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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Are baby bonds a good investment?
A unique policy program that could help close the racial wealth gap
35 min
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Alexa, is Amazon a monopoly?
Antitrust is back, baby!
31 min
78
Is homelessness a crime?
The Supreme Court weighs in on the homelessness crisis.
29 min
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Abortion and the erosion of privacy
Do Americans still have a right to privacy?
36 min
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What is “fetal personhood”?
The legal definition tearing the anti-abortion movement apart.
32 min
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A safety net’s poverty trap
What would you do if you could only save $2,000?
31 min
82
Let’s fix child care together
The real issue blocking universal child care? Politics.
40 min
83
Bringing back the SAT
Four years after a pandemic pause, some colleges and universities are again requiring applicants to submit standardized test scores.
23 min
84
The AI election
Will we be able to spot the deepfakes this election season?
38 min
85
The case for banning...millionaires?
Sean talks with political philosopher Ingrid Robeyns, whose new book Limitarianism makes the case for imposing limits on personal wealth.
51 min
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How racism ages Black people
Racism and the long-term health effects of weathering
34 min
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Skipping the broom
Why the marriage rate for Black women is falling
38 min
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Eviction: the scarlet E
What we can learn about eviction from Black women and children
37 min
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Let’s fix retirement together
An economist’s take on policy fanfiction
40 min
90
How to be a (realistic) climate optimist
A data scientist who’s cautiously optimistic about the climate
37 min
91
How celebrity fandom explains Trump
When “stanning” goes mainstream.
39 min
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Why we can’t stop talking about Harvard
What’s really going on in higher ed.
36 min
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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
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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
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Why everything is (still) so expensive
A charcuterie board, in THIS economy?
39 min
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BDS and the history of the boycott
Do boycotts even work?
43 min
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Will school choice change the future of education?
School choice, parental rights, and the future of public education
42 min