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.
From raising the tipped minimum wage to "no tax on tips," we look at the challenges of remaking tipped work.
27 min
429
Crashing out
23 min
430
Revoking US citizenship
23 min
431
America’s miraculous murder decline
23 min
432
Stop the press!
23 min
433
We’re setting fire to food aid
23 min
434
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
435
Super mad about Superman
23 min
436
How the YIMBYs won
23 min
437
Trump's Epstein problem
23 min
438
Trump’s dork philosopher
23 min
439
Elon's party in the USA
23 min
440
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
441
Plastic rain
23 min
442
From Alligator Alcatraz to South Sudan
24 min
443
I was told there would be deals
23 min
444
Trump's Nobel Peace Prize
23 min
445
Texas blame game
23 min
446
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
447
Disney's America
23 min
448
Make America Uninsured Again
23 min
449
Unmasking ICE
23 min
450
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.