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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Table for 10 billion, please

Episode Date: April 7, 2023

Feeding the world’s growing population is an increasingly difficult challenge, and climate change won’t make it any easier. Vox’s Kenny Torrella visit...

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Uncle Sam really wants you

Episode Date: April 6, 2023

The US military faces its worst recruiting crisis since the draft ended in 1973. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth — aware of the military’s rep...

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Should you carry Narcan?

Episode Date: April 5, 2023

The drug that brings people overdosing on opioids back from the brink of death in minutes just got approved for over-the-counter use. The Wall Street...

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City Limits: Blame the mayor

Episode Date: April 4, 2023

Chicagoans feel unsafe, and many blame Mayor Lori Lightfoot. The two Democrats on the ballot to replace her have starkly different views on what the c...

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City Limits: Crime vibes

Episode Date: April 3, 2023

Americans aren’t going downtown like they used to, and a lot of them say it’s because they don’t feel safe there. Today, Explained got the data to unt...

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Florida man indicted

Episode Date: March 31, 2023

Donald Trump is the first US president to be indicted. Now what? Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains. This episode was produced by Haleema Shah and Amanda Le...

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The fake nation of Kailasa

Episode Date: March 30, 2023

Newark officials rescinded a sister city agreement with the United States of Kailasa after finding out it wasn’t actually a real place. Reporter Sushm...

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How an AI pope pic fooled us

Episode Date: March 29, 2023

An AI-generated image of Cool Pope in immaculate drip went viral over the weekend and most everyone thought it was real. The Verge’s James Vincent exp...

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The Israeli-Israeli conflict

Episode Date: March 28, 2023

Far-right judicial reforms have inspired what might be the largest protests in the history of Israel. If adopted, the reforms could spell the end of d...

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A tents standoff at the VA

Episode Date: March 22, 2023

When the Veterans Administration failed to build the homes it promised, unhoused vets built a tent city across the street — in one of the wealthiest n...

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The US is obsessed with China

Episode Date: March 21, 2023

There’s rare bipartisan consensus in Washington: China is a threat to be countered. Cornell professor Jessica Chen Weiss says the American approach co...

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7,300 days

Episode Date: March 20, 2023

The war in Iraq has been declared over by nearly every president since the one who started it 20 years ago today. But it’s still not done. At SXSW in...

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The “Lean In” era is over

Episode Date: March 16, 2023

Execs like YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki and Meta’s Sheryl Sandberg paved the way for women in tech. Now they’re leaving the industry — and being replaced...

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The kids defying family court

Episode Date: March 14, 2023

Two siblings in Utah are defying a court order to reunite with their father, who they allege abused them. ProPublica’s Hannah Dreyfus explains a contr...

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Silicon Valley Bank goes bust

Episode Date: March 13, 2023

SVB’s collapse is the biggest bank failure since 2008. Insider’s Ben Bergman explains why the bank collapsed, why the Biden administration intervened,...