May 19, 2026 · 39 min · 21 segments
Jacob Kingston meets Levon Termendzhyan, ‘The Lion’, for the first time. Their unforgettable first adventure cements them as business partners - and before long, partners in crime. Their billion…
Michelle McPheeHostDoug ParkerGuestKatarina PattisonGuestJake OtayovichNo entities detected.
[upbeat music] [car starting] Jacob Kingston is driving a rental car down an industrial side street in Commerce, a gritty LA neighborhood under the 405Train tracks run along one side of the cracked road.
Now, Jacob's fuel is stranded halfway across the world, and he's staring down a multi-million dollar barrel.
If he doesn't, his company, WRE, could fold, and Jacob would have to admit defeat to his family, The Order, where they believe after you die, debt weighs on your soul forever.
But then, one of Jacob's guys gives him a lead for an Armenian oil and gas titan in Los Angeles, Levon, who Jacob hopes can fix this entire mess.
On a thin strip of grass just by the sidewalk, there are two black lion statues.
They're huge, baring their teeth, stalking across the lawn in opposite directions like they're guarding a palace.
Hulking bodyguards stand around two black Escalade SUVs, framing the entrance.
Why on Earth would The Lion need them? Jacob steps out of the car, and The Lion greets him.
He's a bulky 5'7", but somehow he still seems to tower over Jacob, who's six feet tall.
These two men are from radically different backgrounds: an awkward engineer from a polygamous sect and a commanding multilingual Armenian businessman.
They sit down in Levon's well-appointed office inside the trailer, and they discuss Levon's business for a while.
[upbeat music] [car starting] Jacob Kingston is driving a rental car down an industrial side street in Commerce, a gritty LA neighborhood under the 405Train tracks run along one side of the cracked road.
Now, Jacob's fuel is stranded halfway across the world, and he's staring down a multi-million dollar barrel.
If he doesn't, his company, WRE, could fold, and Jacob would have to admit defeat to his family, The Order, where they believe after you die, debt weighs on your soul forever.
But then, one of Jacob's guys gives him a lead for an Armenian oil and gas titan in Los Angeles, Levon, who Jacob hopes can fix this entire mess.
On a thin strip of grass just by the sidewalk, there are two black lion statues.
They're huge, baring their teeth, stalking across the lawn in opposite directions like they're guarding a palace.
Hulking bodyguards stand around two black Escalade SUVs, framing the entrance.
Why on Earth would The Lion need them? Jacob steps out of the car, and The Lion greets him.
He's a bulky 5'7", but somehow he still seems to tower over Jacob, who's six feet tall.
These two men are from radically different backgrounds: an awkward engineer from a polygamous sect and a commanding multilingual Armenian businessman.
They sit down in Levon's well-appointed office inside the trailer, and they discuss Levon's business for a while.
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