Today, Explained podcast
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. You can listen to it, and more Vox podcasts, here. Today, Explained is now available on public radio stations across the US. Today, Explained is now available on public radio stations across the US. For more daily news offerings, check out Vox's weekday newsletter.
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The Today, Explained team includes Miranda Kennedy, Amina Al-Sadi, Matt Collette, Haleema Shah, Victoria Chamberlin, Miles Bryan, Hady Mawajdeh, Patrick Boyd, Avishay Artsy, Amanda Lewellyn, Laura Bullard, Andrea Kristinsdottir, Peter Balonon-Rosen, and Rob Byers. The show is a production of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Ultimate fighting and the 2024 election's connections, explained
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Amid ever-increasing global outrage, the objectives in Israel's war are out of reach.
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Does the restaurant's bankruptcy signal rough seas ahead for casual dining chains?
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The crackdown on protesters at Columbia and elsewhere lays bare the challenge of balancing academic freedom with student safety.
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The historical discussion at the heart of Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Minnesota found a way to make college a good deal.
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Can’t buy, won’t sell: Today’s housing market, explained.
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A century of history of Black country music, explained by Alice Randall.
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Voices from a besieged Rafah.
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Why Taylor Swift, Drake, and Bad Bunny have been muted on TikTok dance videos.
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The world’s “coolest dictator,” Nayib Bukele, wins reelection.
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The economy did well under Trump the first time around. Here’s why some CEOs are worried about the sequel.
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Today, Explained digs into the stigma associated with a prostate cancer diagnosis like Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s, and the fear many men have of the exam itself.
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Three years after demands for police reform, police are solving fewer crimes. What happened?
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With the world focused on Gaza, Israeli settlers and soldiers are increasing attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.
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What’s behind the politics shift in the United States around Israel and Palestine — and how it might affect the 2024 presidential race.
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Why the UK is banning the American XL bully.
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Salt Lake City could be a model for downtown development — if it figures out how to address its environmental problems.
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Today, Explained looks at how Americans lost faith in capitalism — and whether we can get it back.
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“Die-ins,” Krazy Glue, and gridlock: The climate movement is embracing civil disobedience.
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Delay, deflect, downplay, and other ways fossil fuel companies block climate action.
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The city’s bumpy experiment with self-driving taxis is spreading nationwide, too.
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Hyrule can’t seem to catch a break. Lucky us.
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On Today, Explained, WNYC reporters Matt Katz and Samantha Max explain the complexity of the incident.
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People are scared of urban centers. They shouldn’t be.
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Five years later, David Hogg and Rep. Maxwell Frost reflect on the impact of the March for Our Lives demonstration in Washington, DC.
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Washington just owned DC.
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Did El Chapo have a double agent in the Mexican government?
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Human composting, now legal in six states, is on the rise as an alternative to burial or cremation.
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Why millions of men admire internet misogynist Andrew Tate.
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