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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Why America loves faerie smut
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Forgetful old men
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A Tale of Two Chinatowns
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Why Taylor left TikTok
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When one (airplane) door opens ...
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The border standoff in Eagle Pass
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“The world’s coolest dictator”
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Build Back Biden
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A new treatment for deafness
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Make the economy Trump’s again?
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Iran and the Axis of Resistance
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Living in Zyn
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Israel at the International Court of Justice
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Music’s Pitchfork in the road
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Prostate of the union
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Is the Republican primary already over?
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Modi’s temple grandstanding
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Frosty the Tesla
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Buy me to the moon
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How the war in Gaza ends
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Cocaine problems
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Iowa caucused
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Hollywood’s secret musicals
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Elections everywhere all at once
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Nikki Haley, maybe?
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Is the US ghosting Ukraine?
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Pirates of the Red Sea
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Many unhappy returns
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Will Trump be on your ballot?
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Israel’s next move
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When solar power leaves you feeling burned
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Dry January
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The Joshua Generation grows up
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Let’s process food
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Shein wants to go public
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The stretched-too-thin blue line
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How Barnes & Noble survived
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EU vs. AI
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Why millennials dread motherhood
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An oily climate deal
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Long live your dog
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The fight over campus antisemitism
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A concrete solution to climate change
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Are movies too long now?
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Get the lead out
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Still hot and bothered
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They paved paradise
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How Palestine went global
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The Golden Bachelor was actually good
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