Explain It to Me
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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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How to call an election
Hint: Let the math people do the work.
50 min
152
How to fix inflation
Hint: Let the Fed do the work.
55 min
153
Why scaring voters works
Republicans are hitting Democrats on crime. It’s working.
44 min
154
The most interesting issues on the ballot
The 2022 ballot initiatives, explained.
40 min
155
The candidates haunting the GOP
It’s campaign spooky season.
40 min
156
AMERICA HAS A (POLLING) PROBLEM
Why are the polls so wrong so often?
51 min
157
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
159
Who decides how we’ll save the future?
The case for – and against – longtermism
60 min
160
Vitamin X
The wild and unregulated west of dietary supplements.
32 min
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It’s a policy team takeover!
Student loans, inflation, and back-to-school (oh my!)
38 min
162
The rebirth of industrial policy
And a new era of industrialism.
46 min
163
Could the war on terror be over?
What Zawahiri’s death means for US foreign policy.
59 min
164
The new politics of abortion
Let’s talk about Kansas.
41 min
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Maybe we’re not doomed?
Maintaining climate optimism in a world on fire.
56 min
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Weeds Time Machine: The ADA
The landmark civil rights policy, explained.
58 min
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What the hell is up with SCOTUS?
The latest Supreme Court term, explained
58 min
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The legal limbo of abortion rights
Roe v. Wade is gone, but its demise raises a whole host of new questions.
59 min
169
Pregnancy in a post-Roe America
Our maternal mortality rate was already bad. What happens now?
43 min
170
ConGRADulations, fellow kids
Ten months ago, the faculty of Cramer Hill Elementary set out to get their kids back on track after a year of mostly remote learning.
24 min
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How the world became rich
A quick recap of thousands of years of economic history.
57 min
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Does the US need a National Guard of nurses?
The country doesn’t have enough nurses. This could be one way to fix that.
40 min
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The gun control stalemate, explained
There is no panacea for mass shootings.
42 min
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The Most Dangerous Branch: A well-regulated mil...
With six conservative judges on the bench this term, the Supreme Court could rule in favor of the most sweeping gun rights laws yet.
63 min
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Immigration, democracy, and the rise of the Wes...
The Weeds live at TruCon 2022
70 min