Sarah talks with Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, who is at the forefront of a wave of prosecutors aiming to end mass incarceration from the inside. Then, reporter Josie Duffy Rice challenges the notion that crime has gone down as a result of harsh sentencing and discusses whether electing progressive prosecutors in the best way to fix…

Parting is such sweet sorrow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's been a leak in the BuzzFeed Newsroom! Literally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The worst storm of the year hit this weekend (and it's not Florence), the medical community updates its policies to support trans youth, and Elon Musk is getting sued. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Brett Kavanaugh poised to join the Supreme Court, Dr. Willie Parker gives us a preview of what a post-Roe America might look like by describing his work providing abortions in parts of the country that already live under harsh restrictions. Then, activist Kate Castle talks about reclaiming ground from the anti-abortion movement by protesting t…

The best and worst of TV premieres this fall, Hurricane Florence cleanup begins, and Paul Manafort reaches a plea deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That sketchy 2016 Trump Tower meeting — you know the one — just got sketchier. Turns out, there was a flurry of money transferred just 11 days after the infamous meeting where Donald Trump Jr, Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort met with Russian officials to allegedly get dirt on Hillary Clinton. Editor-In-Chief Ben Smith sat down with investigative re…

The FBI has a new secret letter about Brett Kavanaugh, immigrant parents coerced into forfeiting claims of asylum are getting a second chance, and some really devastating statistics about suicide and transgender youths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a suspicious money trail around the infamous Trump Tower meeting, Trump transferred money from FEMA to ICE ahead of hurricane season, and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris speaks out about *that* episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As anti-immigrant sentiment spreads, so does fake news. We look at how this resulted in very real violence in one small east German town with world editor Miriam Elder and reporters Lester Feder and Ishmael Daro. Then, we give you two stories you need to know about Hurricane Florence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Millions ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Florence approaches, Trump avoids another lawsuit, and a Kenyan filmmaker sues to get her film about same-sex love distributed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Louisiana town bans Nike (sort of), BuzzFeed launches a new suicide prevention initiative, and a group of girls named Nicole became friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reihan Salam and Nicole Aschoff explain why the generation-long consensus in favor of ever freer trade has begun to fragment on the right and left. Atlantic columnist and National Review executive editor Reihan Salam tells the forgotten history of GOP protectionism. Author and sociologist Nicole Aschoff argues that a crisis of neoliberal globalizat…

Hillary Clinton is back in the politics game! Also, we clue you in on a few things that are happening today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a wild week at Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings: Protestors! An auctioneer impersonation! So many power moves! Legal reporters Zoe Tillman and Chris Geidner move past the grandstanding to what it all means. Then: did you know that 40% of folks in France are anti-vaccines? Science editor Virginia Hughes and science reporter Dan Vergano…

Leaked emails conflict with Judge Brett Kavanaugh's testimony, the Trump administration is trying to change a court agreement that says immigrant children can't be detained for more than 20 days, Alex Jones gets booted from Twitter, and the Oscars ditch their newest category. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Brett Kavanaugh gets asked about Roe V. Wade on day two of his hearing, Europe has a major anti-vaxxer problem, and Marco Rubio and Alex Jones have a lil spat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Wednesday we're taking a little break and introducing you to our friends, See Something Say Something! It's a podcast about being Muslim in America hosted by Ahmed Ali Akbar. This is the second episode in a three-part series called Meat, Mangoes, and Memory. In this episode, they explore why some people are willing to pay nearly $9 a pop for a…

Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing has started, Jon Kyl is named as John McCain's Senate successor, and the head of USA Gymnastics has resigned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week, BuzzFeed News dropped an explosive piece about the horrible abuses that took place in an American orphanage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jane Coaston and Jason Christian complicate the gun debate. Jane Coaston, a senior politics reporter for Vox, talks about the racist history of gun control measures and the unequal enforcement of laws to the detriment of non-white gun owners. Jason Christian recounts his experience in an anarchist gun club and explains why he grew disillusioned wit…

Millions of children say they were abused in Catholic orphanages around the world. For the last four years, contributing editor Christine Kenneally has been investigating one specific case: St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage in Burlington, Vermont, where residents allege nuns sexually, physically, and emotionally abused them for years. Plus, we look a…

The last Celebgate hacker gets sentenced, the FBI arrests the guy who violently threatened the Boston Globe, and Detroit shuts down the entire school district's water supply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A secret weed committee, far right protestors in Germany, and airlines’ masturbation problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s Group Chat, we talk about the strange subculture of teens being paid to share self-care advice on Instagram. Then, we break down some of the week’s biggest headlines for you — so you have something to say when you’re stuck in the elevator with your boss. This week’s Group Chat question: What do you think of the self-care trend? Is it…

A new Puerto Rico death toll number, Democrats don’t want to focus on impeachment, Louis C.K. performs for the first time in ten months, and Erin Brockovich is at it again! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We separate facts from fake news re: the Jacksonville shooting, engineers and programmers don't want to work at any tech giants anymore, and Antoni from Queer Eye is opening a diner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices