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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What happens to voting rights now?
The plan to make it easier to vote has been fili-busted.
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Are corporations winning at inflation?
If they are profiting from inflation, can we do anything about it?
40 min
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What BBB means for climate policy
Can the White House and Congress see eye-to-eye on climate?
65 min
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How the 1918 flu pandemic ended
What the deadliest pandemic in history can tell us about Covid-19
33 min
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The case for more babies
We need to talk about the slowing population growth.
49 min
181
The building blocks of radicalization
What happens when political extremism goes mainstream
52 min
182
Why hasn’t student debt been canceled?
A look at the policy merits and political implications of canceling student loan debt.
50 min
183
Best Of: The coming climate exodus
A look back at The Weeds from earlier this year.
55 min
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America’s Public Health Experiment: Federal fai...
Did the government fail in its public health response for the American people?
52 min
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America's Public Health Experiment: More checks...
How automatic stabilizers could help prevent future economic disaster.
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Can school be normal again?
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America’s Public Health Experiment: The agencie...
When the government fails its customers.
64 min
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Learning to love rent control
Does rent control actually control rent?
53 min
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America’s Public Health Experiment: The testing...
How the US got it wrong from the very beginning.
39 min
190
Defund the police?
German, Jerusalem, and Dylan walk through the pros and cons of defunding the police as a policy proposal.
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Biden’s $3.40 a gallon problem
How do you make gas cheaper while fighting global warming?
45 min
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Taxing Back Better
The wonkiest Biden tax episode you can imagine.
43 min
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How does the pandemic end?
Dylan, German and Jerusalem discuss possible exit strategies for the Covid-19 pandemic.
54 min
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Reshaping America’s cities
Surprise! The future of work is actually about housing.
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Pass the SALT?
Dylan, Jerusalem, and Dara discuss congressional Democrats’ efforts to uncap the state and local tax (SALT) deduction.
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The Most Dangerous Branch: Covid-19 v. The Cons...
Do Covid-era public health policies stand up in court?
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Is Facebook really that bad?
Are there any legitimate policy solutions that could fix Facebook?
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Housing policy, but make it British
Don’t worry, we’re not the only ones to have screwed up our housing market
37 min
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The case for and against open borders
Our open borders episode is here.
54 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.
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