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Off Air with Ron Chapman

Off Air with Ron Chapman

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Off Air explores the nation’s most important legal headlines with depth and context you won’t find in mainstream media.

Hosted by Attorney and TV news analyst Ron Chapman, Off Air brings real courtroom experience to the stories shaping the country. Neil Cavuto has called Chapman an “attorney extraordinaire,” and a federal judge described him as “one of the best attorneys I’ve seen in my 20 years on the bench.”

With more than 175 acquitted counts in federal cases, Chapman delivers real-world insight and rigorous legal analysis on the cases that matter most.

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  • Hillary Clinton’s Testimony and the Collapse of the Old Elite
    Feb 19 2026

    Hillary Clinton is about to raise her right hand and testify before Congress, while the Epstein files continue to roll out piece by piece. What looks like political theater may actually signal the collapse of the old Clinton-Obama power structure that dominated Washington for decades.

    Yes, the Epstein files dominate media coverage through sex-driven headlines and sensational narratives. But this episode is not about scandal headlines. Federal criminal defense attorney Ron Chapman examines how nonprofit money and donor access helped protect political elites for years.

    He also reveals how companies like Palantir are embedded in government systems, supplying software that aggregates data, conducts surveillance, performs vetting, and supports enforcement operations.

    At the same time, a new class of tech power brokers is positioning itself to fill the vacuum created as the old political establishment weakens.

    You’ll hear:

    • Why Hillary’s renewed presidential posture may function as a political shield
    • How the Epstein files are being used as leverage to weaken the political elite
    • The nonprofit infrastructure behind elite wealth protection
    • Peter Thiel’s calculated role in dismantling the old guard
    • Curtis Yarvin’s vision for executive-style governance
    • How Palantir’s data systems could anchor the next power structure

    If you want to understand who is losing power, who is gaining it, and what replaces the old elite, this episode connects the dots.

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    Key Takeaways:

    00:00 Hillary Clinton prepares for congressional testimony

    01:26 Munich appearance signals strategic positioning

    04:05 Why Hillary wants Epstein redactions lifted

    05:08 Political comeback as legal shield strategy

    06:32 Epstein and the nonprofit fraud machine

    08:22 Epstein-Gates pandemic emails raise questions

    13:20 Old elite vs. tech oligarch battle

    16:06 Who is Curtis Yarvin really?

    17:00 Peter Thiel’s plan to dismantle old elites

    22:07 Yarvin’s corporate model of governance

    24:03 Palantir surveillance concerns inside America

    Additional Resources:

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    28 mins
  • Jeffrey Epstein and the Origins of the Internet
    Feb 12 2026

    In this episode of Off Air, federal trial lawyer Ron Chapman examines the hidden origins of today’s digital world, tracing how government-backed research programs, elite academic institutions, and private financiers helped shape the systems we now use every day.

    Ron breaks down the role of DARPA-funded initiatives, Harvard-based research labs, and the early theories behind virality, social cooperation, and behavioral influence. He also explores Jeffrey Epstein’s financial involvement in elite research circles and why those connections matter when understanding artificial intelligence, social media, and mass data collection today.

    This episode explores:

    • The government research programs that laid the groundwork for the internet
    • Harvard’s role in early data and behavioral experimentation
    • Jeffrey Epstein’s financial ties to elite academic and technology research
    • How surveillance concepts moved from government projects to private platforms
    • Why people now voluntarily give up more data than governments ever could collect

    This is not speculation or conspiracy. It’s a legal and historical analysis of how power, money, and research shaped the digital systems that now influence politics, culture, and everyday life.

    If you want to understand how the internet, AI, and mass data collection actually began, and why those origins still matter — this episode provides the missing context.

    Key Takeaways:

    00:00 The $30M Epstein-funded lab

    03:41 Cooperation theory and virality

    08:22 Social engineering and CISA

    13:55 Facebook’s emotional contagion experiment

    18:42 The role of DARPA and Total Information Awareness

    23:50 Why false news spreads faster than truth

    Additional Resources

    Official website: https://ronaldwchapman.com/

    ✍️ Subscribe to Ron’s Substack for deeper investigations
    https://ronaldwchapman.substack.com/

    💡 Free sample of Truth and Persuasion
    https://ronaldwchapman.substack.com/p/truth-and-persuasion-free-sample

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    34 mins
  • Jeffrey Epstein and the Secret Program That Built Modern AI
    Feb 9 2026

    Jeffrey Epstein’s name is usually tied to scandal. But the deeper story is about power, data, and the origins of modern artificial intelligence.

    In this episode of Off Air, federal trial lawyer Ron Chapman examines Epstein’s role in the early infrastructure of AI and mass data collection — tracing a direct line from government intelligence programs to the platforms that now shape everyday digital life.

    Ron breaks down DARPA’s LifeLog program, an abandoned government initiative designed to track human behavior at scale, and explains how its goals didn’t disappear when the program was shut down. Instead, those objectives reemerged through private technology companies, backed by intelligence-connected funding and key figures in Silicon Valley.

    This episode explores:

    • How LifeLog was designed to create a digital record of human life
    • Why the program was shut down — and what replaced it
    • The relationship between intelligence agencies and emerging tech platforms
    • Peter Thiel, Palantir, and the intelligence-backed venture pipeline
    • Jeffrey Epstein’s positioning within early AI and data research networks

    This is not speculation or conspiracy. It’s a documented examination of how surveillance moved from government mandates to voluntary participation, and why data, not innovation, became the most valuable resource of the digital age.

    If you want to understand the real origins of artificial intelligence, mass data collection, and the systems shaping modern life, this episode provides the historical and legal context missing from most coverage.

    Key Takeaways:

    00:00 Why this story changes how we understand AI
    01:42 Jeffrey Epstein and the origins of modern artificial intelligence
    02:25 DARPA’s LifeLog program explained
    03:06 The day LifeLog ended — and Facebook began
    05:10 How Silicon Valley replaced government surveillance
    08:44 Peter Thiel, Palantir, and intelligence-backed tech
    12:30 Why data, not innovation, was always the goal
    15:40 Final thoughts

    Additional Resources:

    Official website: https://ronaldwchapman.com/

    ✍️ Subscribe to Ron’s Substack for deeper investigations
    https://ronaldwchapman.substack.com/

    💡 Free sample of Truth and Persuasion
    https://ronaldwchapman.substack.com/p/truth-and-persuasion-free-sample

    📲 Follow Ron
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    29 mins
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