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School board brawl
Episode Date: November 3, 2021It's Election Day in the USA. This time around, the nasty political fights and insurrections are going local. NPR's Anya Kamenetz explains. Today’s sh...
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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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For whom the door bells
Episode Date: November 1, 2021While the doorbell recovers from Halloween, Nice Try explains how it’s an essential part of the American dream. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained S...
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The Future of Work: “I quit!”
Episode Date: October 29, 2021There are millions of job openings in America, and millions of Americans are still not able to find work that suits. In the first part of our series,...
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Facebook’s Meta-morphosis
Episode Date: October 28, 2021From the company that brought you alternate facts comes an alternate reality! Today’s show was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, enginee...
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Chappelle's Show(down with the trans community)
Episode Date: October 27, 2021Vox's Aja Romano explains how Dave Chappelle's latest standup special led to a reckoning at Netflix. Vulture's Craig Jenkins assesses whether there's...
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The Alec Baldwin shooting
Episode Date: October 26, 2021Variety’s Brent Lang explains how cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died on the Rust film set—and how the tragic shooting might catalyze positive change...
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Ruthless County, Tennessee
Episode Date: October 25, 2021For 11 years, a Tennessee judge sent kids to jail for a crime that doesn’t exist. Nashville Public Radio’s Meribah Knight explains why that judge is s...
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The Supreme Court’s legitimacy crisis
Episode Date: October 22, 2021Since the Supreme Court’s "shadow docket" decision to allow the Texas abortion ban to go into effect, a growing chorus of politicians and legal expert...
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Steve Bannon in contempt
Episode Date: October 21, 2021The House is holding Steve Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena as part of its January 6 investigation. Journalist Andrea Be...
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Out of stock
Episode Date: October 20, 2021All I want for Christmas is a functional supply chain. Today’s show was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro,...
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What does Kyrsten Sinema want?
Episode Date: October 19, 2021Tim Murphy from Mother Jones explains how Sen. Kyrsten Sinema went from a left-wing activist to a Biden obstructionist. Today’s show was produced by W...
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Iran’s hostage industrial complex
Episode Date: October 18, 2021Iran is entering its fifth decade of taking hostages. One who made it out tells his story. Today’s show was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by...
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How the iPhone changed everything
Episode Date: October 15, 2021In 2007, Steve Jobs introduced a product that would change our lives forever. The new season of Land of the Giants explores “The Apple Revolution.” Tr...
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How Squid Game won Netflix
Episode Date: October 14, 2021And 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, 2021Vox’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, 2021Body 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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The Fyre Festival of vaccine rollouts
Episode Date: October 8, 2021The city of Philadelphia put an opportunistic 22-year-old in charge of its vaccine rollout. Nina Feldman of WHYY’s Half Vaxxed podcast explains how it...
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A vaccine for malaria
Episode Date: October 7, 2021But 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, 2021An 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, 2021Facebook kicked off the week with an outage and followed that up today with a whistleblower testifying before Congress. The Wall Street Journal’s Jeff...