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Cover Story

Cover Story

New York Magazine

What can a billionaire get away with these days? A secret bat cave? A harem of women? An international spy operation? Stealing the soul of a small town in Montana? A Silicon Valley venture capitalist was accused of running a massive sex-trafficking operation by his best bro friend. And we unravel the truth about both of them - their business, their break-up, their lies, and their embarrassing text messages. The story of a billionaire with a hero complex, the ex-spy who turned his life inside out, and us, the reporters who got caught up in their macho drama. Cover Story is an investigative podcast series featuring original reporting from New York Magazine. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. New episodes every Tuesday.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Cover Story episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Cover Story for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Cover Story episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Cover Story - 1. Mind Your Own Business
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10/25/22 • 43 min

In a cabin in Whitefish, Montana, two ex-spies tell us an outlandish story: right here in town, a billionaire philanthropist is allegedly running a sexual enterprise, importing young women into safehouses. One of the spies knows this because he was the billionaire’s right hand man, and best bro friend. He claims to know a shocking amount about this billionaire’s affairs, personal and professional.

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Cover Story - 2. That's an Old Story
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12/07/21 • 39 min

Lily visits the Ecuadorian Amazon to work on a project when something terrible happens to her. She barely escapes and makes it home alive. But it’s what happens next that really sets the course of her life. Meanwhile, the psychedelic renaissance is really starting to take off.

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Cover Story is a production of New York magazine.

Power Trip is co-created, produced and reported by David Nickles and Lily Kay Ross.

Hosted and produced by iO Tillett Wright.

Senior producers are Marianne McCune and Whitney Jones. Also produced by Tarkor Zehn and Liza Yeager.

Executive producer and editor is Hanna Rosin.

Music by Lynx DeMuth and John Ellis.

Cover Story’s Theme music by Santigold.

Sound design and engineering by Mike Cruz and technical production by Sharif Youssef.

Fact-checking by Britina Cheng and Ted Hart.

Special thanks to legal minds Elissa Cohen and Samantha Mason. And also to Isabel Dahn, Rachel Monroe, and Genevieve Smith.

Power Trip is also produced with Psymposia, a non-profit watchdog group. For a deeper dive into some of these issues visit psymposia.com/powertrip.

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Cover Story - 1. I See a Sh*tshow
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11/30/21 • 32 min

After years of experimenting with drugs, Lily discovers the psychedelic underground. It’s a world of shamans and guides - people illegally practicing psychedelic therapy to treat trauma. Their secret mission is make this treatment more widely available in order to “promote the evolution of humankind.” But what will they overlook to get there?

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Cover Story is a production of New York magazine.

Power Trip is co-created, produced, and reported by David Nickles and Lily Kay Ross.

Hosted and produced by iO Tillett Wright.

Senior producers are Marianne McCune and Whitney Jones. Also produced by Tarkor Zehn and Liza Yeager.

Executive producer and editor is Hanna Rosin.

Music by Lynx DeMuth and John Ellis.

Cover Story’s Theme music by Santigold.

Sound design and engineering by Mike Cruz and technical production by Sharif Youssef.

Fact-checking by Britina Cheng and Ted Hart.

Special thanks to legal minds Elissa Cohen and Samantha Mason. And also to Isabel Dahn, Paul Schneider, Crystal Finn, Harmony Stempel, and Karen Racanelli.

Power Trip is also produced with Psymposia, a non-profit watchdog group. For a deeper dive into some of these issues visit psymposia.com/powertrip.

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Cover Story - 5. House Full of Sh*t
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12/28/21 • 54 min

Stories of transgressions multiply. Psychedelic therapists are meddling in marriages, dating their clients, and worse. Francoise Bourzat herself tells us what she thinks is going on, and how her psychedelic community has handled complaints in the past.

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Cover Story is a production of New York magazine.

Power Trip is co-created, produced and reported by David Nickles and Lily Kay Ross.

Hosted and produced by iO Tillett Wright.

Senior producers are Marianne McCune and Whitney Jones. Also produced by Tarkor Zehn and Liza Yeager.

Executive producer and editor is Hanna Rosin.

Sound design and scoring by Mike Cruz, Brandon McFarland, and Sharif Youssef, who also engineered the show.

Cover Story’s Theme music by Santigold.

More Music by Lynx DeMuth and John Ellis.

Fact-checking by Britina Cheng and Ted Hart.

