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.

Education
Society & Culture
Politics
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Honor cults in the FBI and Norwegian military
64 min
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All 👏 payer 👏 rate 👏 setting 👏
53 min
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The imprudent Scott Pruitt
53 min
554
Sinclair’s alarming takeover of local TV news
48 min
555
Is Donald Trump ruining the Census?
53 min
556
The optimistic take is things have always been ...
61 min
557
Is Facebook bad?
66 min
558
Cambridge Analytica: Scandal, hype, or both?
61 min
559
The opioid debate: could reversing overdoses wo...
45 min
560
Abolish ICE
64 min
561
Trigger warning: Discussion of White House chao...
68 min
562
Nickname fights and wildcat strikes
54 min
563
Relief at last for America’s long-suffering banks
67 min
564
Guns, Weeds, and Steel
51 min
565
Medicare for Many More
52 min
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The stupidest fucking idea I’ve ever heard
55 min
567
It's finally infrastructure week
63 min
568
DACApocalypse in the Senate
68 min
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The gender pay gap is mostly about children
69 min
570
The six-hour shutdown, explained
54 min
571
What's up with Amazon's health venture — and th...
65 min
572
MS-13, explained
56 min
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The state of our podcast is strong
50 min
574
The white genocide episode you’ve been waiting for
61 min
575
Shutdown deal special
47 min