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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Why is it so hard to make new friends?
We have some research-backed tips for breaking the ice.
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Could ranked choice voting fix our elections?
Ranked choice voting — yay, nay, or something else?
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Why can’t I tell my left from my right?
And why are there lefties and righties?
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What just happened, and what comes next
Your election questions answered
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It’s election week. Ask us anything.
Call us with your election questions.
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Why can I buy Halloween candy that would be ban...
How food additive regulation works in the US.
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Why do I keep getting these weird fundraising t...
Two of your election questions, explained
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Will the world end before I can retire?
How to balance retirement advice and climate change realism
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My parents divorced. Will I?
What current marriage trends say about modern relationships
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Is it okay to go to the zoo?
Do the pros outweigh the cons?
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Why do I say “like” so much?
In defense of the supremely useful and unfairly maligned word
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Is my dentist scamming me?
There’s a reason why going to the dentist can feel so shady.
40 min
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Introducing Explain It to Me
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Our next chapter
There are some big changes coming to this feed, and we need your help with them!
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How we Got Milk
And why the government wants you to drink it.
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Those pesky delivery fees
Nobody is happy with delivery apps right now
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Panic! At The Drugstore
The panic about the crime rate really is just a panic.
37 min
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A new era of cannabis research
What rescheduling cannabis could mean for science.
34 min
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Are baby bonds a good investment?
A unique policy program that could help close the racial wealth gap
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Alexa, is Amazon a monopoly?
Antitrust is back, baby!
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Is homelessness a crime?
The Supreme Court weighs in on the homelessness crisis.
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Abortion and the erosion of privacy
Do Americans still have a right to privacy?
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What is “fetal personhood”?
The legal definition tearing the anti-abortion movement apart.
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A safety net’s poverty trap
What would you do if you could only save $2,000?
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Let’s fix child care together
The real issue blocking universal child care? Politics.
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