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The Panicked Writer

Ellie Leonard

Writer, child-wrangler, sometimes-filmmaker, Missoulian dropped on my head in NYC.

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  • Yesterday · 31 min

    Monday Updates - Epstein and Early Voting

    To start, Kait Justice is in the hospital right now with pancreatitis and a whole lot of pain. If you can, please support her through her Kofi account, which she can use toward her medical bills as well. Please Support Kait Justice in the Hospital For voting resources, you can sign up to vote and also check your registration here: For information about early voting in your state: Julie Roginsky and Zev Shalev are making the connections between Epstein, Trump, Putin, and Elon Musk in a very, very big way. Here are their latest pieces: And please keep Marilyn Thompson on your radar with her work on Jane Doe 4 out of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. You can read her latest article for free at the Guardian As always, please continue to support independent journalism as we fight for democracy and transparency, especially as it relates to the Epstein Files. Thank you for your support, and happy Monday! Thank you Cat: Poli-Psych, LeftieProf, sandy bassett, Gretchen Theodorakis, Pamela Austin, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • Friday · 1 hr 19 min

    Why are our kids still getting shot?

    It’s a little about Epstein. It’s mostly about the fact that the defiance behind gun ownership has taken precedence over the safety of our kiddos. This is how I really feel about it. Thank you LeftieProf, Grace Alexandra Hayden, Noble Blend, Stuart Cohen, Diana Chapman, and many others for tuning into my live video with Cliff Schecter and Blue Amp Media! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • Thursday · 35 min

    Thursday Epstein Updates

    Good morning and happy Thursday! Here are a few updates, including: * Katie Phang v. Todd Blanche * Epstein co-conspirators and payments made all over town * The Florida Science Foundation and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office * Writing, writing, writing If you would like to know more about the FBI handwritten notes in the Jane Doe 4 case, you can do that here If you would like to read Marilyn Thompson’s article in the Guardian, you can do that here: Thank you for joining me today! If you would like to help support my work, paid subscriptions help, but also free ones! Sharing my work is also a big deal, and I’m really grateful. But also, you know, coffee is helpful too ;) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • October 7 · 58 min

    FiveStack: Top 5 Breaking News — October 7

    Thank you Brodee Myers-Cooke, LC - Silence is Complicity, Lyudmila, Hold On, Mr.E, Robin Payes, and many others for tuning into my live video with Zev Shalev and Dean Blundell! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • October 7 · 27 min

    Wednesday Updates - Survivors in NYC

    Here are a few updates about the Karen Malpede’s Epstein Oratorio and the Epstein Survivor events in New York City this week with DEFIANCE.org, The Trump-Epstein Reading Room & Bookmobile, and UltraVioletAction. As part of this event, you can donate to RiseSurvivorRise, organized by a group of Epstein Survivors to provide resources and help for other survivors of sexual, domestic, and financial abuse. The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • October 6 · 49 min

    Survivor Press Conference In NYC

    As part of the efforts of the Trump/Epstein Memorial Reading Room and the Trump/Epstein Bookmobile, and in collaboration with Miles Taylor, Xander Schultz, and DEFIANCE.org, the Epstein Survivor Sisters held a massive press conference at Washington Square Park, along with speakers like Robert De Niro, ROSIE ODONNELL, Katie Phang, Norman Eisen, and Rosanna Arquette. Bear with the video, despite being one of the most tech-friendly cities in the world, New York has lousy cell coverage. But what a moment! If you would like to donate to RiseSurvivorRise, a non-profit led by a group of Epstein Survivors to provide support and resources to survivors of sexual, domestic, and financial abuse, you can do so here: Thank you Cat: Poli-Psych, Cash Flow Collective, Under the Golden Boot, Deborah J., KC, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • October 1 · 42 min

    Why Aren't the Epstein Files More of a Priority for Democrats Ahead of the Midterms?

    Thank you Cat: Poli-Psych, Caro Henry, Grace Alexandra Hayden, Ann Kramer, Bonnie Bluewater 🐦, and many others for tuning into my live video with THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • September 29 · 46 min

    LIVE — JACK SMITH TESTIFIES

    Thank you You Ready Grandma, Cat: Poli-Psych, Jason Gael, ITS Never Happening…, Cheryl Young, and many others for tuning into my live video with Zev Shalev and Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • September 28 · 5 min

    Cornell - Films to Watch

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • September 26 · 14 min

    Epsteins Fake Employment History

    Some updates about the faux employment/school history for Epstein, and how he faked his way into the Dalton School and Bear Stearns, thanks to some folks who probably helped him do so. If you want to find these documents, search “EFTA00187050” in the DOJ Epstein Files, and you’ll find a 59-page document that includes college transcripts, applications, and background checks. Thank you Noble Blend, 🇨🇦 Natalie Woodn’t 🇨🇦, BLONDE LEGALLY 🙋🏼‍♀️🧩🔍⚖️✨🦋, Don Buckter, Change Champion, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • September 25 · 1 hr

    TDWS: Effed-Up Friday with Ellie Leonard & Dash from The Halfway Cafe!

