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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Vacation ... all I ever wanted?

Episode Date: July 17, 2023

🎵 Now that I’m away, I wish I had stayed. 🎵 Vox’s Allie Volpe explains why travel feels like such a mess right now (and how to make it a bit better)...

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The Joshua Generation

Episode Date: July 14, 2023

A group of evangelical Christians raised their children to become influential in the White House, on Capitol Hill, and in the Supreme Court. Now, as a...

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Disaster unpreparedness

Episode Date: July 13, 2023

Vermont just got slammed with flash floods, road closures, and evacuations. Harvard’s Juliette Kayyem says the storm reveals how unprepared the US is...

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Can Threads unravel Twitter?

Episode Date: July 12, 2023

As Meta launches its Twitter competitor, The Verge’s David Pierce says that we are watching the end of the social internet in real time. This episode...

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NATO to Ukraine: Not yet

Episode Date: July 11, 2023

President Biden and other world leaders say it’s too dangerous to admit Ukraine into NATO while it’s at war with Russia. But, to the dismay of allies,...

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Where’s the beef?

Episode Date: July 7, 2023

A rancher in the Pacific Northwest scammed two companies out of $244 million. In this episode we first served in February, KUOW’s Anna King — host of...

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Excuseflation

Episode Date: July 6, 2023

Inflation happens for a lot of reasons that can be hard for even economists to fully grasp. But — as we learned this spring in an episode we’re rerunn...

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Even more forever chemicals

Episode Date: July 5, 2023

The chemical manufacturer 3M will pay $10 billion to settle claims it contaminated drinking water with “forever chemicals.” Good thing we already spok...

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Smokeshow

Episode Date: June 30, 2023

For the second time this month, huge sections of the US are blanketed by wildfire smoke. Vox’s Rebecca Leber and climate journalist Jeff Goodell say w...

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Mall cop nation

Episode Date: June 28, 2023

The three biggest private employers in North America are Walmart, Amazon, and a security firm you’ve maybe never heard of: Allied Universal. Time’s Al...

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Woke, woke, woke, woke, woke

Episode Date: June 27, 2023

How “woke” went from Marcus Garvey to Childish Gambino to Ron DeSantis. This episode was produced by Siona Peterous, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-che...

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OceanGate

Episode Date: June 23, 2023

Deep-sea explorer G. Michael Harris has been down to the wreck of the Titanic 14 times. He begged his friend PH Nargeolet not to get on the OceanGate...

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Dinner and a Modi

Episode Date: June 22, 2023

Despite US concerns over the decline of Indian democracy and human rights, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is getting a prestigious state dinner from the...

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Okla-home-a

Episode Date: June 21, 2023

A group in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will pay remote workers $10,000 to move there. Vox’s Rani Molla explains why the city is banking on a digital workforce —...

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Childproofing Pornhub

Episode Date: June 20, 2023

States want to restrict kids’ access to harmful content online via age verification systems. New York Times reporter Natasha Singer explains how a wav...

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How the Saudis bought pro golf

Episode Date: June 15, 2023

The PGA Tour wanted nothing to do with a rival Saudi-funded golf tour, but like Silicon Valley and the White House, it couldn’t resist the Kingdom’s i...