Crystal Finn is the voice of Susan, Harmony Stempel is the voice of Connie, and Karen Racanelli is the voice of Catherine.

Special thanks to legal minds Elissa Cohen and Samantha Mason. Also to Gaby Grossman, and to the band Night Lunch for use of their song “House Full of Shit”.

Power Trip is also produced with Psymposia, a non-profit watchdog group. For a deeper dive into some of these issues visit psymposia.com/powertrip.

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Cover Story - 3. Mission Creep

3. Mission Creep

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11/08/22 • 39 min

We dig into the billionaire and ex-spy’s bromance and business partnership – which means a detour into the world of spies for hire. The rich cozy up with former intelligence personnel and try to, for better or worse, carry out missions the government can’t seem to do on its own. We are guided by a powerful female ex-spy who was in Matt and Mike’s circle and who explains, “it’s all about the size of your freaking penis. It’s true!”

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Cover Story - Presenting Deep Cover: Never Seen Again
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02/07/23 • 4 min

Here’s the trailer for Deep Cover, a show about people who lead double lives, how far they’re willing to go in pursuit of a greater cause, and how sometimes, seemingly small decisions can change the course of history. In the new season, Deep Cover: Never Seen Again, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Jake Halpern tells the story of two young women, living on opposite sides of the country, who went missing at almost the exact same time. Seven years later, their stories collided when one of these young women resurfaced – posing as the other. A small town detective became obsessed with the case and became convinced that one of them was a spy. Twenty years later, that woman opened up to Jake about her side of the story. Listen to Deep Cover, and get the full story, now at bit.ly/40zcH8r

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Cover Story - 2. They Were Relationships... Nothing Yucky
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11/01/22 • 45 min

The billionaire is into...Batman. Is that because he’s an actual hero, or because he’s using showy philanthropy to cover up his bad deeds? We track down some women he’s paid millions of dollars to. And we talk to the billionaire about his hero complex.

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Cover Story - 3. I Am the Wolf

3. I Am the Wolf

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12/14/21 • 52 min

We cross through the portal to the underground where “Susan” goes through the training to become a psychedelic therapist. Her mentor Eyal crosses way too many boundaries. (Is he the wolf?). And we finally meet Francoise Bourzat, honey-voiced trainer of trainers.

In an earlier version of episode 3, we misidentified Eyal Goren as a “licensed therapist.” He became a licensed therapist in the State of California in November of 2019. When "Susan" became his client, he was still registered as an Associate Marriage & Family Therapist. We’ve updated the episode to correct the mistake.

Credits

Cover Story is a production of New York magazine.

Power Trip is co-created, produced and reported by David Nickles and Lily Kay Ross.

Hosted and produced by iO Tillett Wright.

Senior producers are Marianne McCune and Whitney Jones. Also produced by Tarkor Zehn and Liza Yeager.

Executive producer and editor is Hanna Rosin.

Music by Lynx DeMuth and John Ellis.

Cover Story’s Theme music by Santigold.

Sound design and engineering by Mike Cruz and Sharif Youssef.

Fact-checking by Britina Cheng and Ted Hart.

Crystal Finn is the voice of Susan.

Special thanks to legal minds Elissa Cohen and Samantha Mason. And also to Isabel Dahn and James Kent.

Power Trip is also produced with Psymposia, a non-profit watchdog group. For a deeper dive into some of these issues visit psymposia.com/powertrip.

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Cover Story - 5. I Am the Victim
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11/22/22 • 48 min

The ex-spy is under arrest for fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion. And, in a surprise move, he pleads guilty to all three. What? We start to closely examine his dealings with the billionaire to figure out what really happened between them and the threads start to unravel, and keep unraveling. By the end, one person stands up in court and declares, “I am the victim.”

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Cover Story - 6. All the Voids

6. All the Voids

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11/29/22 • 35 min

An episode of reckoning. We catch up with Matt in prison, Mike in Whitefish, and everyone else – wherever they’ve scattered. Both of the men's wives have surprising news. And we add our final touches to what has turned into an uncomfortably intimate portrait of a modern billionaire.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Cover Story have?

Cover Story currently has 23 episodes available.

What topics does Cover Story cover?

The podcast is about Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Cover Story?

The episode title '1. Mind Your Own Business' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Cover Story?

The average episode length on Cover Story is 38 minutes.

How often are episodes of Cover Story released?

Episodes of Cover Story are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Cover Story?

The first episode of Cover Story was released on Nov 10, 2021.

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