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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How (not) to budget
The no-good-very-bad federal budget problem
42 min
52
NYC’s not-so-sudden migrant surge
What New York City tells us about our broken immigration system.
48 min
53
What’s up, doc(ket)?
It’s (already) time for a new SCOTUS preview.
40 min
54
Who protects workers from extreme heat?
Why we need a federal heat standard
43 min
55
Why isn’t school lunch free?
School is back. So is lunch debt.
34 min
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Trump’s RICO problem
How a law targeting organized crime trapped Trump
43 min
57
Biden messed with Texas
The Texas buoy border battle
40 min
58
Biden wants YOU (to go to therapy)
Finding a therapist sucks. President Biden wants to make it easier.
37 min
59
A new era for birth control
The Pill (OTC version)
47 min
60
Who broke student loans?
The debt that just won’t quit.
48 min
61
Expecting: Weed and Pregnancy
The unknowns of weed and pregnancy
39 min
62
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
63
The Republican plot to defund public libraries
Move over book bans — why not just get rid of libraries?
44 min
64
A conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Gre...
Taped live from TruCon 2023
31 min
65
We need to rethink discipline in schools
Discipline, segregation, and the achievement gap
48 min
66
The kids suing their state for climate change
The first constitutional climate lawsuit is going to trial
38 min
67
The fate of affirmative action
What you need to know about the upcoming SCOTUS ruling on affirmative action
55 min
68
Why is child labor making a comeback?
America’s history with child labor, explained
49 min
69
The Weeds, Live – Anti-trans legislation, expla...
Live from the Crosscut Ideas Festival
42 min
70
Policymaking on the high seas
Getting into the (sea) weeds of the high seas treaty
40 min
71
How Secretary Buttigieg wants to make America’s...
Transportation policy is cool now. Thanks, Pete.
49 min
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Mifepristone and the FDA’s exhaustive approval ...
The fight over the abortion pill and the future of the FDA
33 min
73
How corporations got all your data
The history of how corporations and governments became so interested in collecting our personal data — and how they got away with it
49 min
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Do assault weapons bans work?
Revisiting the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban.
40 min
75
Medicaid’s “Great Unwinding”
Medicaid’s continuous enrollment, discontinued.
42 min