Some of you may have read last week’s post about how I ended up in the Epstein Files—and what I learned about the sex offenders world when I took a deeper dive into why I was there. Berlin-based journalist Luke Johnson did the same thing, and he invited me into a Substack Live to talk about what we found when we peeked into this strange and ugly world.
Our topics? Why universities held a special interest for him, and vice versa; how Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were similarly marginal in the world of elite academic credentials; and what keeps pushing Epstein back into the news.
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Everybody is talking about the Quad God, Ilia Malinen. But the figure skating performance I found most inspiring yesterday was the top pair, Ellie Kim and Danny O’Shea. This is their first Olympics: Ellie is 21, Danny is 35 (which is pushing the edge of the envelope for a figure skater) and they had to come in at least fourth for the United States to be positioned for the team gold medal. They absolutely nailed it, turning in the best performance of their lives, and their joy is inspiring.
In all its wisdom, YouTube has disabled playback on other platforms, but you can watch it here.
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