Explain It to Me
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Explain It to Me is the hotline for the issues that matter to your life. Send us your questions about health, personal finance, relationships, and anything else that matters to you. Host Jonquilyn Hill will take you on a journey to find the answers, whether it's to the halls of Congress or the local bar. You’ll get the answers you were looking for, and sometimes ones you didn't expect — and always with a dose of humor. New episodes every Sunday. Part of Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Unemployment Insurance in the pandemic, and beyond
Matt is joined by Employ America policy advisor Elizabeth Pancotti to discuss U.I.'s history, its recent expansion during the pandemic, and a vision for its future.
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America's vaccine distribution needs a shot in ...
Umair Irfan joins Dara and Matt to discuss some challenges and obstacles to the Covid vaccine rollout
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Best of: Homelessness and how to fix it
A look back at one of our favorite episodes from the archives
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The Next Four Years: Beyond the student debt de...
New America’s Kevin Carey explains loan forgiveness and the deeper problems with American higher education
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Build Back Exactly The Same
Dylan Matthews joins Matt and Dara to discuss Covid’s impact on poverty and the road to recovery
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The Next Four Years: An optimistic climate agenda
Third Way’s Josh Freed and Jackie Kempfer explain a path forward for low-carbon policy in a time of divided government
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The blob is back
Alex Ward joins Dara and Matt to analyze the Biden national security team.
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The Next Four Years: The Covid transition
Kaiser’s Jennifer Kates joins Matt to explain the next steps in countering the pandemic
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The job nobody wants
Dara and Matt on Biden’s choice to run Homeland Security and the many challenges he’ll face
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The post-election economy
Emily Stewart joins Dara and Matt to discuss the prospects for Covid relief and Janet Yellen
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The Next Four Years: Joe Biden’s world
The Atlantic Council’s Emma Ashford joins Matt to explain the president-elect’s approach to national security.
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Georgia on my mind
Ella Nilsen joins Dara and Matt to break down the runoff elections that will determine the future of the US Senate
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The Next Four Years: How to make a Biden Boom
Bloomberg’s Karl Smith explains a bipartisan approach to healing the labor market
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The never ending election story
Jane, Dara, and Matt on Trump’s refusal to quit and his “surprising” Hispanic support.
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Democracy lost
Ezra and Matt on the election results and the prospects for majority rule.
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Election Day Special
Ella Nilsen joins Matt and Jane to discuss the election.
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Lessons learned from Trump’s first term
Ezra and Matt look back on what’s surprised them.
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Biden’s border options
Dara, Jane, and Matt on the big immigration questions that will face a new administration.
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Trump’s last stand
Ezra and Matt on the final presidential debate
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Trump's second term agenda
Dara, Jane, and Matt break down the policy stakes in 2020
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Go For Broke: Inside the Dot-Com Bubble
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Email scandals are back!
Ezra and Matt discuss Hunter Biden’s laptop, social media regulation, and the ongoing stimulus standoff
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What is critical race theory, anyway?
Ian Haney Lopez joins Jane to discuss critical race theory: what it is and what it isn't.
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By the People: The Supreme Court's war on democ...
What the Supreme Court will do to our voting rights
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The stimulus standoff
Ezra and Matt on the deadlock in congress and the VP debate.
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