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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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Bombs in the mail
Episode Date: October 25, 2018America’s favorite Democrats are getting pipe bombs in the mail. Who even mails bombs anymore? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Kill the Treaty
Episode Date: October 24, 2018The Trump administration announced it’s throwing out a decades-old arms treaty with Russia. Arms control specialist Alexandra Bell explains why this n...
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What the transgender memo means
Episode Date: October 23, 2018A leaked Health and Human Services memo has left transgender Americans feeling like the Trump administration wants to define them out of existence. Do...
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We're gonna need a bigger vote
Episode Date: October 22, 2018A ballot initiative on November 6 might re-enfranchise over a million Floridians. Demetrius Jifunza explains what it would mean to regain the right to...
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FW: FW: FW: SECRETS TO BOOST YOUR METABOLISM
Episode Date: October 19, 2018Metabolism is one of the greatest mysteries of the human body. Vox’s Julia Belluz spends a day in a metabolic chamber and emerges with some answers. L...
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Consequences
Episode Date: October 18, 2018It is now almost certain that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered at the hands of the Saudi government. As more and more gruesome details...
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Affirmative reaction
Episode Date: October 17, 2018Harvard is on trial. A group of Asian Americans is facing off against the college in court, where it might dismantle the very affirmative action law t...
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Beto and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Episode Date: October 16, 2018Everything’s bigger in Texas, including a Senate race that feels more like a presidential one. Texas Monthly’s Eric Benson explains how Beto O’Rourke...
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Remember, remember the 6th of November
Episode Date: October 15, 2018Midterm elections are three weeks and a day away. Vox’s Dylan Scott says if you think the country's polarized, you ain't seen nothing yet. Learn more...
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The $629 Band-Aid
Episode Date: October 12, 2018Imagine a world where a Band-Aid costs $629. Bad news: you live in that world. Vox’s Sarah Kliff explains how American hospitals tack on “facility fee...
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Disappeared
Episode Date: October 11, 2018Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi visited the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last week, but he never left. Now, Turkish officials claim he was killed and...
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Earth is cancelled due to weather
Episode Date: October 10, 2018The United Nations now says the planet has 12 years to avoid catastrophic climate change. Vox’s Umair Irfan explores the options humanity has left. **...
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The death penalty and the gopher frog
Episode Date: October 8, 2018Brett Kavanaugh starts his new job tomorrow. The Washington Post’s Robert Barnes previews the Supreme Court’s new term and Vox’s Matthew Yglesias says...
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All my friends are robocalls
Episode Date: October 5, 2018Why even answer the phone anymore? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Kavanaugh report is here and no, you can't see it
Episode Date: October 4, 2018The FBI has finished its investigation of Brett Kavanaugh. Today, senators entered a highly secured room to review it. Learn more about your ad choice...
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How to run for president from a hospital bed
Episode Date: October 3, 2018One candidate was stabbed. Another is sitting in jail. His replacement was slapped with corruption charges. Just your friendly neighborhood candidates...
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Good news for Canadians who like milk
Episode Date: October 2, 2018The United States, Mexico, and Canada have a new trade deal. It’s called USMCA, or “the new NAFTA.” Vox’s Jen Kirby breaks it down before political sc...
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Internet fist fight
Episode Date: October 1, 2018California passed the strongest net neutrality law the country’s ever seen this weekend. The Department of Justice immediately sued. Who’s gonna win t...