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.
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Will the Supreme Court ruin the internet?
The algorithm goes to court.
43 min
77
The Ukraine war: past, present, and future
Where Ukraine goes from here.
50 min
78
$14 trillion and no mules
A framework for paying reparations.
51 min
79
The Biden policy that could change your neighbo...
How Biden wants to revamp the Fair Housing Act.
47 min
80
Insulin is for the world
What some states are trying to do to lower the cost of insulin.
41 min
81
Weeds Time Machine: The Voting Rights Act
The legislative and judicial history of the VRA, explained.
50 min
82
Reintroducing The Weeds
1 min
83
The great American gerrymander
Our messy history with election maps, explained.
27 min
84
The scourge of the “time tax”
The miserable sludge of applying for government aid.
46 min
85
Climate optimism in 2023
Finally, some good climate news.
40 min
86
Our mental health doom loop
The revolving door of mental health care in the US.
42 min
87
The bipartisan bill that could protect elections
Why lawmakers are trying to reform a 135-year-old law.
41 min
88
The rebirth of industrial policy
Supply-side economics, explained.
36 min
89
It’s time to regulate crypto
The FTX crash, explained.
51 min
90
The Weeds’ weed episode
Let’s be blunt: Weed policy is complicated.
44 min
91
How to call an election
Hint: Let the math people do the work.
50 min
92
How to fix inflation
Hint: Let the Fed do the work.
55 min
93
Why scaring voters works
Republicans are hitting Democrats on crime. It’s working.
44 min
94
The most interesting issues on the ballot
The 2022 ballot initiatives, explained.
40 min
95
The candidates haunting the GOP
It’s campaign spooky season.
40 min
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AMERICA HAS A (POLLING) PROBLEM
Why are the polls so wrong so often?
51 min
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Abbott and DeSantis: Stunt queens or policy mak...
Could relocating migrants in the US be a policy solution?
44 min
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The fastest growing voting bloc in America
What do we know about how Latinos and Hispanics will vote in 2022 and beyond?
54 min
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Who decides how we’ll save the future?
The case for – and against – longtermism
60 min
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Vitamin X
The wild and unregulated west of dietary supplements.
32 min