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.

https://www.vox.com/todayexplained

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 25m. Bisher sind 1575 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint täglich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 27 days 8 hours 10 minutes

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Our No. 2 problem


America’s sewage system is total crap, but there’s a new plumber in town.


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 July 22, 2021  27m
 
 

Why we can’t have nice trains


And how it got so dam expensive to build things in America.


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 July 21, 2021  29m
 
 

Hot infrastructure summer


It’s a big week for President Biden’s infrastructure plans. Vox’s Li Zhou explains the obstacles in his way, and a historian says one of them is our collective memory.


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 July 20, 2021  26m
 
 

#FreeBritney was right


Britney Spears returned to conservatorship court this week. Vox’s Constance Grady explains how Spears has rapidly become the face of a legal reform movement.


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 July 16, 2021  27m
 
 

Cuba's had enough


Cubans hit the streets for unprecedented protests against their communist government. CNN's Patrick Oppmann is on the ground in Havana with spotty wifi.


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 July 16, 2021  26m
 
 

The Lone Star strategy


Republicans in Texas are legislating so far to the right the state’s Democrats up and fled to Washington, DC. Vox’s Nicole Narea explains.


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 July 14, 2021  20m
 
 

What’s happening in Haiti


The assassination of President Jovenel Moïse is the latest in a long line of setbacks for Haiti’s stability. AyiboPost’s Widlore Mérancourt explains from Port-au-Prince.


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 July 14, 2021  27m
 
 

Postcards from pandemic purgatory


Travel around the globe to hear how disparately people are experiencing the pandemic in July 2021.


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 July 13, 2021  25m
 
 

Where to go when the world burns


An estimated 143 million people will relocate to escape climate change in the next three decades. Quartz’s Amanda Shendruk explains how cities can transform themselves into climate havens.


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 July 9, 2021  22m
 
 

CAHOOTS


Thirty years ago, Eugene, Oregon, figured out an alternative to the police. They called it CAHOOTS. Seriously.


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 July 8, 2021  31m