It was already a big year for breakup records.
Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires, Fleetwood Mac, R.I.P.
so many, many times, but Silver Springs was born again again this year.
And then last month, Lily Allen's West End girl landed like a 10-ton bomb on top of her ex.
But you're not a stranger, Madeline." And we all had so many, many thoughts.
Scandalized by this album that Lily Allen put out.
I checked out the album, and I do have something to say.
My jaw is on the floor.
Like, I would watch the album as a movie.
Breakup albums have been around for half a century,
but for better or worse, they are evolving in a parasocial age.
That's coming up on Today Explained.
Is the Justice Department still just?
Ultimately,
Donald Trump is the person who began the weakening of the Justice Department in his first presidency.
I'm Preet Bharara.
In this week,
investigative reporters Carol Lennig and Aaron Davis join me to discuss their new book,
In Justice, How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department.
The episode is out now.