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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Why inequality matters, Trump's delegate proble...
72 min
702
What the hell is going on with tax havens, expl...
59 min
703
A medical struggle to digitize, a tax calculato...
78 min
704
Replacing No Child Left Behind, wonky March Mad...
65 min
705
Super(b) Tuesday special
51 min
706
The productivity slowdown, TrumpCare, and bette...
84 min
707
Super Tuesday/Exhausted Wednesday special!
83 min
708
TPP, the Nevada Caucus, and the Great Texas Abo...
69 min
709
The Supreme Court vacancy and the possible coll...
66 min
710
Could more corruption fix American politics?
72 min
711
The Iowa Caucuses
73 min
712
Will taxing the rich hurt growth – and will thi...
84 min
713
Ross Douthat on campus conservatism, being than...
73 min
714
Campaign finance and global inequality — with l...
72 min
715
Obama's Legacy, debating single payer, and Obam...
79 min
716
Immigration and the minimum wage — with an arme...
77 min
717
Teen births are plummeting — and economists are...
63 min
718
Gentrification, a budget deal, and the decline ...
76 min
719
Ezra interviews Ben Bernanke
40 min
720
Why health premiums rise, and how partisans dis...
76 min
721
Dietary fat and climate change
57 min
722
Childbirth, retirement, and terror in between
74 min
723
We know how to eliminate poverty. So why don't we?
66 min
724
How politics is making us stupid
68 min
725
Are we counting poverty all wrong?
73 min