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.
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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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Keep track of the head-spinning developments since the Trump administration enacted its “zero tolerance” policy.


Mo Salah will make you care about soccer.


Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in have pledged to work toward peace. Here’s what you need to know, explained in a podcast.


April 10 is Equal Pay Day because women still aren’t paid as well as men.


Why Oklahoma public school teachers are mad as hell, explained in a podcast


It’s opening day for the Cleveland Indians — and the last year with their controversial mascot.


A podcast explaining the anti-abortion movements happening in Mississippi, Ohio, and Louisiana.


Bolton’s long history of dangerous foreign policy behavior, explained in a podcast.
Three survivors of gun violence reflect on their trauma and what actions should be next.


The case for paying college athletes, in podcast form.


On Today, Explained: the Summer Zervos case, and how it fits Trump’s larger troubling behavioral pattern with women.


Everything you need to know about the Cambridge Analytica scandal, explained in a podcast.


The Stormy Daniels saga, explained in a podcast.


A podcast revealing the tragedy of where things stand six months after Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico.


Why a Foreign Service officer is suing Alex Jones for defamation, explained in a podcast.


Rex Tillerson’s departure — and the White House staffing problem — explained in a podcast.


It all comes down to immigration.


Let’s dispel the myth that people on disability are freeloading.


North Korea offers this to every president. Trump is the only one who took them up on it.


A new podcast episode all about Trump’s steel tariff announcements.


A podcast episode to answer all your teachers strike questions.


A 19-minute podcast to understand what’s happening in China.


Listen: People are manipulating artificial intelligence to nonconsensually put women’s faces in fake situations.


A 17-minute podcast that makes sense of the quiet war against Obamacare.


Robert Mueller has brought over 100 charges against 19 people and three companies.


Vox reporters Dara Lind and Matthew Yglesias join Sean Rameswaram to talk about the state of immigration.


Listen to the trailer for Vox’s new explainer podcast featuring Sean Rameswaram.