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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76
Hacking our health
We track our steps and our sleep, guzzle supplements and protein shakes, and even inject hormones – all in the name of wellness.
27 min
77
Living on Mars
23 min
78
A soccer mom takes on ICE
23 min
79
"Roving mobs of wild youth"
24 min
80
What Trump really wants from colleges
23 min
81
Drilling for clean energy
23 min
82
What wellness costs us
Americans are investing billions in their health and wellness. What good do all these green powders and costly club memberships actually do?
26 min
83
Going to Mars
23 min
84
TEXAS HOLD DEMS
23 min
85
Can China save our climate?
23 min
86
The deal with Trump's deals
23 min
87
Schooling kids at PragerU
23 min
88
America’s high-speed rail fail
26 min
89
This is your brain off books
23 min
90
The Trumpiest judge yet
23 min
91
AI is killing the internet
23 min
92
Gaza's breaking point
23 min
93
The mother of all conspiracies
23 min
94
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
95
Crashing out
23 min
96
Revoking US citizenship
23 min
97
America’s miraculous murder decline
23 min
98
Stop the press!
23 min
99
We’re setting fire to food aid
23 min
100
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