Episode 1: Jordan Belfort: The Wolf of Wallstreet

Jordan Belfort The man behind The Wolf of Wall Street (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) and the real-life “boiler room” era of penny-stock manipulation. Belfort pleaded guilty to securities fraud and money laundering in connection with stock-market manipulation schemes and was ordered to pay restitution. In our first episode, we look at the archetypal pattern: how charisma, excess, and the mythology of “success” can become a cover for extraction.