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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Another bite at the Apple

Episode Date: September 15, 2021

A California judge weighed in on whether Apple has a monopoly. NPR’s Bobby Allyn unpacks the ruling. Sen. Amy Klobuchar explains why she wants the gov...

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Biden’s second shot

Episode Date: September 14, 2021

President Joe Biden is taking a new approach to fight the pandemic. Former acting CDC director Richard Besser explains the vaccine mandates and the bo...

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The ghost of Jeffrey Epstein

Episode Date: September 13, 2021

Jeffrey Epstein has been dead for over two years, but his crimes and mysterious death still haunt his victims and friends. The Miami Herald’s Julie K....

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The Jessica simulation

Episode Date: September 10, 2021

A love story between a person who's alive and a person who is dead, told by the San Francisco Chronicle's Jason Fagone. Today’s show was produced by M...

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Horse paste?

Episode Date: September 8, 2021

Neigh! Today’s show was produced by Will Reid with help from Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura...

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The cost of 9/11

Episode Date: September 7, 2021

The Department of Defense tracks how much US wars cost, but last week President Biden cited instead accounting from the Costs of War Project at Brown...

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The four-day workweek

Episode Date: September 2, 2021

The pandemic has changed how we think about work. Vox’s Anna North says it might be time to change how much we work, too. Today’s show was produced by...

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The Texas abortion law

Episode Date: September 1, 2021

Texas didn't just make it almost impossible to get an abortion, the state made it easy to sue somebody who gets one after about six weeks of pregnancy...

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After the Afghan evacuation

Episode Date: August 31, 2021

The United States’ 20-year war in Afghanistan is officially over. Vox’s Nicole Narea explains what’s next for the more than 100,000 refugees evacuated...

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Recallifornia

Episode Date: August 30, 2021

California could elect a Republican governor in a few weeks. KPCC reporter Libby Denkmann explains how. And the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law...

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ISIS-K

Episode Date: August 27, 2021

The attack outside the Kabul airport on Thursday was perpetrated by an extremist group that doesn't think the Taliban is extreme enough. This episode...

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Jeopardy!

Episode Date: August 26, 2021

I’ll take public scandal for $1000. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checke...

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Fleeing Afghanistan

Episode Date: August 25, 2021

The Afghan refugee crisis started long before the US withdrawal. Al Jazeera English correspondent Ali Latifi explains from Kabul. This episode was pro...

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Booster shots

Episode Date: August 24, 2021

Vox’s Umair Irfan explains why you might need one. The Atlantic’s Sarah Zhang says the coronavirus is here forever, but ultimately, it might not be so...

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Addicted and alone

Episode Date: August 23, 2021

The pandemic wiped out the slow but steady progress America had been making against another deadly disease: opioid addiction. The Washington Post’s Pe...

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How to forgive

Episode Date: August 20, 2021

In this episode of Vox Conversations, the Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig shares forgiveness strategies built for unforgiving times. Transcript at vox.co...

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Taliban 2.0

Episode Date: August 19, 2021

The Taliban last controlled Afghanistan 20 years ago. They may be more pragmatic now, but their ideology hasn’t changed. Transcript at vox.com/todayex...

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Back-to-back crises in Haiti

Episode Date: August 17, 2021

An assassination followed by an earthquake followed by a tropical storm strike a country where aid organizations often have more influence than Haitia...