How did Epstein make his money?

Following the release of millions of files relating to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) last week, we pose a key question: how did the late convicted paedophile make his money?

Also on the program: we examine a genuinely new phenomenon in outer space—black hole stars; and Nigerian-British actress Wunmi Mosaku joins us to talk about her Oscar-nominated role in Sinners.

Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Eleanor Shearer, a novelist and senior research fellow at the Common Wealth think tank in London, and David Marsh, author and chairman of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), a London-based financial and economic research organization.

(Photo: Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image from the US Justice Department’s file of Epstein, released by the House Oversight Committee on December 18, 2025. Credit: Reuters)