A Love Letter to Camp Mystic
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07/08/25
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On Monday evening, the death toll from the flooding in Central Texas rose past 100. A single place accounted for 27 of those deaths: Camp Mystic, a century-old Christian summer camp for girls.
Erin Paisan, who attended Camp Mystic, explains what the place meant to generations of girls.
Guest: Erin Paisan, who attended Camp Mystic
Background reading:
- Camp Mystic has been operated by generations of the same family since the 1930s.
- See how close the cabins were to the river at the camp.
- The mother of two rescued campers relayed their story.
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July 7, 2025
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Last week, when Paramount, the parent company of CBS News, announced a $16 million settlement with President Trump over editing of a segment of “60 Minutes,” many of the network’s journalists were furious.
The deal also raised questions about the independence of CBS’s journalism, and how much news organizations could be cowed by threats from the president going forward.
David Enrich, an investigations editor at The Times, takes us inside the settlement, and Lowell Bergman, a former CBS producer and investigative journalist at The Times, reminds us that the network has been in a similar situation before and discusses why this time may be different.
First, Edgar Sandoval, who is on the ground in Texas, explains what is happening in the wake of the flooding.
Guest:
- Edgar Sandoval, a reporter for The New York Times covering Texas.
- David Enrich, a deputy investigations editor for The New York Times.
- Lowell Bergman, a journalist and former producer for CBS’s “60 Minutes.”
Background reading:
- Paramount to pay Donald Trump $16 million to settle ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit.
- For ‘60 Minutes,’ a humbling moment at an uneasy time for press freedom.
- More than 50 have been found dead in Texas floods as the search for missing grows dire.
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For months, President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested that they would expose the hidden, potentially sinister truth about Jeffrey Epstein’s death in 2019.
But over the past few days, the Trump administrationWhite House decided to shut down has poured cold water on the conspiracy theories surrounding the financier.
Glenn Thrush, who covers the Justice Department for The Times, explains what happened.
Guest: Glenn Thrush, who reports on the Justice Department for The New York Times.
Background reading:
- The Trump administration acknowledged a lack of evidence from Epstein documents.
- Confronted over the Epstein files, President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi tell their supporters to move on.
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