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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Can Black churches lead the way on teen mental ...
A Black mental health researcher’s long, difficult crusade
42 min
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The Devil wears fast fashion
Can we make the garment industry better?
37 min
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Barack Obama on AI, free speech, and the future...
President Obama sits down with The Verge’s Nilay Patel
45 min
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Why everything is (still) so expensive
A charcuterie board, in THIS economy?
39 min
30
BDS and the history of the boycott
Do boycotts even work?
43 min
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Will school choice change the future of education?
School choice, parental rights, and the future of public education
42 min
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The sandwich generation: Caring for kids and se...
Baby boomers are aging. Their kids aren’t ready.
34 min
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Why your health insurance is tied to work
The wartime policy that changed health insurance forever
41 min
34
Conservative socialism?
A conservative makes the case for democratic socialism.
52 min
35
How (not) to budget
The no-good-very-bad federal budget problem
42 min
36
NYC’s not-so-sudden migrant surge
What New York City tells us about our broken immigration system.
48 min
37
What’s up, doc(ket)?
It’s (already) time for a new SCOTUS preview.
40 min
38
Who protects workers from extreme heat?
Why we need a federal heat standard
43 min
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Why isn’t school lunch free?
School is back. So is lunch debt.
34 min
40
Trump’s RICO problem
How a law targeting organized crime trapped Trump
43 min
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Biden messed with Texas
The Texas buoy border battle
40 min
42
Biden wants YOU (to go to therapy)
Finding a therapist sucks. President Biden wants to make it easier.
37 min
43
A new era for birth control
The Pill (OTC version)
47 min
44
Who broke student loans?
The debt that just won’t quit.
48 min
45
Expecting: Weed and Pregnancy
The unknowns of weed and pregnancy
39 min
46
It's an HOA world; you're just living in it
Don’t like your HOA? Good luck. We dive into how HOAs became an unnecessary necessary evil and why these tiny unregulated governments are likely here to stay.
47 min
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The Republican plot to defund public libraries
Move over book bans — why not just get rid of libraries?
44 min
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A conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Gre...
Taped live from TruCon 2023
31 min
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We need to rethink discipline in schools
Discipline, segregation, and the achievement gap
48 min
50
The kids suing their state for climate change
The first constitutional climate lawsuit is going to trial
38 min