Vox Quick Hits podcast

Vox Quick Hits

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A bite-sized daily podcast from the Culture and The Goods teams at Vox that goes wherever our (and your!) pop culture and consumerism curiosities take us. Hear the stories behind the news and trends, get personal about purchases, and find your next book or binge watch. New episodes daily, Monday to Friday. Each 15 minutes or less.

A bite-sized daily podcast from the Culture and The Goods teams at Vox that goes wherever our (and your!) pop culture and consumerism curiosities take us. Hear the stories behind the news and trends, get personal about purchases, and find your next book or binge watch. New episodes daily, Monday to Friday. Each 15 minutes or less.

 

#281

A quick goodbye (and thank you!)

We’re going to make this goodbye short and sweet: Vox Quick Hits is ending.  All of us fro... more

10 Sep 2021

01 MINS

01:02

10 Sep 2021


#280

What you should have watched this summer | What to Watch

Everything you should have watched this summer as recommended — for the final time — by Vo... more

10 Sep 2021

13 MINS

13:45

10 Sep 2021


#279

Cocktails and caviar before my C-section | The Best Money I Ever Spent

Writer Gray Chapman tells us why a dinner of oysters, caviar, and champagne the night befo... more

08 Sep 2021

14 MINS

14:19

08 Sep 2021


#278

How to find yourself in a book | Ask a Book Critic

For our very last episode, a listener asked for books with disabled protagonists. Specific... more

07 Sep 2021

06 MINS

06:29

07 Sep 2021


#277

$20,000 on Starbucks | The Best Money I Ever Spent

Writer Mae Rice goes to Starbucks every day. She tells us why she has no plans to stop. Li... more

30 Aug 2021

10 MINS

10:07

30 Aug 2021


#276

Welcome to The White Lotus | What to Watch

HBO’s hit series The White Lotus takes the darkly comedic mind of creator Mike White and t... more

27 Aug 2021

09 MINS

09:19

27 Aug 2021


#275

Help me love reading again | Ask a Book Critic

A listener asks for help with getting out of a reading rut. A voracious reader as a child,... more

23 Aug 2021

10 MINS

10:35

23 Aug 2021


#274

Back to school | What to Watch

Three movies and a TV show perfect for back-to-school season.  Alissa’s picks: ---‘Legally... more

20 Aug 2021

12 MINS

12:27

20 Aug 2021


#273

$3,000 on dog training | The Best Money I Ever Spent

Writer Doree Shafrir explains why she and her husband spent $3,000 on dog training for the... more

16 Aug 2021

13 MINS

13:22

16 Aug 2021


#272

CODA | What to Watch

CODA is a heartwarming coming-of-age story about a teen, her dreams, and her deaf family. ... more

13 Aug 2021

12 MINS

12:24

13 Aug 2021


#271

The sex, drugs, and murder reading list | Ask a Book Critic

A listener asked for books that are mysterious, intriguing, and may or may not involve a m... more

09 Aug 2021

11 MINS

11:49

09 Aug 2021


#270

Vacation mode on | What to Watch

Summer vacation is top of mind here at What to Watch. Grab your flip flops, some popcorn (... more

06 Aug 2021

12 MINS

12:43

06 Aug 2021


#269

A ticket for a concert I never went to | The Best Money I Ever Spent

Writer Deepa Lakshmin explains how spending $29 on a concert ticket – for a show she didn’... more

02 Aug 2021

09 MINS

09:19

02 Aug 2021


#268

The Green Knight is brilliant — and baffling | What to Watch

A swashbuckling tale of adventure that feels dragged out of the mists of time, the new A24... more

30 Jul 2021

12 MINS

12:33

30 Jul 2021


#267

The Wonder Years, but make it books | Ask A Book Critic

A caller asks for books that feel like The Wonder Years. Vox book critic Constance Grady r... more

26 Jul 2021

11 MINS

11:30

26 Jul 2021


#266

Gold medal-worthy movies and TV | What to Watch

This week: Sports! You had to know we were going to talk about sports, right? Yes, the lon... more

23 Jul 2021

15 MINS

15:55

23 Jul 2021


#265

Expired food is a myth | Tell Me More

It seems reasonable to assume that food packaging saying the contents are expired indicate... more

22 Jul 2021

16 MINS

16:04

22 Jul 2021


#264

K-pop is everywhere but on the radio | Tell Me More

K-pop is hugely popular worldwide, and boy band BTS’s “Dynamite” was virtually inescapable... more

21 Jul 2021

16 MINS

16:31

21 Jul 2021


#263

TikTok made me buy it | Tell Me More

Just like teen getting famous on TikTok over night, products are now going viral on the pl... more

20 Jul 2021

10 MINS

10:45

20 Jul 2021


#262

A Keurig that brought me closer to my mom | The Best Money I Ever Spent

Katherine Oung’s mother says “I love you” with plates of cut fruit. Katherine say it with ... more

19 Jul 2021

11 MINS

11:09

19 Jul 2021


#261

Comedies you can watch in a weekend | What to Watch

Sometimes all you want to do on a sticky summer weekend is huddle up next to the air condi... more

16 Jul 2021

12 MINS

12:33

16 Jul 2021