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. For more daily news offerings, check out Vox’s weekday newsletter.
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The Today, Explained team includes Miranda Kennedy, Jolie Myers, Amina Al-Sadi, Avishay Artsy, Miles Bryan, Hady Mawajdeh, Peter Balonon-Rosen, Danielle Hewitt, Kelli Wessinger, Ariana Aspuru, Laura Bullard, and Patrick Boyd. The show is a production of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Comedians went to Saudi Araba — and faced blowback in America.
The mood in the city is tense.
AI-generated video slop is filling feeds. It’s time to learn how we can tell if something is real.
And can Trump actually do something about it?
The real reason why the animated movie resonates.
It’s not just you. Today’s fads are harder to follow now.
Why Trump is sticking with Pete Hegseth.
How the Democrats came to embrace shutdown politics.
Rupert Murdoch built a media empire. It changed the way reality works.
This program is likely to hurt American workers — and the whole economy.
Larry Ellison, Oracle, and Trump’s potential TikTok deal, explained.
A pediatrician on why we should trust the vaccine schedule — even when Trump officials don’t.
Why Trump is happy with his FBI director despite his stumbles.
Mehdi Hasan explains why he’ll debate (almost) anyone.
Chris Van Hollen on a government shutdown, Charlie Kirk, and Zohran Mamdani.
The late Talking Points USA leader built a movement that will outlive him.
Zeke Emanuel on RFK Jr. and the crisis of faith in public health.
Trump’s war on immigrants could make your housing, food, and health care more expensive.
The hit Broadway musical turns 10 this year. Does anyone think it’s cool anymore?
Is a Nobel Prize grudge pushing India closer to China?
Executives are preparing to slash their workforces. Workers are just trying to cope.
Trump brought us the Covid vaccine. Now he’s trying to take it away.
The metaverse didn’t stick. Can “superintelligence”?
How a Puerto Rican historian became Bad Bunny’s collaborator.
Some find it brutal. But if done the right way, for the right people, it can work.
The White House says South Park is irrelevant. Its record-breaking ratings tell a different story.
The billionaire space race is a dangerous fantasy.
The alternative to affirmative action is now under attack.
A century-old optical illusion launched a space race.
How the right-wing network PragerU could fill the void left by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s defunding.
Politicizing economic data is dangerous.
Johnnie Moore, executive chair of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, is a PR professional without much experience in aid.
It’s his latest move in an ongoing effort to silence critical news outlets and control the narrative.
How Baltimore explains America’s miraculous murder decline.
This isn’t the first time that the Trump administration has tried to cut SNAP benefits.
What the right gets wrong about Superman’s origins.
Americans say they want a third party — but making it happen is tricky.
A former federal prosecutor explains the Trump administration’s bizarre handling of the Epstein Files.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is back in Washington for a third visit.