No One Knows Anything

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It's the politics podcast from BuzzFeed News. Featuring reporters from BuzzFeed News, and occasional special guests, each episode of No One Knows Anything breaks down the biggest and most insane stories in politics this week, and tries to figure what we should or shouldn't be freaking out about.

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Episodes

Never Say Never Trump

It's been less than a month since Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, and the Trump-resistant party establishment is already lining up behind him. There won't be a contested convention, there's little talk of a third party candidate, and the #NeverTrump holdouts are losing steam. On this episode, we take a look at Trump's unlikely takeover, and what it says about divides within the Republican Party. Guests: Republican Committeeman Ruth O'Connell from Wheeling Township in Illinois, R...

May 26, 2016•34 min

Al Franken Is Very Happy In His Current Job

Senator Al Franken, a Democrat from Minnesota, is a comedian and political satirist turned politician. In a broad-ranging interview taped at the Newseum in downtown D.C., Senator Franken talks with Evan about Bernie Sanders, Trump's fixation on "making the deal", addiction treatment and mental health policy, pot, and whether or not he's being vetted to be Hillary Clinton's running mate. Plus: Evan learns what a "bean feed" is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 19, 2016•35 min

BuzzFeed News Interviewed President Obama

Evan talks with BuzzFeed Legal Editor Chris Geidner, who interviewed President Obama about civil rights and North Carolina’s “bathroom bill”, Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, and what a Trump nomination means for Garland’s confirmation hearings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 17, 2016•18 min

Hillary Clinton, The Liberal

Is Hillary Clinton a liberal? This episode, we look at the surprising moments when Clinton has swung to the left on divisive issues, confounding predictions that her campaign would be 100% boring centrism. We’re going to hear the story of one of those moments Clinton defied expectations and went to the left, and what it was like to be there when it happened. And we’re going to talk to a voter who found the ultimate divisive issue in politics and dug his heels in. He’s a Latino voting for Trump. ...

May 12, 2016•30 min

Lessons From A Long Primary

It's time to talk about Donald Trump and the weird world we all live in where he is the Republican Party's presumptive nominee. This episode is about the primary that brought us there, and about the convoluted and bumpy nominating process on the Democratic side that isn't over yet. Guests: Democratic Party Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Iowa caucus voters Kyra Seay and Carter Bell, and BuzzFeed News political reporter Darren Sands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 05, 2016•29 min

A Good Surrogate Is Hard To Find

What goes on in the weird world of campaign surrogates? This episode, we talk about the politicians and celebrities who stump on behalf of actual candidates, and reflect on memorable surrogate moments from this election. Plus, we talk with someone whose job it was to wrangle surrogates for Senator Marco Rubio's presidential campaign. Guests: Former Communications Directors for Marco Rubio Alex Conant and Caitlin Conant, South Carolina Republican Ed Tarleton, and Katherine Miller, the politics ed...

Apr 28, 2016•35 min

The Real Bernie Revolution - With Evan McMorris-Santoro And Tarini Parti

In 2015, we thought there was no way a presidential candidate could be competitive without being a billionaire or finding one to back their campaign. That was before Bernie Sanders. He has run a real campaign without the one thing experts thought every candidate needed: a super PAC. Has politics been changed forever? In this episode, we dig in on that question. Guests: Baltimore mayoral candidate DeRay Mckesson, EveryVoice Communications Director Adam Smith, Bernie donor Alan McLemore, and BuzzF...

Apr 21, 2016•31 min

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