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.
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The TikTok “ban” is law
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Columbia’s free-speech fight
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Florida man wants immunity
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Just in: Trudeau’s plan to fight populism
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Feeling Bluey
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The great American squatter panic
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How car ownership got so expensive
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Florida man’s first criminal trial begins
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Why Iran attacked Israel
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America at war, now in theaters
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Speaker Johnson's next test
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Prosecuting parents
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The man with a pig kidney
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Is college still worth it?
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The Sephora kids
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Israel’s attack on World Central Kitchen
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Project 2025
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The fight for control of Disney’s kingdom
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Making taxes less taxing
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The kids are all home
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Buy a house? In this economy?
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The Baltimore bridge collapse
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Why ISIS attacked Moscow
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Spoiler alert: RFK’s VP
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Beyoncé country
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Can Caitlin Clark fix college sports?
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Can Congress ban TikTok?
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How gangs took over Haiti
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Conned into the Russian army
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Live from SXSW: Noel King interviews Charlamagne tha God and Angela Rye
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Hollywood’s still not back
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Lip gloss, gum, and the Pill
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Where's Kate?!?
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The real fight over fake meat
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Charlamagne tha God on Biden v. Trump
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Bringing back the SAT
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Can Reddit survive going public?
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Why measles is back
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How Israel is upending Democratic races
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Why groceries are still so expensive
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It’s Shotime!
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The politics of IVF
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“Make Argentina Great Again!”
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The protest vote against Biden
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What Ozempic can't fix
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The Ozempic economy
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Fight at the Museum
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Florida man owes half a billion
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The Panama Canal is drying up
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What dies with Alexei Navalny?
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