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