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Today, Explained

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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.

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.

 

#1961

Why (some) food tastes better abroad

We tell the stories of three ingredients that can shine outside the US: beef, bread, and t... more

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4 hrs Ago


#1960

Victoria’s Secret wants you back

The lingerie brand was tarnished by its connection to Jeffrey Epstein, and by fading cultu... more

Yesterday

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Yesterday


#1959

Marjorie Taylor Greene gone rogue

Over two weeks in, the government shutdown is exposing fault lines on both sides of the ai... more

16 Oct 2025

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16 Oct 2025


#1958

Is voting doomed?

The 1965 Voting Rights Act enfranchised millions of Black voters in the Jim Crow era. The ... more

15 Oct 2025

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15 Oct 2025


#1957

What the Gaza ceasefire really means

What happens next in Gaza now that a ceasefire has been reached and how the last two years... more

14 Oct 2025

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14 Oct 2025


#1956

When young adults get cancer

Getting a cancer diagnosis at any age is life changing. But when you’re in your 20s or 30s... more

13 Oct 2025

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13 Oct 2025


#1955

Should we give toddlers phones?

What we know about early childhood and screens, including a surprising argument for introd... more

12 Oct 2025

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12 Oct 2025


#1954

The campus resistance

In this special feed drop of On with Kara Swisher, Princeton President Christopher Eisgrub... more

10 Oct 2025

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10 Oct 2025


#1953

Saudi Arabia is no joke

The Riyadh Comedy Festival was billed as “two weeks of laughs in the desert” but has comic... more

09 Oct 2025

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09 Oct 2025


#1952

Trump deploys the National Guard

The president is attempting to send the National Guard into two American cities for two (s... more

08 Oct 2025

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08 Oct 2025


#1951

We're in our AI slop era

Meta just dropped Vibes and OpenAI just dropped Sora 2. Both social media platforms are fi... more

07 Oct 2025

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07 Oct 2025


#1950

TrumpRx

President Trump wants to put his stamp on health care. But TrumpRx is no Obamacare. This e... more

06 Oct 2025

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06 Oct 2025


#1949

Is empathy toxic?

Society teaches us empathy is a good thing. But some are now saying the opposite, and scie... more

05 Oct 2025

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05 Oct 2025


#1948

KPop Demon Hunters keeps slaying

The Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters is a mega cultural phenomenon. And the studio... more

03 Oct 2025

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25:50

03 Oct 2025


#1947

Hegseth’s hectic military

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered top military officials to DC for a surprise lecture... more

02 Oct 2025

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02 Oct 2025


#1946

Shutdown for what?

We ask Sen Elizabeth Warren why. President Donald Trump is reportedly mostly worried about... more

01 Oct 2025

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01 Oct 2025


#1945

Rupert Murdoch presents: Succession

Murdoch has built a media empire that leads all the way to the White House. But nothing la... more

30 Sep 2025

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30 Sep 2025


#1944

How Rupert Murdoch remade the world

Murdoch started his media empire in Australia, sharpened his playbook in the UK, and becam... more

29 Sep 2025

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29 Sep 2025


#1943

Who is the modern American dad?

Young men are more interested in becoming parents than young women are, and there's a grow... more

28 Sep 2025

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29:27

28 Sep 2025


#1942

labubu matcha dubai chocolate

How TikTok reshaped the trend cycle. This episode was produced by Danielle Hewitt, edited ... more

26 Sep 2025

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26 Sep 2025


#1941

$100,000 for a visa

With its announcement that an H-1B visa will now cost $100,000, the Trump administration i... more

25 Sep 2025

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25 Sep 2025