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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Paging Dr. ChatBot

Episode Date: October 26, 2025

Patients and doctors both are turning to AI for help with diagnosing ailments and managing chronic issues. Should we trust it? This episode was produ...

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Can you sue ICE?

Episode Date: October 23, 2025

You can. And ICE's aggressive tactics are inviting legal challenges from protesters. But some recent court rulings will make it hard for them to win....

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A test of Trump's coalition

Episode Date: October 22, 2025

We visit New Jersey, where there are cracks emerging in Trump's gains with Latinos. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Peter Balonon-Rosen,...

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The "I love Hitler" group chat

Episode Date: October 21, 2025

When the private messages of Young Republican leaders leaked, it exposed an antisemitism problem that is dividing the GOP. And the online world that i...

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Is voting doomed?

Episode Date: October 15, 2025

The 1965 Voting Rights Act enfranchised millions of Black voters in the Jim Crow era. The Supreme Court may be about to decide it's no longer needed....

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When young adults get cancer

Episode Date: October 13, 2025

Getting a cancer diagnosis at any age is life changing. But when you’re in your 20s or 30s, it can feel like hitting the pause button on life. That’s...

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The campus resistance

Episode Date: October 10, 2025

In this special feed drop of On with Kara Swisher, Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber talks about standing up to Donald Trump and what free spe...

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Saudi Arabia is no joke

Episode Date: October 9, 2025

The Riyadh Comedy Festival was billed as “two weeks of laughs in the desert” but has comics asking, “At what cost?” This episode was produced by Hady...

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We're in our AI slop era

Episode Date: October 7, 2025

Meta just dropped Vibes and OpenAI just dropped Sora 2. Both social media platforms are filled with AI videos that warp our sense of reality. This ep...

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TrumpRx

Episode Date: October 6, 2025

President Trump wants to put his stamp on health care. But TrumpRx is no Obamacare. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger, edited by Jolie Mye...

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Is empathy toxic?

Episode Date: October 5, 2025

Society teaches us empathy is a good thing. But some are now saying the opposite, and science is complicating our assumptions too. This episode was p...