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🗓️ 20 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Up First Winter Games, NPR's daily video podcast. |
| 0:05.2 | Team USA's Alyssa Lou broke a 20-year medal drought to take home gold in women's figure skating |
| 0:10.7 | and a thrilling overtime gold medal win for U.S. women's hockey. |
| 0:15.5 | Reaction and more from behind the scenes. |
| 0:17.4 | Today on Up First Winter Games, you can watch us on NPR's YouTube channel. |
| 0:24.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. There's new NPR reporting on the |
| 0:28.4 | Justice Department's Epstein files. This reveals a fuller picture of how sex offenders |
| 0:32.7 | Jeffrey Epstein and Gailane Maxwell used a Michigan arts camp in the 1990s to prey on young girls. |
| 0:39.3 | And beers Ava Berger has more. |
| 0:41.1 | According to files released by the DOJ, Epstein donated more than $400,000 to interlock in the center for the arts. |
| 0:47.9 | That included an on-campus lodge. |
| 0:50.4 | He and Maxwell used it during brief stays for several summers between 1994 and 2000. |
| 0:55.8 | They reportedly walked their small dog around campus, using it as an icebreaker to meet two young teenage girls. |
| 1:01.9 | One of them, now an adult, spoke to NPR on the condition of anonymity. |
| 1:06.4 | She said she experienced, quote, grooming behavior while unsupervised at Epstein's Lodge. |
| 1:11.5 | Former administrator Russ McMahon described the campus as open and welcoming at the time. |
| 1:16.9 | In hindsight, mistakes may have been made. Today, the campus has significantly increased security. |
| 1:24.0 | Eva Berger, NPR News, Washington. President Trump flew to Northwest Georgia yesterday to make remarks. |
| 1:30.2 | He also campaigned. |
| 1:31.7 | Early voting is underway for a special election to fill the seat of former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green. |
| 1:37.3 | There are 18 candidates in the race. |
| 1:39.6 | From Georgia public broadcasting, Sarah Callis reports the president has endorsed one of them. |
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