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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Can Black churches lead the way on teen mental ...
A Black mental health researcher’s long, difficult crusade
42 min
102
The Devil wears fast fashion
Can we make the garment industry better?
37 min
103
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
105
BDS and the history of the boycott
Do boycotts even work?
43 min
106
Will school choice change the future of education?
School choice, parental rights, and the future of public education
42 min
107
The sandwich generation: Caring for kids and se...
Baby boomers are aging. Their kids aren’t ready.
34 min
108
Why your health insurance is tied to work
The wartime policy that changed health insurance forever
41 min
109
Conservative socialism?
A conservative makes the case for democratic socialism.
52 min
110
How (not) to budget
The no-good-very-bad federal budget problem
42 min
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NYC’s not-so-sudden migrant surge
What New York City tells us about our broken immigration system.
48 min
112
What’s up, doc(ket)?
It’s (already) time for a new SCOTUS preview.
40 min
113
Who protects workers from extreme heat?
Why we need a federal heat standard
43 min
114
Why isn’t school lunch free?
School is back. So is lunch debt.
34 min
115
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
117
Biden wants YOU (to go to therapy)
Finding a therapist sucks. President Biden wants to make it easier.
37 min
118
A new era for birth control
The Pill (OTC version)
47 min
119
Who broke student loans?
The debt that just won’t quit.
48 min
120
Expecting: Weed and Pregnancy
The unknowns of weed and pregnancy
39 min
121
It's an HOA world; you're just living in it
Don’t like your HOA? Good luck. We dive into how HOAs became an unnecessary necessary evil and why these tiny unregulated governments are likely here to stay.
47 min
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The Republican plot to defund public libraries
Move over book bans — why not just get rid of libraries?
44 min
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A conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Gre...
Taped live from TruCon 2023
31 min
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We need to rethink discipline in schools
Discipline, segregation, and the achievement gap
48 min
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The kids suing their state for climate change
The first constitutional climate lawsuit is going to trial
38 min