We dig deep on work life balance with Audie Cornish, host of BuzzFeed’s Profile and NPR’s All Things Considered, then unpack what to expect in the Manafort trial and get some suggested reading and watching to make your weekend even better.

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We tackle two tricky Internet topics: What the hell is QAnon and why is Alex Jones? 

Our internettiest friends Katie Notopoulos, Charlie Warzel, and Ryan Broderick get together to debunk and debrief. 

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We try to make sense of the evolving news from the border, ask whether humanoid robots are the future of banking and test your fake news knowledge.

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Whomst | Crisis | Pepper 

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In this inaugural Group Chat, we talk about the feminist wing of the anti-abortion movement. Then we'll give you two stories people will still be talking about at the end of your day. 

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Facebook has a moral reckoning, the deadly germ of the summer, and bringing Kylie Minogue back to the news cycle.

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Whomst | Facebook | Oyster | Recommendation 

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How many drug overdoses are unrecognized suicide attempts, what happens when you use your phone like a 10-year-old, and how the Helsinki summit will matter six months from now. 

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Here are the JoJo prompts from this episode:  Whomst | Transcript | Opioid | Phone | Emoji 

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A deep dive into Gwen Stefani's career, mass deportations under Operation Streamline, a very specific version of Calm Down for Trump and NATO, and recommendations on what to watch and what to listen to from the newsroom!

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Here are the JoJo prompts from this episode: Transcript * Whomst * Gwen * Rec * Streamline 

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It's officially summer, which means it's officially blockbuster season. BuzzFeed News Entertainment reporters Alanna Bennett and Adam B. Vary break down this summer's movie trends. And our resident fake news sleuth, Jane Lytvenenko is here with a fake news quiz! 

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Here are the JoJo prompts from this episode: Movie * Whomst * Quiz * Romance 

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What Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement means, a breakdown of the big Supreme Court decisions,how gentrification affects calls about noise complaints and an explanation of Mexico’s historic presidential election. 
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Whomst | Transcript | SCOTUS | 311 | Mexico 
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Stories from the immigration crisis on our southern border, robots in restaurants, and a peek at what's next for this week's biggest stories. 

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Whomst | Family | Server | Newsletter.

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