Shedding light on how Epstein used visits to Interlochen to target girls

NPR | By Ava Berger,

Tinbete Ermyas, Adrian Ma, Gabriel J. Sánchez

Published March 7, 2026 at 5:08 PM EST

An NPR reporting team sheds new light on how Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell used their access to the Interlochen Center for the Arts to target girls.

Ava Berger

Tinbete Ermyas

Adrian Ma

Adrian Ma covers work, money and other "business-ish" for NPR's daily economics podcast The Indicator from Planet Money.

Gabriel J. Sánchez

Gabriel J. Sánchez is a producer for NPR's All Things Considered. Sánchez identifies stories, books guests, and produces what you hear on air. Sánchez also directs All Things Considered on Saturdays and Sundays.

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