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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Kissinger’s long goodbye
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The American politics of Israel
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Taking Tuesday
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The hostage deal (brought to you by Qatar)
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Chaos at OpenAI
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How Cassie sued Diddy
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Inside the occupied West Bank
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F1: Gears and Loathing in Las Vegas
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Speaker Johnson’s first test
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Who can fix 150% inflation?
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A call from Gaza
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China’s soft (and fluffy) power
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A scam cost me $31k and a pool
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Adjust the tip
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Ceasefire?
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There’s Something About Romney
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Should domestic abusers lose gun rights?
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Is DEI DOA?
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The view from Israel
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The law that broke immigration
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Pope friction
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Gaza’s humanitarian crisis
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The Dollar General will see you now
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New Dork City
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Why does the US always side with Israel?
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Trump, gagged
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Hearts, minds, and likes
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Airbnbanned
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Speakerless
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Biden goes to Israel
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So I unelected an authoritarian
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How Palestinians view Hamas
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America’s most successful downtown?
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RFK goes rogue
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Driver’s license to kill
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Israel, Hamas, and how we got here
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Who shot ya, Tupac?
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Caste away
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
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Crypto’s crown prince in court
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Shutshow
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Hip-hop is 50 and it's having a midlife crisis
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Blame Capitalism: Degrowing pains
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Man’s best friend banned in UK
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Why the US is suing Amazon
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Should you blow up a pipeline?
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Murder, Canada Wrote
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Blame Capitalism: The 99%
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The six D-words of climate change
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Taxing traffic
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