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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Is DEI DOA?

Episode Date: November 3, 2023

The lawyer behind the Supreme Court case that overturned affirmative action in university admissions has a new target: a small venture capital firm th...

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The view from Israel

Episode Date: November 2, 2023

Israelis overwhelmingly disapprove of their government’s handling of the October 7 attacks, but their desire for unity keeps Prime Minister Benjamin N...

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The law that broke immigration

Episode Date: November 1, 2023

Supporters of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act pledged it wouldn’t radically change immigration. David Leonhardt, author of Ours Was the Shini...

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Pope friction

Episode Date: October 31, 2023

The Pope, his bishops, and some women walk into the Vatican. The National Catholic Reporter’s Joshua McElwee explains what happens next. This episode...

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Gaza’s humanitarian crisis

Episode Date: October 30, 2023

Cut off from water and power and recovering from a communications blackout, Gaza is plunged deeper into crisis. It’s not just a humanitarian problem,...

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New Dork City

Episode Date: October 26, 2023

Silicon Valley billionaires are battling local residents over plans to build a whole new city in California, part of a global trend of wealthy investo...

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Trump, gagged

Episode Date: October 24, 2023

The most indicted president in history has judges grappling with how to balance the right to free speech against his history of targeting perceived en...

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Hearts, minds, and likes

Episode Date: October 23, 2023

False information about what is happening in Israel and Gaza is taking over social media faster than journalists like BBC Verify’s Shayan Sardarizadeh...

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Airbnbanned

Episode Date: October 20, 2023

To Airbnb, or not to Airbnb, that is the question. Wired’s Amanda Hoover and the Atlantic’s Kate Lindsay have the answers. This episode was produced b...

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Speakerless

Episode Date: October 19, 2023

Republicans made history when they ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and they continue to make history in their inability to replace him. Vox’s Andrew Pr...

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Biden goes to Israel

Episode Date: October 18, 2023

It’s been 11 days since Hamas attacked Israel, killing civilians and taking hostages. Israel’s retaliation has killed hundreds of Palestinians and cre...

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So I unelected an authoritarian

Episode Date: October 17, 2023

The outcome of Poland’s election surprised the world. Vox's Jen Kirby explains what happened, and Anna Grzymała-Busse of Stanford University looks at...

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How Palestinians view Hamas

Episode Date: October 16, 2023

The US along with Israel and many of its allies have long considered Hamas a terrorist group. Khaled Al-Hroub, a professor at Northwestern University...

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RFK goes rogue

Episode Date: October 12, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ditching his family’s party. David Freedlander explains how the candidate might have just gone from being a problem for the c...

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Driver’s license to kill

Episode Date: October 11, 2023

Across the country, traffic deaths are spiking. Vox’s Marin Cogan tells the tragic story of one grisly crash in Washington, DC, and we ask whether cha...