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
202
The Trumpiest judge yet
23 min
203
AI is killing the internet
23 min
204
Gaza's breaking point
23 min
205
The mother of all conspiracies
23 min
206
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
207
Crashing out
23 min
208
Revoking US citizenship
23 min
209
America’s miraculous murder decline
23 min
210
Stop the press!
23 min
211
We’re setting fire to food aid
23 min
212
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
213
Super mad about Superman
23 min
214
How the YIMBYs won
23 min
215
Trump's Epstein problem
23 min
216
Trump’s dork philosopher
23 min
217
Elon's party in the USA
23 min
218
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
219
Plastic rain
23 min
220
From Alligator Alcatraz to South Sudan
24 min
221
I was told there would be deals
23 min
222
Trump's Nobel Peace Prize
23 min
223
Texas blame game
23 min
224
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
225
Disney's America
23 min