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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It’s electric!

Episode Date: April 21, 2021

Norway has lapped the world in adopting electric vehicles. Vox’s Umair Irfan explains how the US might catch up. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained....

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The case for climate optimism

Episode Date: April 20, 2021

In 2019, David Wallace-Wells wrote a book called The Uninhabitable Earth. Just two years later, he’s feeling hopeful — thanks to the world’s biggest p...

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Peanut butter and jellyfish

Episode Date: April 19, 2021

And other items from the lunch menu of 2050. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

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America awaits a verdict

Episode Date: April 16, 2021

Arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin have wrapped after a brutal week for policing in America. Minnesota Public Radio’s Jon Collins shares his repo...

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The Echo Park eviction

Episode Date: April 15, 2021

The recent police crackdown on a tent camp in Los Angeles has left the city divided. One thing everyone agrees on is the dire need for lasting solutio...

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Gaetzgate

Episode Date: April 14, 2021

Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz’s sex scandal. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

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Johnson & Johnson & Problems

Episode Date: April 13, 2021

The US government is calling for an immediate pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccinations after six recipients (out of millions) developed blood clots. Pr...

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Vaccine passport, please

Episode Date: April 12, 2021

Recode’s Rebecca Heilweil explains how proving you got the shot became controversial. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad c...

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CICADAPOCALYPSE 2021

Episode Date: April 9, 2021

Or maybe, after listening to this episode, it’ll be more like CICADAPALOOZA! Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. V...

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KKK High

Episode Date: April 7, 2021

A group of students in Topeka, Kansas, discovered their high school was named after an exalted cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan. Then they tried to change...

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Hot Senate procedural news

Episode Date: April 6, 2021

On Monday night, the Senate parliamentarian gave Democrats an unprecedented blessing. Vox’s Ella Nilsen and Li Zhou explain what they might do with it...

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MLB to Georgia: You’re out!

Episode Date: April 6, 2021

Major League Baseball, Delta, and Coke are calling out Georgia for its new voting reforms, but some of these corporations were involved in crafting th...

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High crimes

Episode Date: April 1, 2021

New York is the latest state to legalize recreational marijuana, but President Joe Biden won’t budge. This means that it’s possible to become a billio...

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Making tennis a misdemeanor

Episode Date: March 30, 2021

More than half of US states are working to ban, or even criminalize, trans athletes playing sports. Vox contributor Katelyn Burns explains how conserv...

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Ship happens

Episode Date: March 29, 2021

After six days, a very big boat is finally afloat. While stuck, it brought international trade through the Suez Canal to a halt and cost companies bil...

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The original anti-vaxxer

Episode Date: March 26, 2021

When a Swedish American pastor refused to get a smallpox vaccine in 1902, he ended up in the United States Supreme Court. The Atlantic’s new podcast T...

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The end of minty cigarettes?

Episode Date: March 25, 2021

With Democrats in charge, there is a lot of talk about big ideas for the country, including … banning menthol cigarettes? Politico’s Sarah Owermohle e...