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Writers

Anne Helen Petersen

Business

The Escalating Costs of Being Single in America

Why is life in this country so hostile to single people?

Anne Helen Petersen The Goods Dec 2021 30min Permalink

Business

The Master's Trap

What makes a graduate program predatory?

Anne Helen Petersen Culture Study Jul 2021 10min Permalink

Religion

A Church. A Viral Video. A Campaign To Discredit Black Lives Matter.

“What people need to know is we’re not protesting churches. We’re protesting this church.”

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed News Aug 2020 30min Permalink

History Politics

I Don't Feel Like Buying Stuff Anymore

Our economy is built on Americans of all class levels buying things. What happens when the ability—and desire—to do so goes away?

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed May 2020 25min Permalink

Politics Health

This Doctor Is Suggesting COVID-19 Lockdowns Are a Conspiracy to Take Away Your Freedom

A viral video in which Dr. Annie Bukacek questions the severity of COVID-19 has given anti-lockdown activists across the country a sense of validation.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed May 2020 25min Permalink

Movies & TV

How Margot Robbie Changed Her Hollywood Destiny

Once pigeonholed as “the hottest blonde ever,” the star of Birds of Prey has become one of Hollywood’s most promising producers.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Feb 2020 20min Permalink

Religion

Forgive Us Our Debts

Jubilee Baptist is a quasi-socialist, anti-racist, LGBTQ-affirming church conducting a bold experiment: focusing on debt, work, and freedom from oppression instead of fear and moralism.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Dec 2019 35min Permalink

Business Media

The Company That Branded Your Millennial Life Is Pivoting To Burnout

When a marketing team found themselves burning out, they shifted their business focus to doing something about it. But if capitalism caused this problem, can capitalism fix it?

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Oct 2019 30min Permalink

Movies & TV

“Fixer Upper” Is Over, But Waco’s Transformation Is Just Beginning

How HGTV changed a city.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Apr 2019 35min Permalink

Here’s Why So Many Americans Feel Cheated By Their Student Loans

A social and financial divide is forming—between those who have student debt, and those who do not—that will have ramifications for decades to come.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Feb 2019 35min Permalink

Business

How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation

“We are beginning to understand what ails us, and it’s not something an oxygen facial or a treadmill desk can fix.”

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Jan 2019 30min Permalink

Tech

The Rise, Lean, And Fall Of Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg

The reality of Silicon Valley is that it’s commerce by any means necessary. And the reality of Sandberg is that she’s excellent at it.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Dec 2018 25min Permalink

Politics

The Texas Swing

On the trail in Texas with Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Aug 2018 30min Permalink

Politics

Planting the Seed

On millionaire Forrest Lucas and his propaganda machine.

Anne Helen Petersen, Ken Bensinger, Salvador Hernandez Buzzfeed Jul 2018 30min Permalink

Music

Neko Case Is Telling The Truth

The singer is more uncompromising than ever.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Jun 2018 20min Permalink

Religion

How Do You Rebuild Your Life After Leaving a Polygamous Sect?

“We are better than the stories about us.”

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Jan 2018 30min Permalink

Politics

Welcome to Idaho. Now Go Home.

North Idaho has become one of the most desirable places in the West for conservatives to relocate. So why is the local Republican party tearing itself apart?

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Oct 2017 35min Permalink

Arts

Sherman Alexie on "Not Being the Indian That's Expected"

A profile of the writer.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Jun 2017 20min Permalink

Love Lives in Whitefish, But So Do Neo-Nazis

How Montana became home to the highest concentration of hate groups in the nation.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Feb 2017 25min Permalink

Media

Hollywood's Forgotten Gossip Girl

Fifty years ago, Rona Barrett forged a Hollywood gossip empire. Then she left it all behind, her innovations attributed to others, her legacy almost entirely overlooked.

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Previously: Anne Helen Patersen on the Longform Podcast

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed May 2016 25min Permalink

“Now We’re A Hard Target”

Most of the country is trying to keep guns out of schools. A town in rural Idaho is taking the opposite approach.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Mar 2016 25min Permalink

Music

The Keys To Enya's Kingdom

A trip to Enya’s castle in Ireland.

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Previously: Anne Helen Petersen on the Longform Podcast

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Nov 2015 25min Permalink

Media

Eli Horowitz Wants to Teach You How to Read

A second act for the former head of McSweeney’s.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Nov 2015 15min Permalink

Media

"That's What Happened Between Me and Clark"

Loretta Young, Clark Gable and the truth behind one of old Hollywood’s greatest scandals.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Jul 2015 25min Permalink

Business Tech

Big Mother Is Watching You

The promises and pitfalls of self-tracking devices and apps.

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Previously: Anne Helen Peterson on the Longform Podcast.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Jan 2015 25min Permalink

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