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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How Squid Game won Netflix

Episode Date: October 14, 2021

And whether the show’s message is being lost in the shuffle. Today’s show was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Sha...

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Covid little pill

Episode Date: October 13, 2021

Vox’s Umair Irfan explains how a new pill that might soon be authorized by the FDA could fill major gaps in treating Covid-19. Today’s show was produc...

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Why body cameras don’t work

Episode Date: October 12, 2021

Body cameras were supposed to bring greater transparency to law enforcement. The case of Ronald Greene suggests police departments are still learning...

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A vaccine for malaria

Episode Date: October 7, 2021

But also, should we kill all the mosquitoes? Today’s show was produced by Will Reid with help from Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by...

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Drill, baby, drill

Episode Date: October 6, 2021

An energy expert explains why offshore oil spills keep happening and whether they’ll ever stop. Today’s show was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edit...

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The Facebook whistleblower

Episode Date: October 5, 2021

Facebook kicked off the week with an outage and followed that up today with a whistleblower testifying before Congress. The Wall Street Journal’s Jeff...

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How do you do, fellow kids?

Episode Date: October 4, 2021

School’s been back for a month. Today, Explained spent a month checking in with Cramer Hill Elementary to find out how it’s going. Today’s show was pr...

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The $5,000 butt

Episode Date: October 1, 2021

The Brazilian butt lift isn’t just a cosmetic surgery; it’s a lifestyle. Vox’s Rebecca Jennings explains how influencers gave a decades-old procedure...

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Democrats play chicken

Episode Date: September 28, 2021

Moderates and progressives are threatening to vote down different parts of their own party’s agenda, all while a government shutdown looms. Vox’s Li Z...

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Why is Guantanamo still open?

Episode Date: September 27, 2021

A former Defense Department adviser says President Biden might succeed where President Obama failed, and the man formerly known as “Detainee 441” spea...

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Free college for everyone!

Episode Date: September 24, 2021

President Biden wants to give Americans four more years of free school: two years of pre-K and two of community college. In a two-part series, Today,...

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The cost of free preschool

Episode Date: September 23, 2021

President Biden wants to give Americans four more years of free school: two years of pre-K and two of community college. In a two-part series, Today,...

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Haitians at the southern border

Episode Date: September 21, 2021

Vox’s Nicole Narea explains the latest border crisis, and Ayibopost’s Widlore Mérancourt documents deported Haitians’ return to Port-au-Prince. Today’...

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Zemari Ahmadi

Episode Date: September 17, 2021

A US drone strike in Afghanistan was meant to take out an ISIS-K target. Reporting on the ground shows an aid worker and several children were killed....

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Havana syndrome

Episode Date: September 16, 2021

The US military is redoubling its efforts to figure out what’s behind reports of mysterious sonic attacks. So is Vox’s Unexplainable podcast. Transcri...