Today, Explained
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Today, Explained
Vox
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News comes at you fast. Join us at the end of your day to understand it. Today, Explained is your all killer, no filler, Monday to Friday news explainer hosted by Sean Rameswaram and featuring the finest reporters from the Vox Media Podcast Network and beyond.
Monday 23 November 2020 : With two months left in the Trump presidency, the US is reducing the number of troops in Afghanistan in an attempt to end America's longest...
Friday 20 November 2020 : Retail was struggling. Then came the virus. Recode’s Jason Del Rey explains how the American mall will never be the same, and how the...
Thursday 19 November 2020 : An ethnic conflict in Ethiopia has thrown the Horn of Africa into disarray and could upset order on the continent. Transcript at...
Wednesday 18 November 2020 : Covid-19 is surging across the United States, just in time for cold weather and major holidays. North Dakota is doing particularly badly....
Tuesday 17 November 2020 : Oregon decriminalized all drugs. Red states and blue states are doing the same with weed. It’s the culmination of a failed drug...
Monday 16 November 2020 : A weekend of protests, violence, and enmity in DC revealed what Donald Trump has planned post-presidency. Transcript at...
Friday 13 November 2020 : Covid-19 is surging (again). Schools are closing (again). Kids are learning online (again). And more American parents than ever are turning...
Thursday 12 November 2020 : California tried to strengthen labor rights for gig workers. Uber, Lyft, and their food-delivering cohorts responded with a $200 million...
Wednesday 11 November 2020 : After a fraught Election Week, cable news is finally cutting away from President Trump’s falsehoods. Erik Wemple, media critic for the...
Tuesday 10 November 2020 : The 45th president of the United States has thus far refused to acknowledge the 46th. Political scientist Zeynep Tufekci explains this...
Monday 09 November 2020 : And some big vaccine news, too. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn...
Monday 09 November 2020 : And some big vaccine news, too. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Friday 06 November 2020 : And Kamala Harris, too. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thursday 05 November 2020 : Vox’s Ella Nilsen explains why Democrats are waving goodbye to the blue wave. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your...
Wednesday 04 November 2020 : Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains the latest election math, and Ezra Klein argues that, despite record-setting turnout, it wasn’t a great...
Tuesday 03 November 2020 : This Election Day, voter turnout is projected to break records in the United States, but it won’t get anywhere close to Australia’s....
Monday 02 November 2020 : Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains how Joe Biden — or President Trump — could win 270 electoral votes. Transcript at...
Friday 30 October 2020 : In the final episode of our five-part series, New York Magazine’s Rebecca Traister and Vox’s Ezra Klein explain how four years of the...
Thursday 29 October 2020 : In the fourth of our five-part series, Vox’s Dylan Scott explains how a president with no plan on health care evolved into a president...
Wednesday 28 October 2020 : Election turnout is on track to be the highest in a century. Farmers, essential workers, prisoners, and two ladies named Ruth explain their...
Tuesday 27 October 2020 : Pandemic or not, the highest court in the land won’t extend Wisconsin’s deadline for mailed ballots. Good thing it’s not a swing...
Monday 26 October 2020 : Alexis Akwagyiram, bureau chief for Reuters in Nigeria, explains how a protest to reform the country’s police made its way around the...
Friday 23 October 2020 : In the third of our five-part series, Vox’s Andrew Prokop says there’s one key takeaway from the Mueller investigation and impeachment:...
Thursday 22 October 2020 : Bill Barr and Elizabeth Warren have found a common enemy. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Wednesday 21 October 2020 : Last Christmas, I gave you my health. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today, Explained
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Withdrawing won’t end the war
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With two months left in the Trump presidency, the US is reducing the number of troops in Afghanistan in an attempt to end America's longest...
All the mall things
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Retail was struggling. Then came the virus. Recode’s Jason Del Rey explains how the American mall will never be the same, and how the...
The peacemaker’s civil war
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An ethnic conflict in Ethiopia has thrown the Horn of Africa into disarray and could upset order on the continent. Transcript at...
Badlands
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Covid-19 is surging across the United States, just in time for cold weather and major holidays. North Dakota is doing particularly badly....
America said yes to drugs
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Oregon decriminalized all drugs. Red states and blue states are doing the same with weed. It’s the culmination of a failed drug...
MAGAlomaniac
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A weekend of protests, violence, and enmity in DC revealed what Donald Trump has planned post-presidency. Transcript at...
(Home)school is cool
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Covid-19 is surging (again). Schools are closing (again). Kids are learning online (again). And more American parents than ever are turning...
They fought the Lyft and the Lyft won
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California tried to strengthen labor rights for gig workers. Uber, Lyft, and their food-delivering cohorts responded with a $200 million...
Fox & Frenemies
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After a fraught Election Week, cable news is finally cutting away from President Trump’s falsehoods. Erik Wemple, media critic for the...
No concession!
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The 45th president of the United States has thus far refused to acknowledge the 46th. Political scientist Zeynep Tufekci explains this...
Biden’s coronavirus plan
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And some big vaccine news, too. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn...
Biden’s coronavirus plan
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And some big vaccine news, too. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Joe Biden wins
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And Kamala Harris, too. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What happened to Congress?
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Vox’s Ella Nilsen explains why Democrats are waving goodbye to the blue wave. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your...
President Biden?
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Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains the latest election math, and Ezra Klein argues that, despite record-setting turnout, it wasn’t a great...
Today (should be a holiday), Explained
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This Election Day, voter turnout is projected to break records in the United States, but it won’t get anywhere close to Australia’s....
What to expect when you’re electing
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Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains how Joe Biden — or President Trump — could win 270 electoral votes. Transcript at...
The Trump Years: State of our union
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In the final episode of our five-part series, New York Magazine’s Rebecca Traister and Vox’s Ezra Klein explain how four years of the...
The Trump Years: Health of the nation
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In the fourth of our five-part series, Vox’s Dylan Scott explains how a president with no plan on health care evolved into a president...
The Voters
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Election turnout is on track to be the highest in a century. Farmers, essential workers, prisoners, and two ladies named Ruth explain their...
The Supreme Court may disenfranchise you now
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Pandemic or not, the highest court in the land won’t extend Wisconsin’s deadline for mailed ballots. Good thing it’s not a swing...
#EndSARS
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Alexis Akwagyiram, bureau chief for Reuters in Nigeria, explains how a protest to reform the country’s police made its way around the...
The Trump Years: Win at all costs
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In the third of our five-part series, Vox’s Andrew Prokop says there’s one key takeaway from the Mueller investigation and impeachment:...
“Hey Google,” the United States is suing you
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Bill Barr and Elizabeth Warren have found a common enemy. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Will Covid-19 cancel the holidays?
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Last Christmas, I gave you my health. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
