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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…We’re trusting it anyway

Episode Date: September 4, 2023

Tech companies are racing to make new, transformative AI tools, with little to no safeguards in place. This is the second episode of “The Black Box,”...

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China’s young and restless

Episode Date: August 28, 2023

China’s ambitious youth planned to cash in on their country’s meteoric rise on the world stage. Instead, many of these 20-somethings are disillusioned...

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America is so Messi

Episode Date: August 25, 2023

With Lionel Messi, footy may have finally arrived in the United States. The Athletic’s Tom Bogert and Men in Blazers founder Roger Bennett explain how...

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Death of a Hot Dog Salesman

Episode Date: August 24, 2023

Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, the caterer-turned-warlord who recently attempted to overthrow Russia’s government, has apparently died in a p...

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The other eight debate

Episode Date: August 23, 2023

Fox News desperately wants you to watch tonight’s Republican presidential debate. The Washington Post’s Erik Wemple explains why, and Vox’s Christian...

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Back to school loans

Episode Date: August 22, 2023

President Biden can’t stop, won’t stop trying to forgive student debt, even as borrowers are shortly expected to resume payments. The Washington Post’...

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After the Green Rush

Episode Date: August 18, 2023

Adelanto, California, was broke. Could legalizing marijuana cultivation offer a fix? Reporter David Weinberg’s podcast Dreamtown details how the path...

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RoboCab

Episode Date: August 17, 2023

The San Francisco Standard’s Liz Lindqwister reports from San Francisco, where people are flipping her off for hailing rides in robotaxis. The Verge’s...

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Why Maui burned

Episode Date: August 15, 2023

Hawaii’s landscape has been rapidly changing for the last 200 years thanks to plantations, tourism, and climate change. A reporter and climatologist e...

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A postpartum pill

Episode Date: August 14, 2023

The FDA’s approval of a new pill that treats postpartum depression could be yet another signal that we are living in a golden age of medicine. This ep...

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Suing big food

Episode Date: August 11, 2023

Tostitos chips without real lime. Root beer made with fake vanilla. Instant mac and cheese that isn’t so instant. These products are among the hundred...

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The Rikers takeover

Episode Date: August 10, 2023

Today a federal judge hears arguments on whether New York City Mayor Eric Adams should be stripped of control of the jails on Rikers Island. Gothamist...

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Shein trouble

Episode Date: August 9, 2023

The Chinese apparel company Shein is a favorite of Gen Z shoppers and the latest frontier in US-China tensions. Vogue Business editor Hilary Milnes ex...

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ESPN 4 SALE

Episode Date: August 8, 2023

Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company is looking for a “strategic partner” to invest in the massive sports network, which has been struggling in an era...