    Thank you all for your patience while I do a little offline writing (sneaky, sneaky) and some check-ins! I hope I have something for you to read very soon that is not only substantive, but a little surprising. Stay tuned! If you would like to continue to support me, you know how much I love coffee, and it allows you to do a one-time bump without committing. It goes a very, very long way and I appareciate it! Thank you Grounded Podcast, NeuroDivergent Hodgepodge, Biff Thuringer, Grace Alexandra Hayden, Ann Kramer, and many others for tuning into my live video with Lawrence Winnerman! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • September 22 · 17 min

    Let's name some (...alleged...) Epstein co-conspirators

    It’s Tuesday, so what the hell, let’s name some (alleged) Epstein co-conspirators and social hangout buddies. These were pulled from an unredacted list in the Unknown Survivor’s Journal, which you can read, decoded, below. These are allegations and have not been proven in a court of law. Parts 2, 3, and 4, are linked to the bottom of the article, as well as Zev Shalev’s analysis of each. You can read the lawsuit, Doe v. Black, which is alleged to accompany these allegations against Leon Black, here: Doe v. Black The files associated with this journal and livestream are as follows: PART 1 EFTA02731433 - EFTA02731464 PART 2 EFTA02731341 - EFTA02731360 PART 3 EFTA02731393 - EFTA02731409 PART 4 EFTA02731361 - EFTA-02731392 The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • September 21 · 38 min

    Monday Updates - the Free Press, Epstein, and AI

    A few updates on Trump’s ban on the free press, including CNN, MSNOW, and Politico. I mentioned a couple of films in this episode, including the Fourth Estate (2018), directed by Liz Garbus and Endangered (2022), directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. For updates on Katie Phang’s lawsuit against the DOJ, please visit Katie Phang v. Todd Blanch and scroll to the bottom for the most recent updates. For updates on the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, please visit the Congress.gov. I also referenced a hearing a few weeks back in which Todd Blanch and the DOJ were supposed to explain the redactions in 10 specific documents. You can see their responses here: Thank you Soso's World, Noble Blend, PJ Schuster, MizLaTee, Jacqueline Dorinda Maddox, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • September 16 · 56 min

    Growing up Muslim in a post-9/11 world - with Wajahat Ali

    This is probably one of my favorite interviews so far. I read Waj’s book, Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become an American, and I had a lot of questions about what life looked like for Muslim families post-9/11 in U.S., back then, and now. But also, this was a chance to hear Waj’s story a little bit more, and things he’s not talked about often on Substack, like his writing, his experience facing “hella nazar,” and the road that led him one step at a time to becoming the man he is today, despite pretty extreme odds and discrimination in a post-9/11 world. I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did, a white kid from a rural West Coast town who, indeed, was listening to Toby Keith on repeat in the weeks after the worst disaster on U.S. soil. It’s never too late to get the whole story You can find Waj and I at the Epstein Oratorio in NYC on October 1st and 2nd. . The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • September 16 · 52 min

    Epstein and Journalism Updates with Kait and Ellie

    Kait and I have walked what’s felt like a very long road together, showing up out of nowhere, and taking on these damn files. I’m grateful for her friendship, I’m grateful for her brain, and I’m grateful for these conversations. If you would like to read Kait’s chain reaction piece, you can do that here: Thank you for joining us and supporting our work! The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • September 15 · 56 min

    FiveStack: Top 5 Breaking News — September 15

    Thank you Uncomfortable Truth by Monica, The People's Community, Cat: Poli-Psych, Amy Gabrielle, Lyudmila, and many others for tuning into my live video with Zev Shalev and Lev Parnas! Join me for my next live video in the app. The Panicked Writer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • September 14 · 49 min

    Live with Joe Walsh - we left nothing out

    A cathartic conversation between friends. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • September 14 · 37 min

    Monday Updates - Some Changes

    I forgot to mention the 2nd important piece of the Interlochen Jane Doe case is that Ghislaine Maxwell’s participation in the abuse is very apparent and called out. If you would like to read more about Katie Phang’s lawsuit you can find it at: Phang v. Blanche This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

  • September 10 · 1 hr 1 min

    Talking About Movies With Ellie Leonard Just to Relax!!!

    A little walk down memory land about all our favorite movies, new and old, and what makes us tick, cinematically speaking… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ellieleonard.substack.com/subscribe

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