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Jane Coston (0:03)
It's Tuesday, May 12th. I'm Jane Coston, and this is what a day. The show that has learned it is very sick. Via President Donald Trump on Monday.
Donald Trump (0:11)
They've got serious Trump derangement syndrome, which actually is a disease. I'm hearing it is actually a disease. It's an honor.
Jane Coston (0:19)
Good news. Under Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. Trump, Derangement Syndrome, like a bunch of other diseases, is safer than ever before. On today's show, Dr. Mehmet Oz explains what it means to be under babied. And President Trump says a ceasefire with Iran is barely hanging on. Both of these comments came during the same event. Welcome to America. But let's start with Jeffrey Epstein. The devastating impact of the convicted sex offender's many crimes has been felt in so many places, from the halls of Congress to the royal families of Britain and Norway. But it's taken the work of student journalists to uncover the worrying details about Epstein's hidden relationship with another important institution, Harvard University. Epstein didn't go to Harvard. Actually, he didn't graduate from college at all. But he worked tirelessly to ingratiate himself with academics at elite institutions including Columbia University, MIT, and, yes, Harvard. Back in 2020, Harvard released a report aiming to detail its relationship with Epstein. It including the millions of dollars he donated to the university over a decade. But as journalist Pablo Torre and the Harvard Crimson discovered, Harvard was actually keeping a lot of secrets about its relationship with the convicted sex offender. And what they kept out of public view says a lot about how Epstein was able to accumulate influence and power at one of the world's best universities. Pablo Torre is the host of the podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out. We spoke about his investigation and what he wants Harvard to do now. Pablo Torre, welcome to Water Day, Jane.
Pablo Torre (1:55)
It's been too long. Thank you for having me on your esteemed program.
Jane Coston (1:58)
Thank you. So let's go back in time. In May of 2020, Harvard published a report, a report concerning Jeffrey E. Epstein's connections to Harvard University, which is a report I'm sure they did not ever want to have to do. The results of the report were supposedly a, quote, full review of Epstein's connections to Harvard. But recently, you, in partnership with the Harvard Crimson, shout out. Student journalists uncovered university documents that showed the report did not include everything. What did you learn from these new files?
Pablo Torre (2:31)
So this began as a sports story, Jane. You know, I love how sports is a portal into lots of things that people in sports are like, terrified to touch. We found the Jeffrey E. Epstein Fund for Women's athletics, which on letterhead really does have the impact.
