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Senior Producer, @PabloFindsOut. Writer, Rolling Stone et al. Author, Can't Knock the Hustle. Past: Editor @ NYT, Guardian, Atlantic, Esquire, B/R Mag.
Brooklyn, NY
Joined March 2009
.@PabloTorre and @ThisAmerLife gotta make hour-plus documentaries, and still all @tkelce gotta do to get on this list is talk to his fiancée with headphones on smh
Pablo Torre Finds Out has been named one of the Best Shows and Best Episodes of 2025 by @ApplePodcasts. Couldn't do it without all you sickos. 🕳️🐇
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Watch bird-watching 👀
Okay. So, re: the below Epstein offer: We're currently at 32,049 views for one of my favorite @pablofindsout episodes ever. Can we get it above 40,000 before Tuesday 12/2? https://t.co/KdFB2oIUoO
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RT @PabloTorre: We're currently at 32,049 views for one of my favorite @pablofindsout episodes ever. Can we get it above 40,000 before Tue…
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Such an important story by @PabloTorre. And published on Trans Day of Remembrance, a nice touch that I hope reminds people of the consequences of transphobia in sports and everywhere else
Hi Clay, You forgot something (re: predators in women's sports). Here's what Riley's former UK teammate and friend told us about their head coach, Lars Jorgensen: "It's hard for me to care about Riley Gaines tying for 5th when my swim coach is accused of raping my teammates"
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@MotherJones Read the full @MotherJones profile on how a fifth-place tie with a trans woman propelled Riley Gaines to right-wing stardom:
motherjones.com
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
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"If you told me four years ago that Riley Gaines was gonna be the spokesperson for the anti-trans movement, be speaking with Trump — I'd be like, 'What? You're crazy. She doesn't even actually like him.'"
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Fearless reporting by @MotherJones here, in partnership with @pablofindsout, on a very difficult subject. Watch the full documentary episode for nuanced POV on the trans-athlete debate and the state of right-wing influence, circa 2025: https://t.co/J4QKjcG39M
Riley Gaines got $25K for one speech — and we found a $100K donation from the DeVos family, for her "job" giving medals to student-athletes "harmed by zealots of transgender ideology." "This avatar for the MAGA Republican effort… happens to be funded by billionaire NBA owners."
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Celebrate an incredible year for podcasting with these unforgettable listens. 🎊 Dive into our Best of 2025 picks: https://t.co/Ofnc5ADgPS
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Hi Jordon (@Jordonbella): Your invitation to be a guest stands! I think our audience would love it. You will never be banned by @pablofindsout. Thanks, Pablo
You’re welcome.
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It’s 2025 in audio form, curated by our editors. 🔊 Presenting our Best of the Year picks, a collection of ten shows that sparked conversations, pushed creative boundaries, and made it another great year to love podcasts. https://t.co/lnn9UilCPd
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Ah yes, the famous Kawhi marketing campaign* (*campaign does not include any Kawhi marketing)
The @washingtonpost decided to do some digging re: Uncle Dennis Robertson, Kawhi, and Steve Ballmer. And @Sam4TR + @AlbertSamaha got a bunch of texts that I’d also been chasing about how the Clippers recruited Kawhi in 2019. This one is pretty interesting!
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If you think Nico Harrison's Nike fail was bad, Steph built the independence of Curry Brand when he "put it on the table" after Under Armour executive mistakes — from my 2022 @RollingStone cover story:
Stephen Curry and Under Armour have ended their 13-year partnership. In 2023, Under Armour named him the President of Curry Brand and gave him $75M worth of stock. Now, Curry Brand will continue independently.
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"Everybody has a number.... Why are the most famous athletes, with the biggest platforms, less vocal now, as this administration is more autocratic than it's ever been?" —@PabloTorre on the new American calculus, from Dave Chappelle in Saudi Arabia to LeBron on the campaign
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Preach, @PabloTorre! This whole talk, on the power of sport circa 2025, is worth your time:
"It's not merely the power of profit, it's the power to launder an image. It's the power to control culture." —@PabloTorre on how billionaires use sports to normalize extreme wealth
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BREAKING: Steve Ballmer has been sued by Aspiration investors over an alleged scheme "to secretly funnel millions" to Kawhi Leonard. @PabloTorre explains the lawsuit sparked by his reporting — and the receipts to come....
🚨 UPDATE: Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has been sued by 11 Aspiration investors who allege Ballmer used the company (now named Catona) "to secretly funnel millions of dollars to star NBA player, Kawhi Leonard [...] paying him more than allowed by the NBA’s salary cap rules" 🧵
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"Sanberg and Ballmer never disclosed the truth.... Sanberg and Ballmer's scheme to pay Leonard through [Aspiration] to evade the NBA's salary cap was only later revealed in 2025, by journalist Pablo Torre." Journalism.
🚨 UPDATE: Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has been sued by 11 Aspiration investors who allege Ballmer used the company (now named Catona) "to secretly funnel millions of dollars to star NBA player, Kawhi Leonard [...] paying him more than allowed by the NBA’s salary cap rules" 🧵
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Fun little bonus drop on a Monday 👀 Yesterday @PabloTorre sat down for a chat with @ZohranKMamdani and @GovKathyHochul Come hang in the chat at 1:30 et. https://t.co/6j4S5ZGP6y
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Good news: we produced a fact-checked episode that took three months to report, and it answers this exact question
@PabloTorre @JonesOnTheNBA so are you saying Lue committed a crime or not dude
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Talking to high-level sources in Washington and the NBA this week, you can sense real, growing and bipartisan pressure from Congress on the multiple scandals engulfing Adam Silver. These aren't just DC sports fans dragging the commish in front of cameras. The Hill wants answers.
Adam Silver goes to Washington? Congressional sources say Capitol Hill won't be satisfied until the commissioner testifies. "If/when the NBA fails to protect the integrity of the game, Congress will step in to fill that void," @RepYvetteClarke tells PTFO.
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