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
101
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
102
Living on Mars
23 min
103
A soccer mom takes on ICE
23 min
104
"Roving mobs of wild youth"
24 min
105
What Trump really wants from colleges
23 min
106
Drilling for clean energy
23 min
107
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
108
Going to Mars
23 min
109
TEXAS HOLD DEMS
23 min
110
Can China save our climate?
23 min
111
The deal with Trump's deals
23 min
112
Schooling kids at PragerU
23 min
113
America’s high-speed rail fail
26 min
114
This is your brain off books
23 min
115
The Trumpiest judge yet
23 min
116
AI is killing the internet
23 min
117
Gaza's breaking point
23 min
118
The mother of all conspiracies
23 min
119
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
120
Crashing out
23 min
121
Revoking US citizenship
23 min
122
America’s miraculous murder decline
23 min
123
Stop the press!
23 min
124
We’re setting fire to food aid
23 min
125
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