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
726
Could more corruption fix American politics?
72 min
727
The Iowa Caucuses
73 min
728
Will taxing the rich hurt growth – and will thi...
84 min
729
Ross Douthat on campus conservatism, being than...
73 min
730
Campaign finance and global inequality — with l...
72 min
731
Obama's Legacy, debating single payer, and Obam...
79 min
732
Immigration and the minimum wage — with an arme...
77 min
733
Teen births are plummeting — and economists are...
63 min
734
Gentrification, a budget deal, and the decline ...
76 min
735
Ezra interviews Ben Bernanke
40 min
736
Why health premiums rise, and how partisans dis...
76 min
737
Dietary fat and climate change
57 min
738
Childbirth, retirement, and terror in between
74 min
739
We know how to eliminate poverty. So why don't we?
66 min
740
How politics is making us stupid
68 min
741
Are we counting poverty all wrong?
73 min
742
Want to fix inequality by taxing the rich? Good...
51 min
743
The Weeds: Can the government trick you into di...
81 min
744
Arthur Brooks on think tanks, happiness, and ma...
54 min
745
Would single payer health care work in America?
63 min
746
Ezra, Matt and Sarah Try to Podcast
55 min