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
176
Why Harvard is fighting back
23 min
177
Art of the (Iran) deal
24 min
178
It’s China’s turn
China has spent years preparing for this trade war — and for a world no longer dominated by the US.
23 min
179
What if college isn't for everyone?
For decades, high schools and parents have prioritized college for all graduating seniors. Now, more students are asking if there's another way.
26 min
180
Watercooler TV is back
23 min
181
Laura Loomered the NSA
22 min
182
Plastic rain, plastic rain
23 min
183
The nostalgia economy
23 min
184
Project 2025’s next chapter
23 min
185
Is a house still a good investment?
Given the economy and interest rates, homebuying doesn't seem like it’s necessarily the way to go anymore. So consider this not your parents’ real estate advice.
27 min
186
Pray for Hooters
24 min
187
The day after "Liberation Day"
23 min
188
Why young people are getting cancer
23 min
189
Hasan Piker explains himself
27 min
190
Not Coming to America
Traveling to the United States is getting tricky, but there are ways to be careful.
23 min
191
Blinded by the headlights
Drivers and passengers are right: Car headlights are brighter now. And the solutions aren't simple.
27 min
192
Huge week for the group chat
23 min
193
Fear is the economy killer
The biggest threat to the American economy might be the American consumer’s sour mood.
23 min
194
The “Joe Rogan of the left”
Data on who didn’t vote for the Dems is finally coming in and it’s clear that they have a problem. Can Hasan Piker be the solution?
25 min
195
Trump's judge grudge
Judges, including one of his own Supreme Court appointees, are trying to rein President Trump in. In return, Trump is threatening to impeach judges.
23 min
196
Make America Measles Again (MAMA)
23 min
197
Gen Sex
Gen X women are freeing themselves from the hangups of the '90s, and having the best sex of their lives. Media portrayals of middle-aged women are starting to catch up too.
26 min
198
Snow White and the Seven Controversies
24 min
199
No kids on the block
The pro-natalism movement argues that people need to have more babies. Some want to prevent economic implosion, others want to protect traditional family values. And some of the loudest voices in the movement are now in the White House.
22 min
200
The autocrat's prison
The US is deporting alleged members of the gang Trén de Aragua and paying El Salvador to house them in a mega-prison. But we don’t know if the deportees are actually gang members at all.
23 min