No One Knows Anything

On Wednesday, Evan checked in with BuzzFeed News reporters Tarini Parti and Rosie Gray, who are in Cleveland this week as Republicans are ramping up for the convention.

They talk about the #NeverTrump delegates who are still trying to derail the nomination, the first openly gay Republican delegate pushing the platform committee to adopt LGBT rights, and what to expect from a convention headlined by Donald Trump.

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On this episode, Sanders supporters talk about how they're trying to turn a groundbreaking campaign into a lasting political force. The question is: Can progressives and activists for all kinds of causes work together to hold on to the gains they've made as members of the Bernie Sanders movement?

Guests: The Washington Post's national political correspondent David Weigel, BuzzFeed News politics editor Katherine Miller

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Elle Abarca has never voted, even though her sister Anabel has registered hundreds of voters throughout her career in politics. This episode, we talk with Elle and Anabel about how someone becomes a non-voter, even against their best intentions. And we find out how easy it is to come clean about your voter status and get back into the political process.

If you haven't registered to vote yet, you can get started now at https://buzzfeed.turbovote.org

Guests: Sisters Elle and Anabel Abarca, No One Knows Anything producer Meg Cramer.

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Thursday's Supreme Court decision affects millions of undocumented immigrants who are unlikely to be deported, but who can't live the life other people can because they don't have legal status. They're back in limbo, and so are their families.

That could affect how Latinos vote in the fall, when they'll be choosing between two candidates with very different plans for immigration reform.

Guest: BuzzFeed News political reporter and Latino coverage editor Adrian Carrasquillo.

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Opposition researchers are the campaign operatives whose job is to dig into a candidate’s past and find things that voters won’t like. They take that information, and try to turn it into a story about why you should or shouldn't vote for someone.

This week, we take a look at how that process works, where that information goes, and how oppo in 2016 is different from oppo in past elections.

Guests: Opposition researchers Shauna Daly and Joe Pounder, political consultant Rodell Mollineau, Dominique Mednick—an undecided voter who lives in Florida, and BuzzFeed's Editor-In-Chief Ben Smith.

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This week, Evan visits a Trump rally in Pittsburgh to find out what it's like to be a Trump supporter, and to ask some of Trump's biggest fans what it means to "Make America Great Again."

Guest: BuzzFeed News politics reporter Tarini Parti.

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Evan interviews BuzzFeed News senior editor Chris Geidner about what we know—and don’t know—about anti-LGBT hate crimes. They talk about why it’s so hard to keep track of those hate crimes, and whether or not law enforcement is getting better at protecting LGBT Americans.

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The Democratic Party is coming out of a contentious primary. And one of the battles was over who gets to call themselves a true progressive. But while the Republicans are rallying behind their presumptive nominee, Democrats remain divided. On this episode, we look at whether or not those divisions could be a part of the race through November and beyond.

Guests: Democratic Congressman Xavier Becerra and BuzzFeed News politics reporter Ruby Cramer.

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As the Democratic Primary nears the bitter end, Sanders supporters and Clinton supporters are looking back on a long and divisive nominating process.

On Thursday, we'll take a look at how that process is still shaping the party as Democrats head into the national election.

Guests: California Congressman Xavier Becerra and BuzzFeed News political reporter Ruby Cramer.

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In 2015, the Supreme Court made marriage equality the law of the land. One year later, LGBT rights are still being challenged in places like North Carolina. This episode tells the story of the state-by-state fight over non-discrimination laws—and how bathroom bills became one way to stop them from being passed.

Guests: Howie, an RA, activist and trans student at UNC Charlotte; North Carolina Values Coalition Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald; and BuzzFeed News LGBT reporter Dominic Holden.

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