Rethinking Freedom – Episode: The Epstein Files: The Patriarchy Protection Racket
Guest: Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings

This week on Rethinking Freedom, we welcome Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings—distinguished scholar, former chair of the Maryland Democratic Party, former U.S. congressional candidate, and candidate for Maryland Governor—to discuss her powerful essay on the Epstein Files.

As Dr. Rockeymoore Cummings argues, the Epstein documents are not just about one man.
They expose something deeper:
how power shields itself, how institutions protect wrongdoing, and how democracy becomes conditional when protection is unevenly distributed.

In this conversation, we explore her key frameworks:
• The patriarchy protection racket
• The stabilization of exploitation
• Conditional citizenship
• Evil protected by design
• What Liberation Democracy requires

Dr. Rockeymoore Cummings brings decades of expertise in public policy, race, gender, governance, and social justice. This is an essential dialogue about the systems that determine whose lives are protected—and whose are left vulnerable.

Premieres Monday, March 2, 2026 at 7 AM CST on KGRN 98.5 FM, 104.7 FM KVBM, and on the Rethinking Freedom YouTube channel.

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