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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.

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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, Laura Bullard, and Patrick Boyd. The show is a production of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Transcripts of the show are available here.

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By Lauren Katz and Sean Rameswaram
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The author of “How to Be an Antiracist” explains how the George Floyd protests are a result of “America’s nightmare.”

By Lauren Katz and Sean Rameswaram
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By Liz Kelly Nelson
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By Lauren Katz
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Listen to Today, Explained to learn about the go-to rules for this public health intervention that slows the spread of coronavirus.

By Lauren Katz
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“This is an opportunity that you just don’t see very often in politics. ... We have a chance to run the table in November,” Carville says on Today, Explained.

By Lauren Katz
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By Lauren Katz
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By Sean Rameswaram
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Vox’s Julia Belluz explains the extreme diet phenomenon on this episode of Today, Explained.

By Lauren Katz
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Noise pollution is everywhere. And the health effects are real.Noise pollution is everywhere. And the health effects are real.
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Listen to Today, Explained to learn how noise impacts your everyday life.

By Lauren Katz
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“This dynamic is immortal”: Why OK boomer is much more complicated than the meme“This dynamic is immortal”: Why OK boomer is much more complicated than the meme
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OK boomer pits the Youths against the Olds. Listen to Today, Explained to learn why the truth about this meme can be found in its shades of grey.

By Lauren Katz
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By Lauren Katz
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By Lauren Katz
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The oil company that made Saudi Arabia rich is going public. Some say the timing couldn’t be worse.

By Lauren Katz
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Listen to this episode of Today, Explained for a breakdown of key moments.

By Lauren Katz
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Pop culture unites us as Americans. Will streaming services change that?Pop culture unites us as Americans. Will streaming services change that?
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Listen to this episode of Today, Explained, Vox’s daily explainer podcast, to find out.

By Lauren Katz
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Listen to this episode of Today, Explained for a breakdown of the latest impeachment deposition transcripts.

By Lauren Katz
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This episode of Vox’s Today, Explained podcast explores how the rallies have changed the American political landscape.

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By Delia Paunescu
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By Delia Paunescu
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Today, Explained breaks down the newly released complaint.

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On this episode of Today, Explained, author Derek Musgrove and congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton explain why residents in the District of Columbia are tired of “taxation without representation.”

By Delia Paunescu
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Celebrate our daily explainer podcast’s 400th episode with 13 top picks.

By Sean Rameswaram
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The third Democratic presidential debate, explained in under 30 minutesThe third Democratic presidential debate, explained in under 30 minutes
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On this episode of Today, Explained, Matt Yglesias and Tara Golshan break down the debate among the 10 top Democratic contenders.

By Delia Paunescu
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This episode of Today, Explained walks through the infamous yield curve and what it’s signaling about the next recession.

By Matthew Yglesias
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A new approach to guns in AmericaA new approach to guns in America
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On this episode of Today, Explained, German Lopez breaks down the two mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

By Lauren Katz
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Everything you need to get through the holidays.

By Byrd Pinkerton