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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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A tough week for Texas
Episode Date: February 20, 2021First 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...
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Rush Limbaugh’s legacy
Episode Date: February 19, 2021Author Nicole Hemmer explains how Limbaugh helped pave the way for Fox News, OAN, and Newsmax. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about...
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Biden at the border
Episode Date: February 17, 2021President Biden says he wants to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies, so why are some of them still in effect? The El Paso Times’s Lauren Vill...
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#FreeBritney
Episode Date: February 13, 2021The movement to liberate Britney Spears from her conservatorship may not succeed, but it’s revealing a lot about how we treat young women. Vox’s Const...
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The Republican(!) plan to give parents money
Episode Date: February 11, 2021Sen. Mitt Romney wants to throw money at parents, Andrew Yang-style. President Biden is into it, too. Vox’s Dylan Matthews explains. Transcript at vox...
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Vaccine hoarding
Episode Date: February 10, 2021Poorer countries have received less than 1 percent of the Covid-19 vaccines distributed around the world. Vox’s Julia Belluz explains what the WHO is...
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Capitol punishment
Episode Date: February 9, 2021Vox’s Andrew Prokop previews the historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Law professor Alan Rozenshtein explains what the...
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The Senate’s $1.9 trillion all-nighter
Episode Date: February 5, 2021The Senate voted on more than 40 pieces of legislation overnight. Vox’s Li Zhou explains what the “vote-a-rama” means for President Biden’s agenda. Tr...
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The Arab Spring, 10 years later
Episode Date: February 4, 2021Ten years ago, a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire and set off a revolution across the Middle East and North Africa. The Independent’s Borzou...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “loony lies”
Episode Date: February 3, 2021Vox’s Aaron Rupar explains why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has likened a fellow Republican’s views to cancer. And New York magazine’s Olivi...
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The coup in Myanmar
Episode Date: February 2, 2021Some would say the military has always been in control of Myanmar. On Monday morning, they made it official once again. Transcript at vox.com/todayexp...
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Introducing Chicano Squad
Episode Date: February 1, 2021After the 1977 murder of a young Latino man, the Houston Police Department created a team of five young Latino officers to solve homicides in their co...
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Biden’s latest 13 actions (in 13 minutes)
Episode Date: January 30, 2021And whether or not any of it will last beyond his presidency. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...
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The military’s far-right problem
Episode Date: January 27, 2021Sen. Tammy Duckworth wants the military to do a better job of rooting out extremism in its ranks. A military investigator explains how to solve a deca...
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Coronavirus, 365 days later
Episode Date: January 26, 2021One year after our first episode on the novel coronavirus, Vox’s Julia Belluz explains what we got right, what we got wrong, and what comes next. Tran...
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Marianne Williamson on healing America’s soul
Episode Date: January 25, 2021Marianne Williamson was applauded as well as ridiculed on the presidential debate stage when she warned of the “dark psychic forces of collectivized h...