Explain It to Me
Is my dentist scamming me? Why do political campaigns cost so much? Should Gen Z bother to save for retirement?
Explain It To Me is the hotline for all your unanswered questions. Sometimes explanations are hard to find, misinformation is rampant, and those internet searches and AI asks can come up empty. Call 1-800-618-8545 with what’s on your mind, and host Jonquilyn Hill will be your friendly guide to the answers you're looking for — and maybe even the ones you don’t expect. New episodes every Wednesday starting September 18.
Part of Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Trump’s tariff triple option
Trump's efforts to halt unauthorized immigration through Mexico by threatening tariffs.
52 min
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Monetary mysteries revealed
How the Federal Reserve’s errors discredited capitalism and how full employment can fix almost everything.
66 min
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Building the Trump state
Trump's multi-front resistance to congressional oversight and increasing pressure on the civil service.
56 min
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Rethinking education reform
Libby Nelson and Dylan Scott join Matt to talk about 2020 Democrats' K-12 policy
53 min
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The loneliness of Justin Amash
The Michigan Republican's call to consider impeaching Trump.
54 min
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America's two housing crises
Subsidies, zoning reform, and much more.
60 min
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Make America 2015 Again
Joe Biden's claim that Trump is an aberration
54 min
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Green New Weeds
The policy and politics of the Green New Deal.
80 min
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Sarah's Last Stand
Single-payer's big day on Capitol Hill and some hot administrative data from Rhode Island.
58 min
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Mexico: America's waiting room
55 min
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Incels and bullshitters
50 min
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Was The Weeds on the wrong side of history?
31 min
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What to obstruct when you’re obstructing
66 min
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Maybe collusion, probably obstruction [Special ...
Ezra Klein joins Zack, Jenn, and Alex in a crossover episode with Worldly on Robert Mueller’s just-released report
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Trump Family (Tax) Values
54 min
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How Canada got Medicare-for-all done
52 min
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The Purge: DHS
51 min
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Attack of the clone bills
48 min
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Learning from Norway's lesbian mothers
46 min
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Infrastructure Week (and Farm Week and Teacher ...
38 min
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Mueller's investigation is over. Obamacare repe...
51 min
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Should presidential candidates get into the weeds?
48 min
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The reparations primary
52 min
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Live Weeds with Julián Castro
60 min
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Introducing Switched on Pop
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