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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Let’s fix retirement together
An economist’s take on policy fanfiction
40 min
52
How to be a (realistic) climate optimist
A data scientist who’s cautiously optimistic about the climate
37 min
53
How celebrity fandom explains Trump
When “stanning” goes mainstream.
39 min
54
Why we can’t stop talking about Harvard
What’s really going on in higher ed.
36 min
55
Are unions making a comeback?
The labor movement’s big year.
33 min
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Why are so many kids missing school?
Chronic absenteeism, from the barriers to the solutions.
34 min
57
Can Black churches lead the way on teen mental ...
A Black mental health researcher’s long, difficult crusade
42 min
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The Devil wears fast fashion
Can we make the garment industry better?
37 min
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Barack Obama on AI, free speech, and the future...
President Obama sits down with The Verge’s Nilay Patel
45 min
60
Why everything is (still) so expensive
A charcuterie board, in THIS economy?
39 min
61
BDS and the history of the boycott
Do boycotts even work?
43 min
62
Will school choice change the future of education?
School choice, parental rights, and the future of public education
42 min
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The sandwich generation: Caring for kids and se...
Baby boomers are aging. Their kids aren’t ready.
34 min
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Why your health insurance is tied to work
The wartime policy that changed health insurance forever
41 min
65
Conservative socialism?
A conservative makes the case for democratic socialism.
52 min
66
How (not) to budget
The no-good-very-bad federal budget problem
42 min
67
NYC’s not-so-sudden migrant surge
What New York City tells us about our broken immigration system.
48 min
68
What’s up, doc(ket)?
It’s (already) time for a new SCOTUS preview.
40 min
69
Who protects workers from extreme heat?
Why we need a federal heat standard
43 min
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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
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Biden messed with Texas
The Texas buoy border battle
40 min
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Biden wants YOU (to go to therapy)
Finding a therapist sucks. President Biden wants to make it easier.
37 min
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A new era for birth control
The Pill (OTC version)
47 min
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Who broke student loans?
The debt that just won’t quit.
48 min