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Today, Explained
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. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Episodes
Today, ExplainedThe Survivors
Dantrell Blake traveled from Chicago to Washington, D.C., to join hundreds of thousands for the March of Our Lives on Saturday. Sean Rameswaram spent the day…
Today, ExplainedFlagrant Foul
The FBI is investigating over twenty colleges for paying athletes under the table, reigniting the age-old debate: Should college athletes be formally paid?…
Today, ExplainedMe Too, Mr. Trump
A judge gave the green light this week for a woman to sue President Trump for defamation. Summer Zervos claims Donald Trump sexually assaulted her; he called…
Today, ExplainedCambridge Analytica
Today Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted the social media giant “made mistakes” in the Cambridge Analytica scandal and vowed to fix them. The UK-based…
Today, ExplainedIt's Been Six Months
Today is the six-month anniversary of Hurricane Maria, one of the worst natural disasters in American history. But Puerto Rico remains without fully-restored…
Today, ExplainedOne Man vs. InfoWars
The white nationalist rally in Charlottesville sparked outrage when a driver barreled through the crowd, killing one woman and injuring more than 30. Brennan…
Today, ExplainedLady and the Trump
A president. A porn star. A lawyer with a $130,000 payoff. The allegation is Donald Trump had an affair with Stormy Daniels and his lawyer paid her to keep…
Today, ExplainedThe Colder War
There’s a new Cold War being fought in the North Pole between the United States and Russia (but also China, Finland, Norway, Canada, Greenland and more)…
Today, ExplainedDefault in Our Loans
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told states to back off regulating the nine private companies that lend money to students last week. That could mean more…
Today, ExplainedRexit
Twitter. That’s how Secretary of State Rex Tillerson found out he was fired today. The news came on the heels of Tillerson calling Russia “an irresponsible…
Today, ExplainedThe United States vs. California
Donald Trump takes his first trip to California as president tomorrow. Making matters awkward, his administration sued the Golden State last week over SB 54, a…
Today, ExplainedGuess Who's Coming to Dinner?
After months of name calling and test missiles, Donald Trump will be the first sitting United States president to meet with a North Korean leader. Vox’s Yochi…
Today, ExplainedThe Disability Belt
Out of the ten counties with the most adults on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), nine voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump. But in the president’s…
Today, ExplainedThat'll Teach 'Em
An historic walkout in West Virginia ended yesterday. Teachers managed to shut down every single public school in the state for nine days to demand higher pay…
Today, ExplainedWhat's the Deal with Steel?
President Trump announced that he's okay with a trade war late last week and he's got the tariff proposals to prove it: 25% for steel, 10% for aluminum. It’s…
Today, ExplainedInclusion Riders, Explained
Quick bonus episode! Frances McDormand won the Academy Award for Best Actress last night for her performance in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” In…
Today, ExplainedPresident for Life
China's National People's Congress opened its annual two-week meeting today. The country’s parliament is expected to change China’s constitution to allow…
Today, ExplainedThe Gun Problem No One Wants to Talk About
It was a week of whiplash in the national fight over gun control. First, major retailers like Dick’s and Walmart raised the gun-buying age from 18 to 21, and…
Today, ExplainedThe Deep Fake
There’s a new kind of algorithm that allows you to take a video of one person and map the face of another person onto his or her body. Not surprisingly, it’s…
Today, ExplainedThe Quiet War on Obamacare
A coalition of 20 states filed a lawsuit claiming Obamacare is unconstitutional yesterday. Vox’s Sarah Kliff says that’s just the latest pushback on the…
Today, ExplainedMueller 101
Today, special counsel Robert Mueller dropped over 20 criminal counts against former Trump campaign official Rick Gates, just days after Gates agreed to a plea…
Today, ExplainedGive Us Your No One
Today, the United States Supreme Court denied a request from the Trump administration to expedite a decision on DACA. This keeps the Deferred Action for…
Today, ExplainedThis Time Could Be Different
Something changed this week. Teenagers managed to break the deadlock over gun control. Marches, walkouts, and serious policy debates are on the way. To…
Today, ExplainedCountdown to Day Zero
Cape Town is just a few months away from being the first major city to shut off its taps in the history of the modern world. Day Zero - the day Capetonians in…
Today, ExplainedBreaking the Ice with North Korea
North and South Korea are on opposite sides of a demilitarized zone, separated by barbed wire, tank traps, and guard towers. But in the 2018 Winter Olympics…
Today, ExplainedBlack Panther Is the Most Important Movie of 2018
"Black Panther" is the biggest movie in the world, but what makes this comic book adaptation more important than the nearly 20 Marvel movies that came before…
Today, ExplainedSix Easy Steps to Nuclear War
Today we launch our show, but it turns out it's a lot easier to launch a nuclear weapon. Vox's Alex Ward walks us through the six easy steps and tells Sean…