By Kathryn McDonald
Publication Date: 2026-05-06 07:40:00
Podcasting has become one of our most intimate cultural forms. We often listen alone through headphones to voices that guide us through complex or deeply personal stories. Over time, we come to trust these voices not only for the information they convey, but also for the sense that someone has listened, chosen, and shaped what we hear.
That relationship is shaken by “The Epstein Files,” a new AI-generated podcast series that promises to distill millions of Epstein-related documents into a coherent narrative. But when no one is clearly responsible for what we hear, it becomes harder to trust the authority of the voice.
The series, created by data entrepreneur Adam Levy, draws on more than three million documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein and presents them as a “forensic audit” in the form of a conversation podcast between two AI-generated hosts.
It was launched in February 2026 and has been downloaded more than two million times so far. It is a daily updated show based on a…