Today, Explained

Today, Explained is Vox's daily news explainer podcast. Hosts Sean Rameswaram and Noel King will guide you through the most important stories of the day. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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Columbia’s free-speech fight

Episode Date: April 24, 2024

Daily Spectator news editor Sarah Huddleston reports on the protests at her university. AAUP President Irene Mulvey explains the stakes for campus fre...

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Florida man wants immunity

Episode Date: April 23, 2024

You can beat the heat if you beat the charges too. Vox’s Ian Millhiser previews the Donald Trump immunity case going before the Supreme Court this wee...

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Feeling Bluey

Episode Date: April 19, 2024

Bluey delights children and reduces their grown-ups to tears. But the latest episode has fans young and old wondering whether the ride is coming to an...

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Why Iran attacked Israel

Episode Date: April 15, 2024

The Economist’s Gregg Carlstrom explains. Jerusalem-based journalist Noga Tarnopolsky explores whether the unprecedented attack hurts or helps Benjami...

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Speaker Johnson's next test

Episode Date: April 11, 2024

Congress is back in session and the House speakership is once again on the line. The New Yorker’s David Kirkpatrick explains how Mike Johnson got the...

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Prosecuting parents

Episode Date: April 10, 2024

The Oxford, Michigan, school shooter's parents will serve up to 15 years in prison. Jennifer and James Crumbley are the first parents held criminally...

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The man with a pig kidney

Episode Date: April 9, 2024

A pig’s kidney was just transplanted into a human. But Vox’s Dylan Matthews says we shouldn't need the pigs. This episode was produced by Victoria Cha...

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Is college still worth it?

Episode Date: April 8, 2024

More and more Americans feel like college isn’t a good deal anymore. One state thinks it’s found a way to turn things around. This episode was reporte...

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The Sephora kids

Episode Date: April 5, 2024

Tweens are shopping for trendy, expensive skincare products. Gen Z worries it’s “aging like milk.” Are today’s young people too afraid of looking old?...

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Project 2025

Episode Date: April 3, 2024

Donald Trump arrived at the White House in 2017 without a lot of plans to actually govern. The conservative Heritage Foundation wants to make sure tha...

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Making taxes less taxing

Episode Date: April 1, 2024

The IRS finally has a brand-new, totally free tax-filing software for you. But not everyone’s excited about it. This episode was produced by Victoria...

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The kids are all home

Episode Date: March 29, 2024

Living with your parents is so hot right now, with more adults doing it now than at any other time in the modern era. First, we hang out with a member...

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Buy a house? In this economy?

Episode Date: March 28, 2024

Home affordability hasn’t been this bad in decades. Wall Street Journal housing reporter Nicole Friedman explains the economic forces shaping the mark...