Today, Explained podcast
Today, Explained is Vox’s daily news explainer podcast. Hosts Sean Rameswaram and Noel King will guide you through the most important stories of the day. You can listen to it, and more Vox podcasts, here. Today, Explained is now available on public radio stations across the US. For more daily news offerings, check out Vox’s weekday newsletter.
The Today, Explained team includes Miranda Kennedy, Jolie Myers, Amina Al-Sadi, Avishay Artsy, Miles Bryan, Hady Mawajdeh, Peter Balonon-Rosen, Danielle Hewitt, Kelli Wessinger, Ariana Aspuru, Gabriel Dunatov, David Tatasciore, and Patrick Boyd. The show is a production of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Why your Halloween candy might be a little less colorful this year.
The 2026 candidates that the internet has a crush on, explained.
Donald Trump has a long history of attacking Omar. Now, his administration is going after her citizenship.
Anti-Trump voters could decide Maine’s crucial Senate race.
A Houthi strike on Riyadh’s airport is disrupting more than just air travel.
Can data center developers talk their way out of a backlash?
Why it’s easier to open a surrogacy agency than a nail salon in most US states.
The GOP pivots to a new kind of racism.
How House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ended up on the verge of the speakership.
Explained by a First Amendment lawyer.
Jalud and the West Bank’s epidemic of settler violence, explained.
What are kratom and 7-OH, the opioid-like drugs that you can buy at the gas station?
House Democrats’ deliberately vague day-one agenda, explained.
A former sex crimes prosecutor explains where the Cornell case should go next.
A timeline of how a student went ignored at Cornell.
Diesel costs more. Soon, so will everything else.
China has its own AI worries — but a robot apocalypse isn’t one of them.
The addictive power of “live auction” shopping, explained.
The anonymous online network harassing Maddie Kowalski, explained.
A physician explains how AI is helping in the doctor’s office and the lab.
Trump is trying to future-proof his legacy.
We’re getting better at treating Alzheimer’s — and more progress could be on the way.
Almost no one has seen NAZA yet, but almost everyone has something to say about it.
Death is scary and all. But there are non-speculative problems with AI we should be addressing now.
The “Communists and Islamists” midterms, explained.
And why some tax experts think there’s a better way to do it.
Gubernatorial candidates in multiple swing states have questioned the 2020 election results. How worried should you be?
Private equity is having a field day — but kids are not.
Meet Rob Sand, the Democrat who’s favored to become Iowa’s next governor.
And politicians can’t run away fast enough.
$40 trillion in national debt isn’t automatically a crisis. We should still be worried.
Why the social media giant is trying to rope its competitors into a settlement.
How Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff became “the nation’s assignment editor.”
Is “Choosin’ Texas” the song of the summer?
The Harry Styles “tour” is 30 shows in New York. What’s going on?
Affordable Care Act enrollment is plummeting. What happened?
AI comes for the last real place on the internet.
What we should — but probably won’t — learn from the frenzy around racism and DEI in academia.
How the league became embroiled in a fight over trans athletes.
How AI traffic cameras sparked a vigilante vandalism movement.
