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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Who gets to vote?

Episode Date: March 16, 2021

It’s a question the US has struggled with since its founding. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...

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Vaccines4Kids

Episode Date: March 15, 2021

President Biden says all adults will be eligible for a vaccine by May 1. But for the world to truly return to normal, young people will need shots, to...

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No one nose

Episode Date: March 12, 2021

Believe it or not, scientists still don’t know how the sense of smell works. But that isn’t stopping one guy at MIT from trying to reverse-engineer it...

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It’s been a year

Episode Date: March 11, 2021

The year in revue. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Biden’s Big F***ing Deal

Episode Date: March 10, 2021

President Biden’s American Rescue Plan has been approved by Congress. It’s a revolution in American welfare disguised as stimulus. Transcript at vox.c...

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You’re vaccinated. Now what?

Episode Date: March 9, 2021

New guidelines from the CDC for fully vaccinated people suggest it’s finally time to hug your grandparents. Dr. Kavita Patel explains the do’s and don...

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Alabama shakes up Amazon

Episode Date: March 8, 2021

Darryl Richardson, a worker at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, explains why he helped initiate a unionization effort that now has President...

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The Bachelor meets reality

Episode Date: March 5, 2021

Beset by controversy, The Bachelor’s latest season is winding down with an identity crisis. It’s a rare case of reality TV reflecting our cultural rea...

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Manchin in the middle

Episode Date: March 3, 2021

Joe Biden won the presidency, but it’s Joe Manchin from West Virginia who seems to be the decider. The Charleston Gazette-Mail’s Joe Severino shadowed...

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The $15 dream

Episode Date: March 2, 2021

Washington’s hottest policy fight is over raising the minimum wage to $15. Emily Stewart explains the Democrats’ effort to get it through Congress, an...

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Canceling Keystone XL

Episode Date: February 27, 2021

President Biden finally wants to put the Keystone XL pipeline to bed. But if the last 12 years of environmental fights are any indication, it won’t be...

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The case for Covid-19 optimism

Episode Date: February 25, 2021

Vox’s German Lopez explains why he feels optimistic about the end of the pandemic even though 500,000 Americans have died, the virus is mutating, and...

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A tale of two governors

Episode Date: February 24, 2021

Andrew Cuomo and Gavin Newsom were hailed for their leadership early on in the pandemic. Now, the former is mired in scandal and the latter is facing...

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Stimu-less

Episode Date: February 23, 2021

What’s taking so long? What’s happening with those $1,400 checks? Are the Democrats betraying the people who voted for them? Vox’s Li Zhou and Andrew...

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Googliath

Episode Date: February 22, 2021

Australia just reined in Google. Dozens of other countries want in on the action. The latest season of Land of the Giants explains how two grad studen...

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A tough week for Texas

Episode Date: February 20, 2021

First it was brutal winter weather, power outages followed, and then came a poorly timed trip to Cancun. Texas Public Radio’s Joey Palacios explains w...