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Vox Quick Hits cover the big, complex, important topics in news, politics and pop culture in just a fraction of the time. Check in daily to hear short updates from your favorite journalists and podcasts in the Vox Media Podcast Network. 

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Protests in Thailand | Worldly
Worldly hosts talk about recent protests against monarchical privilege in Thailand
8 min
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Zuckerberg’s Other Political Battle | Recode Daily
A 40-year-old landmark tax law in California
9 min
178
Do you believe in magic? | Today, Explained
The pandemic has devastated Broadway and the live concert industry. But one magician has found a virtual way to preserve the magic of theater.
10 min
179
Hannah Gadsby on comedy, free speech, and autism
Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby became a global star with her Netflix special Nanette. Here, she gives you a sense of what it is like to experience the world through another person’s mind.
10 min
180
How Biden and Trump see the world | The Ezra Kl...
Scholar and pundit Fareed Zakaria discusses China, American exceptionalism, and foreign policy
10 min
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Covid-19 Tests at the Airport | Recode Daily
With the travel industry battered by Covid, airlines are scrambling to sell tickets.
6 min
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The Amy Coney Barrett Hearing | Today, Explained
What we've learned so far about Judge Amy Coney Barrett
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How can I buy free weights? | One Good Answer
More and more people are working out from home — but dumbbells are hard to find.
6 min
184
The Supreme Court's War on Democracy | The Weeds
What the Supreme Court will do to our voting rights
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Why digital voter suppression is so hard to sto...
What we’ve learned from the 2016 election.
9 min
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The case for ending the filibuster | Today, Exp...
D.C. statehood, court packing, the Green New Deal: every piece of legislation Democrats would want to pass under a Biden administration will have to go through the Senate. Even in the minority, Republicans could block that legislation with the filibuster.
10 min
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Biden's coronavirus plan | Tell Me More
Dylan Scott explains
9 min
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A $42 ball of yarn | The Best Money I Ever Spent
A series about the purchases that changed our lives in ways big and small.
6 min
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Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna, co-inventor...
Doudna on the promise and perils of CRISPR
8 min
190
The Trump Years: Deregulator in chief | Today, ...
One of Trump's main accomplishments in office has been rolling back financial, environmental, and healthcare regulations.
9 min
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Where to find 2020's lost summer movies | What'...
Summer blockbusters disappeared because of Covid-19. But where did they go?
7 min
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The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict | Worldly
Zack, Jenn, and Alex explain the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.
8 min
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Amazon’s leaked union memo | Recode Daily
Why Amazon calls unionization a “threat”
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Did anyone defund the police? | Today, Explained
Police reform efforts have largely stalled, even in the city where a police officer killed George Floyd.
9 min
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How a climate bill becomes a reality | The Ezr...
Ezra talks to Leah Stokes about how to craft a climate bill that will actually work
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Does Big Tech want four more years of Trump? | ...
Comparing Silicon Valley leaders to Wall Street’s
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1600 Coronavirus Avenue | Today, Explained
The latest on coronavirus at the White House, where over a dozen aides, staffers, and political allies of the president have tested positive in the past week.
9 min
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Blame the Constitution | The Weeds
Ian Millhiser talks to Norm Ornstein about structural issues with the Constitution
11 min
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Facebook takes a stand against Trump’s Covid li...
but can they stop him from downplaying the virus?
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Who are the Proud Boys? | Today, Explained
The hate group was enthusiastic about President Trump's debate comment.
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