Explain It to Me
Should I buy a house? Why do I say “like” so much? Should Gen Z bother to save for retirement?
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 “illiberal” right
The ongoing conservative crackup and the case of Parkland teen Kyle Kashuv.
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5 big ideas to use tax credits to fight poverty
The leading progressive tax plans in Congress and how they differ from Trump’s tax cuts.
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Into the weeds with Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren joins Ezra Klein to explain her plans, and her plan to make the plans happen.
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A user's guide to antitrust
How US antitrust enforcement works and how it might better wrestle with Big Tech.
63 min
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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
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The loneliness of Justin Amash
The Michigan Republican's call to consider impeaching Trump.
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America's two housing crises
Subsidies, zoning reform, and much more.
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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.
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Mexico: America's waiting room
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Incels and bullshitters
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Was The Weeds on the wrong side of history?
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What to obstruct when you’re obstructing
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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
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How Canada got Medicare-for-all done
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The Purge: DHS
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Attack of the clone bills
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Learning from Norway's lesbian mothers
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Infrastructure Week (and Farm Week and Teacher ...
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Mueller's investigation is over. Obamacare repe...
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