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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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"Send her back"
Episode Date: July 18, 2019An ugly, racist week in America came to a head last night with a chant at a Trump rally. The Atlantic’s Adam Serwer says this is a defining moment for...
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How to solve the asylum crisis
Episode Date: July 17, 2019On Tuesday, the Trump administration dramatically changed the rules governing asylum. A scholar who has helped shape US immigration policy since the 1...
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The Prince of Blackwater
Episode Date: July 16, 2019Betsy DeVos’s baby brother made a name for himself running one of America's top mercenary companies. The Intercept's Matthew Cole explains how Blackwa...
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What raids?
Episode Date: July 15, 2019Immigrant communities across the United States spent the weekend on edge awaiting so-called "ICE raids." Reporter Tal Kopan explains what happened and...
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Don't stop, make it pop
Episode Date: July 12, 2019Your favorite young person’s favorite app is TikTok. Vox’s Rebecca Jennings has been spending too much time trying to understand it. Learn more about...
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The government will sleep in your bed
Episode Date: July 11, 2019This week, 22 UN ambassadors condemned China for detaining at least a million ethnic Uighurs in “reeducation camps.” After Gulchehra Hoja, a Uighur jo...
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A preexisting debate
Episode Date: July 10, 2019Obamacare is back in court. Vox’s Li Zhou explains how the healthcare bill might finally meet its maker and Ezra Klein explains why that might be grea...
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The renegade general
Episode Date: July 9, 2019Libya’s ongoing civil war has escalated into one of its bloodiest moments yet—the bombing of a migrant detention center in Tripoli. Analyst Anas El Go...
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Switch to Mitch
Episode Date: July 8, 2019In the first Democratic debates, candidates seemed to be running against a powerful Republican who arrived long before Trump and will likely outlast h...
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Know your enemy (Part II)
Episode Date: July 5, 2019When people see Deeyah Khan's documentary about white supremacists they tell her, "The real problem is jihad. You should spend time with jihadists." S...
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Know your enemy (Part I)
Episode Date: July 3, 2019Documentary filmmaker Deeyah Khan grew tired of receiving death threats from white supremacists so she traveled to a Detroit motel to meet up with one...
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Equal pay is the goooooaaaaaallllllllll!
Episode Date: July 2, 2019Team USA is having quite the World Cup, but the women made headlines even before the tournament started by suing the United States Soccer Federation....
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40 acres and a bill
Episode Date: July 1, 2019Slavery reparations were once an untouchable idea in American politics, but now presidential candidates openly support it. And for the first time ever...
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Two days, Explained
Episode Date: June 28, 2019Twenty Democratic candidates. Two debates. Some awkward Spanish. Vox’s Ella Nilsen hits the highlights and Ezra Klein explains why Democrats should be...
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Supreme Count
Episode Date: June 27, 2019The Supreme Court dropped two doozies today. NPR’s Hansi Lo Wang details a ruling on the 2020 census before Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains how the Court...
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"Safe and sanitary"
Episode Date: June 26, 2019The Senate passed $4.6 billion in emergency aid for the crisis at the southwestern border today. Last night, the House passed its own version. Aid wil...
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Republicans on the run
Episode Date: June 25, 2019A landmark cap-and-trade bill in Oregon is on life support after Republicans fled the state to avoid voting on it. Learn more about your ad choices. V...
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The rise and fall of R. Kelly
Episode Date: June 24, 2019R. Kelly is facing new criminal charges, as well as investigations that involve the IRS, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security. Jim DeRogat...
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Never forget
Episode Date: June 21, 2019The 9/11 first responders and Jon Stewart are fighting Congress for what they hope is the last time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...