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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Vaccine hoarding

Episode Date: February 10, 2021

Poorer 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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26 Words

Episode Date: February 9, 2021

A quarter-century after it was signed, Section 230, the law that made the modern internet, has done the impossible: united Democrats and Republicans....

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Capitol punishment

Episode Date: February 9, 2021

Vox’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 Arab Spring, 10 years later

Episode Date: February 4, 2021

Ten 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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The coup in Myanmar

Episode Date: February 2, 2021

Some 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, 2021

After 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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GameStock

Episode Date: January 29, 2021

Vox’s Emily Stewart explains how GameStop’s stock jumped by 1,700 percent this month. Bloomberg’s Matt Levine ponders the purpose of the stock market....

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Coronavirus, 365 days later

Episode Date: January 26, 2021

One 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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Episode Date: January 21, 2021

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in today and got straight to work. Vox’s Laura McGann and Dylan Matthews explain what will be done immediately,...

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Abolish the lame-duck period?

Episode Date: January 19, 2021

America’s two-month lame-duck period gave supporters of the outgoing president ample time to plan a violent uprising. Vox’s Ian Millhiser argues the l...

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Okay, Google: unionize!

Episode Date: January 15, 2021

A very big tech company now has a very small union. Recode’s Shirin Ghaffary explains why highly paid workers in an anti-union industry still organize...