Explain It to Me

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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
51
Will school choice change the future of education?
School choice, parental rights, and the future of public education
42 min
52
The sandwich generation: Caring for kids and se...
Baby boomers are aging. Their kids aren’t ready.
34 min
53
Why your health insurance is tied to work
The wartime policy that changed health insurance forever
41 min
54
Conservative socialism?
A conservative makes the case for democratic socialism.
52 min
55
How (not) to budget
The no-good-very-bad federal budget problem
42 min
56
NYC’s not-so-sudden migrant surge
What New York City tells us about our broken immigration system.
48 min
57
What’s up, doc(ket)?
It’s (already) time for a new SCOTUS preview.
40 min
58
Who protects workers from extreme heat?
Why we need a federal heat standard
43 min
59
Why isn’t school lunch free?
School is back. So is lunch debt.
34 min
60
Trump’s RICO problem
How a law targeting organized crime trapped Trump
43 min
61
Biden messed with Texas
The Texas buoy border battle
40 min
62
Biden wants YOU (to go to therapy)
Finding a therapist sucks. President Biden wants to make it easier.
37 min
63
A new era for birth control
The Pill (OTC version)
47 min
64
Who broke student loans?
The debt that just won’t quit.
48 min
65
Expecting: Weed and Pregnancy
The unknowns of weed and pregnancy
39 min
66
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
67
The Republican plot to defund public libraries
Move over book bans — why not just get rid of libraries?
44 min
68
A conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Gre...
Taped live from TruCon 2023
31 min
69
We need to rethink discipline in schools
Discipline, segregation, and the achievement gap
48 min
70
The kids suing their state for climate change
The first constitutional climate lawsuit is going to trial
38 min
71
The fate of affirmative action
What you need to know about the upcoming SCOTUS ruling on affirmative action
55 min
72
Why is child labor making a comeback?
America’s history with child labor, explained
49 min
73
The Weeds, Live – Anti-trans legislation, expla...
Live from the Crosscut Ideas Festival
42 min
74
Policymaking on the high seas
Getting into the (sea) weeds of the high seas treaty
40 min
75
How Secretary Buttigieg wants to make America’s...
Transportation policy is cool now. Thanks, Pete.
49 min