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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World Cup: They built this city

Episode Date: November 11, 2022

The people who built Qatar’s stadiums, hotels, and transit systems were employed under the country’s exploitative migrant worker system. Officials pro...

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A vaccine for RSV

Episode Date: November 10, 2022

A respiratory virus called RSV has a lot of kids in critical condition and hospitals overwhelmed. Vox public health reporter and epidemiologist Keren...

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No red wave

Episode Date: November 9, 2022

The midterms weren’t a clear victory for Republicans, and it’s still too early to know who’ll control Congress. Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains. This epi...

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What if you HAD to vote?

Episode Date: November 8, 2022

Midterm elections are a tough sell in the United States. Half of eligible voters show up in a good year. On Election Day, we’re revisiting an episode...

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World Cup: Welcome to Qatar!

Episode Date: November 4, 2022

Soccer is sometimes called “the second religion of the Arab World,” and Qatar is the region’s first country to host the World Cup. But FIFA’s pick of...

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Elon’s Twitter hell

Episode Date: November 3, 2022

Twitter is about to suck for you. But it’s going to suck for self-proclaimed “Chief Twit” Elon Musk too. Recode’s Shirin Ghaffary and The Verge’s Nila...

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The teen’s gambit

Episode Date: November 1, 2022

The chess world is in chaos after its top player accused 19-year-old Hans Niemann of using AI to cheat. Niemann is responding with a $100 million laws...

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Our annual Halloween hysteria

Episode Date: October 28, 2022

This year’s fear of rainbow fentanyl in kids’ trick-or-treat bags is just the latest unfounded Halloween candy freakout. But the yearly panic has its...

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Supermarket supermerger

Episode Date: October 27, 2022

Grocery story giants Kroger and Albertsons want to become one mega-company. The chains say merging will allow them to lower their prices, but antitrus...

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Teflon Ron

Episode Date: October 26, 2022

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has hit on a winning — if possibly unethical — campaign strategy: prosecuting people who accidentally committed voter fraud....

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A police sketch based on DNA

Episode Date: October 25, 2022

Earlier this month, police in Edmonton, Canada, released a sketch of a suspect. The issue is, no one knows what the suspect looks like. This episode w...

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Investigating women’s soccer

Episode Date: October 24, 2022

Allegations of misconduct have rocked US women’s soccer for the last year. The Athletic’s Steph Yang breaks down a new report on the degree to which l...

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Nikola (not Tesla)

Episode Date: October 21, 2022

The bombastic founder of an electric truck startup (no, not Elon) has been convicted for his role in his company’s “intricate fraud.” But even without...

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Truss fall

Episode Date: October 20, 2022

Liz Truss accomplished at least one thing in her 45 days as prime minister: She set a record for the shortest term in office. The Atlantic’s Tom McTag...