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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Stone free

Episode Date: July 13, 2020

President Trump commuted Roger Stone’s sentence in what Vox’s Andrew Prokop says is a particularly troubling variety of political corruption. Transcri...

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Supreme Tax Court

Episode Date: July 9, 2020

The Supreme Court issued its remaining decisions today for the 2020 term, including the biggie: Trump’s tax returns. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplai...

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Netflix has no chill

Episode Date: July 6, 2020

Netflix grew so popular during lockdown, it almost broke the internet. Land of the Giants: The Netflix Effect explains how the company has upended tec...

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A bounty on American troops

Episode Date: July 1, 2020

Russia allegedly paid the Taliban to attack US soldiers in Afghanistan. But President Trump’s response may be the real scandal. Transcript at vox.com/...

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Helicopter policing

Episode Date: June 30, 2020

Police across the country have responded to recent protests with military tactics and equipment. The Washington Post’s Alex Horton investigated how tw...

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Lockdown, reopen, repeat

Episode Date: June 29, 2020

Hospitals are stretched to their breaking point in Texas, Arizona, and other states where Covid-19 cases are rising sharply. Vox’s Dylan Scott says th...

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Justice for Breonna Taylor

Episode Date: June 26, 2020

There hasn’t been an arrest in the case in the three months since police shot and killed Taylor in her home in Louisville, Kentucky. But now the “Just...

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Black Lives Matter is working

Episode Date: June 25, 2020

America is undergoing a new racial reckoning. The Atlantic’s Adam Serwer explains why this time is different. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Le...

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A world without bail?

Episode Date: June 23, 2020

With the wave of protests came waves of arrests and record-breaking donations to bail funds across the US, but reformers hope for a reckoning of one o...

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How not to fire someone

Episode Date: June 22, 2020

Attorney General William Barr tried to quietly push out the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan on Friday night. Then everybody noticed. Transcript at...

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Celebrate Juneteenth!

Episode Date: June 19, 2020

The celebration of emancipation is as vital today as ever. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...

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A good day for DREAMers

Episode Date: June 18, 2020

In a major decision from the Supreme Court, DACA lives to fight another day. But it's not in the clear yet. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.  Lea...

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The return of sports

Episode Date: June 17, 2020

There are two ways to do it: safely or not so safely. Guess which one we’re heading toward in the United States? Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained....

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Welcome to CHAZ

Episode Date: June 16, 2020

Some are calling six blocks of a Seattle neighborhood the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. KUOW’s Casey Martin spent a week within its loosely guarded wa...

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A landmark LGBTQ ruling

Episode Date: June 15, 2020

The Supreme Court of the United States has decided the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender ident...