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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The influencer recession
An oversaturated internet filled with slop has made influencing a lot harder. It's left creators and brands scrambling for ways to regain our attention.
23 min
27
“Woke 1 was crazy”
The progressive left wants your vote. But some candidates for major races have a lot of online baggage.
23 min
28
Testosterone is all the rage
Prescriptions for testosterone are way up. But it's not just men looking to live a high-T life. We revisit our show on taking T.
23 min
29
The AIPAC backlash
AIPAC is one of the biggest spenders in American politics. This year, it could backfire.
23 min
30
MAGA rethinks Ukraine
After years of skepticism, an important MAGA figure is warming to the Ukrainian cause. And she has the ear of the president.
23 min
31
Vacation? In this economy?
Gas is expensive and Europeans want us to stay home. How can you still make use of that precious PTO?
26 min
32
The gas price vote
Will high gas prices actually change how people vote? We went to Pennsylvania to find out. 
25 min
33
TV is getting dumber
We revisit an episode about how our shrinking attention spans are changing TV.
23 min
34
The Lindsay Clancy murder trial
A Massachusetts jury is weighing whether a woman should be convicted in the deaths of her three young children or found not guilty based on her defense of postpartum psychosis.
25 min
35
The communist comeback
There's a new Red Scare bubbling up in politics. Just how real is the communist threat?
23 min
36
“It must suck to be young”
Young people used to vote reliably blue. But they're burnt out on politics as usual, which means their votes are up for grabs.
23 min
37
Weapons of mass infection
A new book imagines the chaos that could unfold if a biological weapon were released — either accidentally or on purpose.
23 min
38
Going broke on wellness
Americans spend billions on healthcare products, from green powders and cold plunges to costly gym memberships. Last summer we asked: what good do they do?
27 min
39
Fantasy draft: 2028 presidential race
Journalists Astead Herndon, Don Lemon, and Kara Swisher hold a fantasy draft to find out who has the best shot at becoming president in 2028.
40 min
40
Dad, where’s my inheritance?
When boomers die, they’ll leave trillions to their adult children. Some of those kids say they should get that money now.
23 min
41
The culture wars turn deadly
The US is intentionally losing a fight against HIV that could be won.
23 min
42
The scandal undoing the ICC
The International Criminal Court has a lot on its hands. The chief prosecutor was ousted over abuse allegations, the Trump administration is on the warpath, and Netanyahu and Mamdani are fighting over an arrest warrant.
25 min
43
AI just went rogue
OpenAI recently briefly lost control of an AI agent during a contained security test. After years of warnings, AI is now outsmarting its masters.
23 min
44
The Trump-Saudi-Israel drama
The US and Saudi Arabia signed a nuclear deal but Israel hates it.
23 min
45
The perimenopause moment
Women’s health and hormones have been misunderstood by the medical establishment for decades. That’s changing.
26 min
46
The Boomer politicians who won't retire
Democratic Congressman James Clyburn turned 86 years old this week. He has no plans to retire.
33 min
47
America’s best hot dog
Chef José Andrés explains what makes the winning wiener. A DC hot dog vendor respectfully disagrees.
23 min
48
Our tick nightmare
Ticks are exponentially expanding their territory, using us for their next blood meal. We must fight back.
23 min
49
The truth about Iran
The on-again, off-again war is on again. But we still don't know the point of it all or how it will end.
23 min
50
Defunding Israel
Democrats in Congress voted in shocking numbers to cut aid to Israel.
23 min