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
77
The mother of all conspiracies
23 min
78
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
79
Crashing out
23 min
80
Revoking US citizenship
23 min
81
America’s miraculous murder decline
23 min
82
Stop the press!
23 min
83
We’re setting fire to food aid
23 min
84
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
85
Super mad about Superman
23 min
86
How the YIMBYs won
23 min
87
Trump's Epstein problem
23 min
88
Trump’s dork philosopher
23 min
89
Elon's party in the USA
23 min
90
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
91
Plastic rain
23 min
92
From Alligator Alcatraz to South Sudan
24 min
93
I was told there would be deals
23 min
94
Trump's Nobel Peace Prize
23 min
95
Texas blame game
23 min
96
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
97
Disney's America
23 min
98
Make America Uninsured Again
23 min
99
Unmasking ICE
23 min
100
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