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.
Transcripts of the show are available here.
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Today, Explained to Kids explores the damage done by fossil fuels and why renewable energy might be the best way to power the future.
The musical case against the musicians — who face RICO charges for alleged gang activity — is built on decades of racist precedent.
Today, Explained to Kids explores how hearing works and why actively listening with empathy is key to resolving arguments between friends.
The WNBA superstar was sentenced to nearly a decade in a Russian penal colony for drug possession. A prisoner swap freed her much sooner.
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Today, Explained to Kids explores why whole species are losing their habitats and what humans can do about it.
Bad news, but there’s still time to fix it.
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Overturning precedent isn’t easy, but Jim Bopp has been fighting for decades.
What Putin’s ever-shrinking world means for the war in Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin says Ukraine isn’t a country. Yale historian Timothy Synder explains why he’s wrong.
Some residents of one of Atlanta’s wealthiest (and whitest) neighborhoods want to form their own city.
Stillwater is based on Amanda Knox’s story. She wishes someone had asked her to tell it.
The homicide rate fell dramatically across American cities throughout the 2000s. In 2020, it skyrocketed. That climb continues.
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The coronavirus impacted every aspect of people’s lives in 2020.
Vox reporter Umair Irfan joins Today, Explained to discuss the latest Covid-19 vaccine news.
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Vox’s Today, Explained podcast takes a look back at Trump’s presidency.
The country’s top infectious disease expert talks with Vox on Covid-19 science and the case for trusting a vaccine.
A fake news survival guide, explained by a librarian.
Today, Explained to Kids takes on the summer of protests and violence.
Today, Explained to Kids ventures off-island to sail the Emotion Ocean.
Today, Explained to Kids heads back to the Island of Explained to witness the island’s presidential election.
Today, Explained to Kids heads back to the Island of Explained to answer kids’ questions about why a coronavirus vaccine takes so long.
The author of “How to Be an Antiracist” explains how the George Floyd protests are a result of “America’s nightmare.”
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A special episode of Today, Explained takes kids to the island of Explained to answer their biggest questions about Covid-19.
Listen to everything from what it’s like to be quarantined to America’s level preparedness for Covid-19.
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“This is an opportunity that you just don’t see very often in politics. ... We have a chance to run the table in November,” Carville says on Today, Explained.
What’s it like to be quarantined with coronavirus? Listen to Today, Explained to find out.
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Vox’s Julia Belluz explains the extreme diet phenomenon on this episode of Today, Explained.
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OK boomer pits the Youths against the Olds. Listen to Today, Explained to learn why the truth about this meme can be found in its shades of grey.
Vox’s Today, Explained podcast covers what we learned from the November Democratic debate.
Two Today, Explained episodes explore what we learned from Vindman, Volker, Williams, and Morrison.
The oil company that made Saudi Arabia rich is going public. Some say the timing couldn’t be worse.
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