Naomi Osaka won the US Open while wearing facemasks featuring the names of Black victims of police brutality. TikTok has chosen its US partner and uh, sure, that was a choice? Big Plastic apparently has been lying to us about recycling for decades. The best TikTok currently on your timeline is from an actual paleontologist. And 2020 is shaping up to be a lost year for people of all ages, something BuzzFeed News explored in six profiles of average Americans. We talk to editor David Mack about the series. 

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The first year of the 2020s has left us all asking: How will we move forward from here? Join Pete Buttigieg, former presidential candidate and Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, in conversation with leading activists, politicians, authors, scholars, entertainers and more to confront America’s greatest challenges and discuss the ideas and actions that will shape the times we are about to live through.

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Oregon’s wildfires are, uh, intense and have caused over half a million people to evacuate already. A CDC study says that even outdoor dining may carry a higher risk of COVID-19 infection. Kate Winslet def regrets working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski. And we talk with Washington Post columnist Alyssa Rosenberg about what TV is going to look like as shows start wrapping the coronavirus into their plot lines. 

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A whistleblower told Congress that the Department of Homeland Security is trying to manipulate intelligence reports to match Trump’s beliefs. More than 29 million people are receiving unemployment benefits in the US. Niecy Nash’s love is the very queer story we need right now. Facebook is rolling back the clock to 2004 as it launches “Facebook Campus.” And with the western US on fire, we thought it was a good idea to talk with ProPublica reporter Liz Weil about how years of bad decisions and climate change combined to make things in California apocalyptic.

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President Trump knew how deadly the coronavirus is back in February — and there’s tape to prove it. The Oscars will start requiring diversity for movies to get a Best Picture nomination...eventually. Casey needs help trying to decide if a Reddit post about a husband catfishing his wife is real. And Trump reportedly called military members who died in combat “losers” and “suckers” for serving — we spoke with Defense One reporter Katie Bo Williams about the fallout from that report.

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We’re back from hiatus and the world has kept on at it, apparently. A gender reveal party sparked one of the more than two dozen wildfires California is currently fighting. Lupita Nyongo issued a heartbreaking statement over Chadwick Boseman’s death. BTS is topping the charts for the second week in a row — but “Jurassic World: Dominion” stars Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum are gunning for that spot. And we’re fortunate to speak with writer and comedian Amber Ruffin ahead of the launch of her new late-night joint “The Amber Ruffin Show.” She spills on her run-in with the on-set nurse from “Drunk History” and issues a challenge to Desus and The Kid Mero.

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 It’s our last day of summer break! And for our final flashback, we’ve got two classic interviews lined up. Today includes Business Insider columnist Manny Fidel about why “white savior movies” are, uh, not what we need as a culture right now. We also have a throwback to Pride Month with Bobby Berk and Tan France of Netflix’s “Queer Eye.” Come take a listen as we talk about their hit show and what it meant to them that the Black Lives Matters protests were happening during Pride Month. We’ll be back with fresh content after Labor Day!

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 A double dose of pop culture conversations in today’s flashbacks! First, we dust off our roundtable conversation with television writer Alanna Bennett about how we should handle TV shows and movies that used blackface. And then, we look back at our chat with Bleacher Report’s Master Tesfatsion on why the Chicago Bulls/Michael Jordan documentary series “The Last Dance” resonated so hard with audiences. 

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Our summer flashbacks roll on with today’s look back at two more classic interviews. First up, we talked to Brian Baumgartner — aka Kevin from “The Office” — when his podcast “An Oral History of the Office” first premiered. (Plus, we got to ask him about That Chili Scene.) Then, we take a trip back to June, when we spoke with two former CrossFit gym owners about the infamous Zoom call that led to the company’s CEO stepping down.

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 It’s day two of our hiatus week! And our classic interviews today are pretty great. First, we Bob the Drag Queen, talking about her HBO show “We’re Here” and why more Black cis men need to say trans lives matter. Then we have our chat with the fabulous Jenny Slate about her movie “Sunlit Night” and her decision to step away from her role on Netflix’s “Big Mouth.” 

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