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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How Kamala wins

Episode Date: August 23, 2024

Noel closes out her week in Chicago with a recap of Kamala Harris’s speech. Political strategist Mike Podhorzer looks ahead. This episode was produced...

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Kamala's party

Episode Date: August 21, 2024

The Democrats call Black women the "backbone" of their party. We ask three Black women delegates in Chicago about making history, Gaza, and Black men...

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Dating sucks right now

Episode Date: August 16, 2024

But it doesn't have to. Myisha Battle, a sexologist and host of KCRW’s How's Your Sex Life?, tells us how to move beyond the apps. This episode was pr...

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The late, great Hannibal Lecter

Episode Date: August 15, 2024

Donald Trump keeps referencing the infamous fictional cannibal in his speeches. Intelligencer’s Margaret Hartmann attempts to explain why. This episod...

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So you toppled an autocrat

Episode Date: August 14, 2024

Bangladeshis are about to find out if a Nobel laureate can run their government better than a nepo baby. This episode was produced by Haleema Shah wit...

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The tech titans backing Trump

Episode Date: August 13, 2024

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are vying for Silicon Valley's support. Democrats typically get it. But Elon Musk threw his weight behind Trump in an i...

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ClassGPT

Episode Date: August 12, 2024

Students are returning to college campuses this month armed with generative AI tools. One professor who has banned them and one who has embraced them...

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A green medal for Paris?

Episode Date: August 9, 2024

Paris wanted this to be the greenest Olympics ever. We assess. This episode was produced by Denise Guerra, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by La...

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Ecstasy Therapy: Bad trip

Episode Date: August 8, 2024

A clinical trial for MDMA-assisted therapy showed promising results. But participants who say they suffered afterward allege their experiences aren’t...

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Riots in the UK

Episode Date: August 7, 2024

Disinformation after a knife attack in the UK transformed a local tragedy into nationwide upheaval. The Guardian's Robyn Vinter explains how it got to...

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It's Tim Walz

Episode Date: August 6, 2024

The governor of Minnesota is Kamala Harris’s running mate. Minnesota Public Radio’s Dana Ferguson and Vox’s Andrew Prokop explain the Democratic ticke...

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RIP Project 2025?

Episode Date: August 5, 2024

Project 2025 and J.D. Vance have brought fringe policies to the presidential campaign. Democrats are using both to label the Republican ticket "weird....

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Why we’re all populists now

Episode Date: July 30, 2024

Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and Kamala Harris all want to distance themselves from the inflation and bad vibes of President Biden’s economy. The Washing...

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Is your refrigerator running?

Episode Date: July 29, 2024

Fridges are our go-to way of storing food, but they’re not good for the planet or even good for a lot of our food. Gastropod’s Nicola Twilley, author...