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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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Snow White and the Seven Controversies
Episode Date: March 21, 2025Disney’s new live action Snow White has a little something to upset everyone, from casting to Israel-Palestine to President Trump. Slate’s Nadira Goff...
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No kids on the block
Episode Date: March 20, 2025The pro-natalism movement argues that people need to have more babies. Some want to prevent economic implosion, others want to protect traditional fam...
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The autocrat's prison
Episode Date: March 19, 2025The US is deporting alleged members of the gang Trén de Aragua and paying El Salvador to house them in a mega-prison. But we don’t know if the deporte...
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Silencing the Voice of America
Episode Date: March 18, 2025President Donald Trump has ordered the federally funded broadcaster to be “eliminated.” Longtime VOA correspondent Steve Herman explains why it will b...
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An America First trap
Episode Date: March 17, 2025This isn’t the first time we’ve tried to go America First. The last time helped blow up the economy and our relationships with our allies. This episod...
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Did diversity ever work ... at work?
Episode Date: March 16, 2025There's a backlash against corporate DEI efforts, and it’s not just from the right. It's everywhere. What does that mean for employees? This episode w...
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What if we stopped shopping?
Episode Date: March 14, 2025Fed up with consumerism, Mia Westrap went a whole year without buying unnecessary stuff. She went viral, and so did her goal. Now, the Buy Nothing mov...
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The man who helped kill DEI
Episode Date: March 13, 2025Policy in the second Trump administration is being driven by a small group of thinkers from the online right. We talk to one of them about how he got...
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Deporting Mahmoud Khalil
Episode Date: March 12, 2025The Trump administration has fallen short of its promise to deport millions. The White House now seems focused on attention-grabbing arrests, includin...
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A Walz to Remember
Episode Date: March 10, 2025Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sat down with Sean Rameswaram over the weekend at SXSW in Austin, Texas, to talk about 2024, 2025, and what might help his par...
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Why does dating suck for guys?
Episode Date: March 9, 2025The rules of romance have changed, and many young men feel they can't keep up. We get some tips from a Texas men's relationship coach. This episode wa...
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Whey too much protein
Episode Date: March 7, 2025Added protein really seems to be in all the food lately. Reporter Chris Gayomali says to thank environmental regulations, GLP-1s, and Arnold Schwarzen...
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The Zizian "death cult"
Episode Date: March 6, 2025Journalist Max Read explains how a bunch of Silicon Valley computer scientists spun into a cult accused of killings. This episode was produced by Aman...
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Serving your country while trans
Episode Date: March 5, 2025Sam Rodriguez is on active duty in the US Navy. They are also trans. Now, the Trump administration wants to remove them from the US military. This epi...
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Breaking up with Ukraine
Episode Date: March 4, 2025Why the humiliation of Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds a twisted appeal for Trump's core supporters. And what Europe plans to do about it. This episode was...
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The Gulf of America?
Episode Date: March 3, 2025What started as a liberal joke is now a MAGA reality. Just check your map app. But it’s not just Google, Apple, and Microsoft falling in line. This ep...
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The messiest Oscars category
Episode Date: February 28, 2025The Seed of the Sacred Fig was (secretly) shot in Iran with Iranian actors and an Iranian director. But it’s Germany’s submission for Best Internation...
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Is flying still safe?
Episode Date: February 27, 2025Recent airplane crashes and near misses have everyone freaked out, just as DOGE is laying off workers at the agency charged with keeping people safe i...