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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1401
Song of the Year
“Old Town Road” is unlike anything that’s ever happened in American popular music.
23 min
1402
Person of the Year
Time named Greta Thunberg its ‘Person of the Year.’ David Wallace-Wells from New York Magazine explains why.
16 min
1403
The Queen of Christmas
A quarter-century after its release, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has claimed the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100. Call it a "Christmas Mariahcle."
22 min
1404
Debate 6: Enter the Wine Cave
The sixth and final Democratic debate of the year was less diverse, more substantive, and also featured a fight about a wine cave. Vox's Emily Stewart explains.
23 min
1405
Aging in America
By 2035, there will be more elderly people than children in America. The country isn’t ready.
20 min
1406
Impeachment Day
The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump today. Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains what comes next.
17 min
1407
Trump v. Taxes
The Supreme Court will decide whether President Trump has to turn over his tax returns, but WNYC's Andrea Bernstein says the Court is really deciding whether Trump can literally get away with murder.
16 min
1408
Big Bezos is watching you
In under 20 years, Amazon grew from an online bookstore to the eyes and ears in our homes. OneZero's Will Oremus says we should be concerned about what comes next.
25 min
1409
Space Farce
The Democrats gave President Trump his Space Force this week. But what is it?
18 min
1410
India's Muslim ban
16 min
1411
The cost of PrEP
23 min
1412
Articles of impeachment
19 min
1413
Rudolph the former mayor
27 min
1414
“This will end when one of us dies”
16 min
1415
Giving justice an extension
22 min
1416
Impeachment TV: Law & Disorder
22 min
1417
Don't curl your lashes and talk about Uighurs o...
19 min
1418
ICE University
18 min
1419
Amazon's preppers
22 min
1420
A tribe called keto
21 min
1421
Can a billionaire buy the presidency?
28 min
1422
Showdown at High Nunes
26 min
1423
Ok boomer
25 min
1424
The Dems Went Down to Georgia
22 min
1425
Impeachment TV: Mr. Sondland Goes to Washington
24 min