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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The legal doctrine that protects brutal policing
Cato's Clark Neily joins Jane to discuss Qualified Immunity - where is came from, why it exists, and what's being done to eliminate it.
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Fixing the police
Jane, Dara, and Matt on what we know about police reform and its limits.
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America gives up on Covid-19
Ezra and Matt on the return of a virus that never went away.
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After George Floyd
Jane, Dara, and Matt on America's dual reckonings with racism and police impunity
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Defund the police?
Ezra and Matt on reformism vs radicalism and reimagining law enforcement
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The global class war
Barron's economics commentary Matt Klein explains what's really behind international trade conflicts
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Tweeting through it
Ezra and Matt on Trump's war on social media, plus Joe Biden's policy agenda.
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Joe Biden ain't black
Jane, Dara, and Matt on gaffes and the racial politics of 2020
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The stimulus failure
Ezra and Matt on Trump's pseudo-federalism and Pelosi's strange aversion to automatic stabilizers.
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Actual enumeration
Dara, Jane, and Matt take a look at America's first pandemic Census.
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The psychology of opening up
Ezra and Matt on the deep roots (or not) of the lockdown debate.
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Will the economy bounce back?
Dara, Jane, and Matt on the road ahead for the worst labor market since the Great Depression.
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Reopening without a plan
Ezra and Matt on America's lost month and what happens next.
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How to win elections
Dara, Jane, and Matt break down the great mobilization vs persuasion debate.
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Are Democrats getting rolled?
Ezra and Matt on congressional bargaining strategy and the China blame game
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A faster Covid-19 vaccine
Jane, Dara, and Matt discuss the possibility of "human challenge trials" to speed vaccine development.
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Who models the modelers?
Ezra and Matt on the failures of some popular epidemiological forecasts and a viral Silicon Valley essay urging America to build again
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Opening up
Dara, Jane, and Matt on conservatives’ desire for a rapid reopening of American businesses.
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Help is on the way (sort of)
Ezra and Matt break down the implementation problems that have bedeviled the CARES Act.
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The corporate bailout watchdog
Congressional oversight committee member Bharat Ramamurti joins Matt to explain his new job and what's wrong with shareholder capitalism.
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How does this end?
Ezra and Matt review four major plans for after social distancing; plus the Democratic primary finally ends.
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Covid-19 and the border
Dara, Jane, and Matt on the intersection between the pandemic and Trump's border crackdown.
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Coronavirus meets health reform
Ezra and Matt discuss Covid-19's impact on insurance premiums, the case for single-payer, and more.
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The mask fiasco
Jane, Dara, and Matt on the evidence for mask wearing, and a totally non-coronavirus white paper
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When $2 trillion isn’t enough
Ezra and Matt analyze the huge but inadequate stimulus bill
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