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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This is your brain off books
23 min
277
The Trumpiest judge yet
23 min
278
AI is killing the internet
23 min
279
Gaza's breaking point
23 min
280
The mother of all conspiracies
23 min
281
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
282
Crashing out
23 min
283
Revoking US citizenship
23 min
284
America’s miraculous murder decline
23 min
285
Stop the press!
23 min
286
We’re setting fire to food aid
23 min
287
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
288
Super mad about Superman
23 min
289
How the YIMBYs won
23 min
290
Trump's Epstein problem
23 min
291
Trump’s dork philosopher
23 min
292
Elon's party in the USA
23 min
293
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
294
Plastic rain
23 min
295
From Alligator Alcatraz to South Sudan
24 min
296
I was told there would be deals
23 min
297
Trump's Nobel Peace Prize
23 min
298
Texas blame game
23 min
299
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
300
Disney's America
23 min