Tell with Mina Kimes and Dan...
Apr 23, 2026•43 min
The notorious conspiracy theorist profited from his vile Sandy Hook conspiracy. Then America's finest (fake) news source decided to troll the world's greatest troll. Ben Collins — who transformed from reporting on the historic Infowars defamation trial to buying out his "ideological enemy" in a Storage Wars-style auction saga — tells Pablo why The Onion committed to the ultimate bit: doing the right thing. (Pablo Torre Finds Out is independently produced by Meadowlark Media and distributed by Th...
Apr 20, 2026•54 min
Tracking players. Monitoring kids. Allegedly watching a fan enter the bathroom. The panopticon of notorious owner James Dolan has been caught in glimpses. But a WIRED investigation — revealed in collaboration with PTFO — lifts the veil on the Orwellian scope (and occasional clown show) of MSG security, from The Garden and The Sphere to the streets of New York and out across America. Correspondent Noah Shachtman and Pablo hear from spooked insiders, read snooping group chats, scour a second-by-se...
Apr 17, 2026•56 min
Donald Trump's comfort zone. Coercive deals. Saudi funding. In the era of American favor-trading, a company called TKO Group Holdings is dominating the fight game. (Welcome, Zuffa Boxing.) And as longtime MMA dean Luke Thomas dares to explain, UFC boss Dana White may be in denial — and it may not be good for fans or fighters — but it pays to be in bed with a transactional regime. • Subscribe to "Morning Kombat" with Luke Thomas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 16, 2026•58 min
We get it: As Timothée Chalamet said, "no one cares" about opera. But you should listen, instead, to former college linebacker Brandon Jovanovich — whose impossible rise from cater waiter to Captain Ahab proves that the artform that used to rule the world has way more in common with sports than you realize. (And that's even before you realize what he's been playing through, onstage.) Also: what a castrato is, Bugs Bunny, actual divas, Modell's and monster trucks. Further content: • "Inhabiting A...
Apr 14, 2026•42 min
Whether it's A.I. companies pirating millions of books or NBA owners violating the salary cap, the most powerful entities in America are trying to circumvent laws created to restrain them. Bestselling author and investigative journalist David Epstein (no relation!) makes the case for why rules are not obstacles to progress, but the opposite: the very things that make a society — and a market — free. • Pre-order David Epstein's new book, Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better Hosted on Ac...
Apr 10, 2026•40 min
America's best documentary filmmaker spent nearly five years making a nine-hour masterpiece for Netflix. Which you'll never see. Edelman sits down with Pablo in search of catharsis — if not closure — in the battle for truth and control over the life story of one of the biggest control freaks ever. (This episode originally aired March 4, 2025.) • Previously on PTFO: When Docs Cry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qi6x3QF-v8 • Subscribe to Pablo's newsletter for exclusive access, documents and invi...
Apr 09, 2026•44 min
Civilization had a pretty good run. Will the astronauts be the last ones living? Will Jordon Hudson sue Pablo and/or beat him in a foot race? Could Sam Altman be bigger than Madoff and/or complete our curse on A.I.? And is your fiancé in the Epstein files? WHO KNOWS? But we f'd around and took your questions, live. So, come with us if you want to live. So mote it be. • Vote for PTFO at The Webby Awards: Best Sports Podcast + Experimental & Innovation • Subscribe to "Casuals with Katie Nolan"...
Apr 08, 2026•59 min
Do we need robot umpires more than we thought? Is Netflix the Yankees of media? What's the best kind of catfishing? And have we finally evolved beyond pizza rat? Plus: Aaron Judge choking, Teanna Trump choking, an old man smoking with a crowd... and the price of free p*rn. • Vote for PTFO at The Webby Awards: Best Sports Podcast + Experimental & Innovation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 03, 2026•41 min
When the body of a Vegas power broker showed up in the back of a Rolls Royce in 1979, the new sports capital of America was born. Why the hell did superstar UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian's guy really get whacked? Correspondent Sean Carey unearths police reports, a thrown fight against Sugar Ray Leonard... and a bag man on the skim who re-legitimized Sin City — and proves HBO's hit show wrong. (Additional reporting by Kris Belman) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 02, 2026•45 min
What is a documentary now? Would you turn against your alma mater? Why did a fan throw a beer bottle at Dan Le Batard's head? And is America just Miami? Child star turned muckraker Billy Corben knows. Plus: Night Court, 2 Live Crew, Jughead Jr., corruption, cocaine... and pool boy cucking. Further content: • Watch "The U" and "The U Part 2" • Watch "30 for 30: Broke" on Netflix • Watch "Cocaine Cowboys" on Netflix • Watch "God Forbid" on Hulu • Subscribe to Billy Corben's Rakontur on YouTube • S...
