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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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Out of sight, out of mind
Dara, Jane, and Matt explore how Trump “fixed” the asylum crisis.
48 min
452
ABCDebate
Matt joins Today, Explained to break down the third Democratic debate
28 min
453
50 shades of Green New Deal
David Roberts joins Jane and Matt for a special live episode from Seattle
83 min
454
A plan to revive American unions
Matt sits down with SEIU's Mary Kay Henry to discuss the future of unions in America
52 min
455
The left’s path to power
58 min
456
Trump's primary challengers
51 min
457
The case for foreign policy restraint
Emma Ashford and Matt Yglesias discuss all things foreign policy
55 min
458
Trump's latest trade war
The Weeds team discusses the potential trade war with China, Elizabeth Warren's new trade plan, and a white paper about health care.
54 min
459
Does America need trade deals?
53 min
460
Slavery and its legacy
50 min
461
Trump's war on Medicaid
50 min
462
Epstein conspiracy time
The Weeds team discusses the implications of Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide
45 min
463
The case for a Green New Deal
Matt and Julian Brave NoiseCat discuss the inner workings of the Green New Deal.
58 min
464
Domestic terrorism after El Paso
Dara, Matt, and Jane discuss domestic terrorism in the aftermath of the mass shooting in El Paso
47 min
465
The second Democratic debate
Matt and Ezra break down round 2 of the Democratic debates
61 min
466
The many mysteries of Jeffrey Epstein
The many mysteries of Jeffrey Epstein
51 min
467
Dysfunctional federalism
Yale law professor David Schleicher joins Matt to talk about why state and local politics don’t work anymore.
64 min
468
Go back to Cincinnati
President Trump’s rhetoric around the small group of congresswomen known as “the Squad."
45 min
469
Why everyone hates Big Tech, with The Verge's N...
Matt and Nilay discuss big tech in this special Weeds/Vergecast crossover episode
55 min
470
Space Force all the way!
Trump's more-tedious-than-it-sounds plan for military domination of the final frontier.
42 min
471
School’s out for summer
Child care disruptions and possible solutions.
38 min
472
Ask Weeds Anything
ProPublica reporter Dara Lind joins Jane and Matt to answer your questions.
88 min
473
A progressive case for globalism
Trade and the middle class.
56 min
474
Democracy's week in court
Two big Supreme Court cases on gerrymandering and the census.
45 min
475
Debate Weeds: Ezra and Matt on the long-awaited...
The first Democratic presidential debate of the 2020 cycle.
60 min