Today, Explained
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Today, Explained
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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.
Friday 05 March 2021 : Beset by controversy, The Bachelor’s latest season is winding down with an identity crisis. It’s a rare case of reality TV reflecting...
Friday 05 March 2021 : The United States is stumbling through two racial reckonings at once. Author Jeff Chang says it’s an inflection point centuries in the...
Wednesday 03 March 2021 : Joe Biden won the presidency, but it’s Joe Manchin from West Virginia who seems to be the decider. The Charleston Gazette-Mail’s Joe...
Tuesday 02 March 2021 : Washington’s hottest policy fight is over raising the minimum wage to $15. Emily Stewart explains the Democrats’ effort to get it...
Monday 01 March 2021 : Thirty years ago, Eugene, Oregon, figured out an alternative to the police. They called it CAHOOTS. Seriously. Transcript at...
Saturday 27 February 2021 : President Biden finally wants to put the Keystone XL pipeline to bed. But if the last 12 years of environmental fights are any indication,...
Thursday 25 February 2021 : Vox’s German Lopez explains why he feels optimistic about the end of the pandemic even though 500,000 Americans have died, the virus is...
Wednesday 24 February 2021 : Andrew Cuomo and Gavin Newsom were hailed for their leadership early on in the pandemic. Now, the former is mired in scandal and the latter...
Tuesday 23 February 2021 : What’s taking so long? What’s happening with those $1,400 checks? Are the Democrats betraying the people who voted for them? Vox’s Li...
Monday 22 February 2021 : Australia just reined in Google. Dozens of other countries want in on the action. The latest season of Land of the Giants explains how two...
Saturday 20 February 2021 : First it was brutal winter weather, power outages followed, and then came a poorly timed trip to Cancun. Texas Public Radio’s Joey...
Friday 19 February 2021 : Author Nicole Hemmer explains how Limbaugh helped pave the way for Fox News, OAN, and Newsmax. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn...
Wednesday 17 February 2021 : President Biden says he wants to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies, so why are some of them still in effect? The El Paso...
Wednesday 17 February 2021 : Democrats made a strong case against Donald Trump. Republicans are being punished for supporting it. Vox’s Zack Beauchamp...
Saturday 13 February 2021 : The movement to liberate Britney Spears from her conservatorship may not succeed, but it’s revealing a lot about how we treat young women....
Thursday 11 February 2021 : Sen. Mitt Romney wants to throw money at parents, Andrew Yang-style. President Biden is into it, too. Vox’s Dylan Matthews...
Wednesday 10 February 2021 : Poorer countries have received less than 1 percent of the Covid-19 vaccines distributed around the world. Vox’s Julia Belluz explains what...
Wednesday 10 February 2021 : Poorer countries have received less than 1 percent of the Covid-19 vaccines distributed around the world. Vox’s Julia Belluz explains what...
Tuesday 09 February 2021 : A quarter-century after it was signed, Section 230, the law that made the modern internet, has done the impossible: united Democrats and...
Tuesday 09 February 2021 : Vox’s Andrew Prokop previews the historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Law professor Alan Rozenshtein...
Tuesday 09 February 2021 : Vox’s Andrew Prokop previews the historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Law professor Alan Rozenshtein...
Friday 05 February 2021 : The Senate voted on more than 40 pieces of legislation overnight. Vox’s Li Zhou explains what the “vote-a-rama” means for President...
Thursday 04 February 2021 : Ten years ago, a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire and set off a revolution across the Middle East and North Africa. The...
Wednesday 03 February 2021 : Vox’s Aaron Rupar explains why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has likened a fellow Republican’s views to cancer. And New York...
Wednesday 03 February 2021 : Vox’s Aaron Rupar explains why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has likened a fellow Republican’s views to cancer. And New York...
Today, Explained
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The Bachelor meets reality
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Beset by controversy, The Bachelor’s latest season is winding down with an identity crisis. It’s a rare case of reality TV reflecting...
The surge of anti-Asian violence
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The United States is stumbling through two racial reckonings at once. Author Jeff Chang says it’s an inflection point centuries in the...
Manchin in the middle
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Joe Biden won the presidency, but it’s Joe Manchin from West Virginia who seems to be the decider. The Charleston Gazette-Mail’s Joe...
The $15 dream
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Washington’s hottest policy fight is over raising the minimum wage to $15. Emily Stewart explains the Democrats’ effort to get it...
How acid trips led to better policing
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Thirty years ago, Eugene, Oregon, figured out an alternative to the police. They called it CAHOOTS. Seriously. Transcript at...
Canceling Keystone XL
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President Biden finally wants to put the Keystone XL pipeline to bed. But if the last 12 years of environmental fights are any indication,...
The case for Covid-19 optimism
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Vox’s German Lopez explains why he feels optimistic about the end of the pandemic even though 500,000 Americans have died, the virus is...
A tale of two governors
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Andrew Cuomo and Gavin Newsom were hailed for their leadership early on in the pandemic. Now, the former is mired in scandal and the latter...
Stimu-less
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What’s taking so long? What’s happening with those $1,400 checks? Are the Democrats betraying the people who voted for them? Vox’s Li...
Googliath
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Australia just reined in Google. Dozens of other countries want in on the action. The latest season of Land of the Giants explains how two...
A tough week for Texas
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First it was brutal winter weather, power outages followed, and then came a poorly timed trip to Cancun. Texas Public Radio’s Joey...
Rush Limbaugh’s legacy
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Author Nicole Hemmer explains how Limbaugh helped pave the way for Fox News, OAN, and Newsmax. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn...
Biden at the border
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President Biden says he wants to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies, so why are some of them still in effect? The El Paso...
57-43
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Democrats made a strong case against Donald Trump. Republicans are being punished for supporting it. Vox’s Zack Beauchamp...
#FreeBritney
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The movement to liberate Britney Spears from her conservatorship may not succeed, but it’s revealing a lot about how we treat young women....
The Republican(!) plan to give parents money
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Sen. Mitt Romney wants to throw money at parents, Andrew Yang-style. President Biden is into it, too. Vox’s Dylan Matthews...
Vaccine hoarding
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Poorer countries have received less than 1 percent of the Covid-19 vaccines distributed around the world. Vox’s Julia Belluz explains what...
Vaccine hoarding
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Poorer countries have received less than 1 percent of the Covid-19 vaccines distributed around the world. Vox’s Julia Belluz explains what...
26 Words
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A quarter-century after it was signed, Section 230, the law that made the modern internet, has done the impossible: united Democrats and...
Capitol punishment
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Vox’s Andrew Prokop previews the historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Law professor Alan Rozenshtein...
Capitol punishment
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Vox’s Andrew Prokop previews the historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Law professor Alan Rozenshtein...
The Senate’s $1.9 trillion all-nighter
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The Senate voted on more than 40 pieces of legislation overnight. Vox’s Li Zhou explains what the “vote-a-rama” means for President...
The Arab Spring, 10 years later
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Ten years ago, a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire and set off a revolution across the Middle East and North Africa. The...
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “loony lies”
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Vox’s Aaron Rupar explains why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has likened a fellow Republican’s views to cancer. And New York...
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “loony lies”
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Vox’s Aaron Rupar explains why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has likened a fellow Republican’s views to cancer. And New York...