Mar 31, 2026•38 min
Domonique Foxworth ran and — Mamma Mia! — lost in last week's secretive election by the NFL Players' Association. As he explains to Pablo and David Samson, unions may be more corporate than ever — but the fight against billionaires has never been more consequential. And the implications may turn nuclear for an MLB lockout. • Subscribe to "The Domonique Foxworth Show" • Subscribe to "Nothing Personal with David Samson" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 27, 2026•43 min
Kalshi and Polymarket have created a Wild West for sports, war and politics in a shamelessly unregulated era. But the U.S. Senator from Connecticut (and Huskies homer) tells Pablo that it's time to turn back the clock on insider trading, as leagues are "knowingly corrupting" the game. And that a return to the roots of rooting for our home teams (and families) requires Congress protecting against a profit-driven idea of America. • Previously on PTFO: The Prop-Betification of Everything, with the ...
Mar 26, 2026•36 min
Maximum scandal, maximum secrecy. Now that the NFLPA's game of thrones has sent football back to the future, and new executive director J.C. Tretter back to office, Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio says Roger Goodell and the bean-counters at the league office are ready to pounce on an 18-game regular season — and football every night of the week. • Subscribe to PFT Live with Mike Florio Previously on PTFO: • Part I: The NFL's Secret Collusion Case, Revealed • Part II: We Sparked an NFL Union Cris...
Mar 24, 2026•42 min
How did a firing at ESPN birth this show? Can you be anti-establishment within the establishment? And will the principles of journalism survive, when billionaire principals keep contaminating the newsroom? Dan Le Batard and Human Battery Chris Cote join Pablo for another navel-spelunking edition of Share & Tell. Plus: making Jay Bilas play the race card, a Nazi poker hand with Joan Rivers, the O'Reilly factor, Jared from Subway... and six billboards outside Akron, Ohio. • Subscribe to "The D...
Mar 20, 2026•40 min
From 9/11 and Ali to sharing a bed with Nicole Kidman and outing Kevin Spacey, he was already one of the greatest — and most confrontational — magazine writers of all time. Then Tom Junod decided to investigate his own father's "Mad Men"-Lib of a secret life. What could possibly go wrong? What would Mr. Rogers think? And what the hell was in that briefcase? • Read "In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man: A Memoir" by Tom Junod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Mar 19, 2026•48 min
As the NFLPA plots to restore its scandal-plagued leader to power, the labor group's outgoing lead security officer sits down with Pablo. And Craig Jones — the conscience of a billion-dollar union — does not hold back. Previously on PTFO: • Part I: The NFL's Secret Collusion Case Revealed • Part II: We Sparked an NFL Union Crisis. Here's the Sequel. • Part III: We Followed the Money in the NFL Union Scandal. So Did the FBI. • Part IV: The NFL Union Elected a New Leader. We Investigated the Holly...
Mar 16, 2026•59 min
He's a hedge-fund exec by day... and a blacklisted sports-betting savant by night. On the eve of your March Madness pool, Galen Hall breaks down his Oceans 11-style strategy that dominated a ruthless, $18.7 million NFL pick-'em contest — including game-theory negotiations with a multi-national syndicate and speaking through the podcast void to "Juicy K." Turns out, optimizing for underdogs across a portfolio of brackets comes down to psychology more than math. • Previously on PTFO: The Best Bett...
Mar 13, 2026•49 min
Is an (alleged) MMA fighter-in-chief less bad than Evil Barbie on her love plane? Is Washington just performative sadism now? And are you still Stephen A.-curious? Plus: Chuck Lidell's workout room, a re-patriated blankie, Benihana, Huggie Bear, Bernie Sanders as a bouncer, Dean Cain as a football player... and Frank Ocean gossip. • Subscribe to The Bulwark Podcast with Tim Miller • Previously on PTFO: The Goalie Who Went to Hell and Back Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
Mar 12, 2026•37 min
