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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Taxes! Let’s get right Intuit.
Why filing your taxes is so annoying.
46 min
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The Great Expiration
Saying goodbye to the Covid-era social safety net
51 min
178
The art of the gerrymander
Why a fair electoral map is more complicated than it looks
49 min
179
The myth of US energy independence
How can America call itself energy independent when it still relies on foreign oil?
49 min
180
Why it’s so hard to move in America
The cultural cost of high housing prices
40 min
181
Russia's terrible invasion
And what the US can do about it
64 min
182
A quick update
A brief message from Dylan about our spring schedule
1 min
183
Why San Francisco’s school board got booted
What a local election can say about our national political climate.
48 min
184
Democracy in crisis: The two-party problem
Just how worried should we be about the future of American democracy?
54 min
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The curse of the midterms
Yes, Democrats should be worried.
55 min
186
Beijing, boycotts, and the enduring politics of...
What does a diplomatic boycott actually do?
34 min
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Affirmative action could be doomed (again). Wha...
A conservative-leaning Supreme Court could mean the end of affirmative action.
36 min
188
It’s not about Ukraine. It’s about Putin.
It’s not about Russia, either.
48 min
189
Think of the children
What two studies about early childhood poverty interventions can tell us about pediatric brain development
41 min
190
Unions!
Why unions are stronger yet smaller than ever
52 min
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What happens to voting rights now?
The plan to make it easier to vote has been fili-busted.
40 min
192
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
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The building blocks of radicalization
What happens when political extremism goes mainstream
52 min
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Why hasn’t student debt been canceled?
A look at the policy merits and political implications of canceling student loan debt.
50 min
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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.
49 min