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Miranda Kennedy

Miranda Kennedy

Executive Producer

Miranda Kennedy is the executive producer of Today, Explained from Vox. Before taking up this role, she was at NPR for more than 15 years as a reporter, editor, and supervisor. She helped launch NPR’s Up First in 2017 and led the coverage of the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections for NPR’s Morning Edition. She was based in New Delhi, India, for five years as a reporter and is the author of the book Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India which examines class, caste, and gender.

Latest articles by Miranda Kennedy

Today, Explained podcast
How UnitedHealthcare became the face of a broken health care systemHow UnitedHealthcare became the face of a broken health care system
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Luigi Mangione was charged with murdering a health care CEO. The internet responded with a flood of support.

By Miranda Kennedy and Sean Rameswaram
Today, Explained podcast
The author of the seminal book about loneliness explains what we’re getting wrongThe author of the seminal book about loneliness explains what we’re getting wrong
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Nearly 25 years after Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone, Americans are more socially isolated than ever.

By Miranda Kennedy and Noel King
Today, Explained podcast
Deep-blue California’s rightward slide, explainedDeep-blue California’s rightward slide, explained
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

How will California define itself under Trump 2.0?

By Miranda Kennedy and Sean Rameswaram
Today, Explained podcast
Black women on Kamala Harris and their party’s futureBlack women on Kamala Harris and their party’s future
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Black women delegates opened up about the thorniest challenges ahead.

By Miranda Kennedy and Noel King
Politics
The Chicago DNC everyone wants to forgetThe Chicago DNC everyone wants to forget
Podcast
Politics

The 1968 Democratic National Convention was chaos. What can that tell us about 2024?

By Noel King and Miranda Kennedy
Today, Explained podcast
Why Israel can’t destroy HamasWhy Israel can’t destroy Hamas
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Amid ever-increasing global outrage, the objectives in Israel’s war are out of reach.

By Sean Rameswaram and Miranda Kennedy
Education
Student protests are testing US colleges’ commitment to free speechStudent protests are testing US colleges’ commitment to free speech
Podcast
Education

The crackdown on protesters at Columbia and elsewhere lays bare the challenge of balancing academic freedom with student safety.

By Miranda Kennedy and Sean Rameswaram