Prevail with Greg Olear Podcast
1) The Ultimate Transgression: Offshores, Kompromat Culture & the Competitive Depravity Olympics (with Brooke Harrington)
Rich people are not like us–they have more money. And mega-rich people? They not only have more money, but they hide it “offshore,” to avoid detection by the tax man, law enforcement, creditors, divor...Show More
2) The German Spies at Pearl Harbor? Those Were My Grandparents (with Christine Kuehn & Mark Schiponi)
What happens when you discover that the reason your father never speaks about his parents or his childhood growing up in Hawaii is because his mother, father, and older sister were Nazi spies? And not...Show More
3) American Contradiction: Revolution and Revenge (with Paul Starr)
In this conversation with Greg Olear, Paul Starr discusses his book “American Contradiction: Revolution and Revenge from the 1950s to Now,” exploring the complex themes of American identity, the contr...Show More
4) United States of Florida: The Secret History of the Evil, Racist, Homophobic Johns Committee (with Robert W. Fieseler)
As Florida goes, so goes the country. The indefatigable investigative journalist Robert W. Fieseler talks to Greg Olear about a state-sponsored persecution of Black and gay Floridians in the 1950s and...Show More
5) Ground Zero For Our Nation’s Pain (with Ronlyn Domingue)
On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the publication of her hit debut novel THE MERCY OF THIN AIR, Ronlyn Domingue talks to Greg Olear about the story’s timeless themes of love and loss, th...Show More
6) The Horror, the Horror: Yevgeny “Putin’s Butcher” Prigozhin, the Mr. Kurtz of Russia (with Candace Rondeaux)
Greg Olear talks to Candace Rondeaux about her book “Putin’s Sledgehammer,” which delves into the Wagner Group mercenary group and the complexities of Russia’s political landscape.
7) The Musicality of Learning & the Cacophony of State-Sponsored Ignorance (with former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr.)
Greg Olear talks to John B. King, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Education and current SUNY chancellor, about what the Department of Education actually does; what proposed cuts to the D.O.E. mean for s...Show More
8) Roberto Calvi & the Briefcase of Secrets: The Vatican, the Mafia, the Italian Deep State, and the Mystery of the Dead Banker (with Nicolo Majnoni)
Greg Olear talks to Nicolo Majnoni about his new podcast, 'Shadow Kingdom, God's Banker,' which delves into the mysterious death of banker Roberto Calvi and the intricate financial systems of the Vati...Show More
9) The Great Reshuffle: Land and Power (with Mike Albertus)
Who owns the land? Who DECIDES who owns the land? Who has the power to redistribute land ownership? If land ownership IS redistributed, who gets to take possession and who doesn’t? And what adverse im...Show More
10) Has It Verve? A Discussion About “Severance” Season Two (with Stephanie St. John)
To, ahem, sever himself from the news, Greg Olear brings on his wife, Stephanie St. John, a huge fan of “Severance,” to discuss the second season. Cold Harbor, fetid moppet, devour feculence, Helly/He...Show More
Has It Verve? A Discussion About “Severance” Season Two (with Stephanie St. John)
1:05:56 | Apr 11th, 2025