Today, Explained

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.


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Daily News
Politics
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Gaza's breaking point
23 min
227
The mother of all conspiracies
23 min
228
Is tipping fair?
From raising the tipped minimum wage to "no tax on tips," we look at the challenges of remaking tipped work.
27 min
229
Crashing out
23 min
230
Revoking US citizenship
23 min
231
America’s miraculous murder decline
23 min
232
Stop the press!
23 min
233
We’re setting fire to food aid
23 min
234
The summer I turned into a bookworm
Summer. Time for pools, BBQs, and the beach read. But why do we read "summer books"?
27 min
235
Super mad about Superman
23 min
236
How the YIMBYs won
23 min
237
Trump's Epstein problem
23 min
238
Trump’s dork philosopher
23 min
239
Elon's party in the USA
23 min
240
Chat BFF
More and more of us are interacting with chatbots. Can we have real relationships with AI, and can AI teach humans to be better people?
27 min
241
Plastic rain
23 min
242
From Alligator Alcatraz to South Sudan
24 min
243
I was told there would be deals
23 min
244
Trump's Nobel Peace Prize
23 min
245
Texas blame game
23 min
246
Our complicated relationship with the flag
Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar openly celebrate the American flag. But a lot of Black Americans feel differently. What does that tell us about identity today?
27 min
247
Disney's America
23 min
248
Make America Uninsured Again
23 min
249
Unmasking ICE
23 min
250
Porn on the docket
The Supreme Court has a long history of taking on cases about porn, including one they decided on Friday. Vox's Ian Millhiser explains how that history of First Amendment rulings once meant the justices had to watch porn in a basement.
23 min