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Today, Explained
Vox
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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Taylor: Look What You Made Me Do
Oct 23, 201922 minAmbassador William Taylor finally testified on Tuesday and it was a doozy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Yes We Canada?
Oct 22, 201922 minJustin Trudeau won re-election on Tuesday, but it wasn't pretty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Where are the troops going?
Oct 21, 201917 minPresident Trump is pulling out of Syria while sending more troops to Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Introducing Reset
Oct 20, 201924 minStudents across the country are graded by artificial intelligence. But does an algorithm really know how to write? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trumpster fire
Oct 18, 201917 minLast week, the White House stonewalled the impeachment inquiry. This week, the stonewall came crumbling down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Should Facebook let Trump lie?
Oct 17, 201918 minPresident Trump lied in a Facebook ad and Facebook didn’t take it down so Elizabeth Warren lied, too. The Verge’s Casey Newton explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
DEB4TE
Oct 16, 201923 minIn the fourth Democratic debate, the candidates treated Elizabeth Warren as the frontrunner. Vox’s Ezra Klein explains what that means for the race ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A new war in Syria
Oct 15, 201921 minThe Trump administration just imposed sanctions on Turkey for invading northern Syria. But it may be too late for America’s Kurdish allies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Indigenous Peoples' Delegate
Oct 14, 201923 minNearly 200 years ago, the Treaty of New Echota offered the Cherokee Nation representation in Congress. Kimberly Teehee just became its first nominee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Did China just dunk on the NBA?
Oct 11, 201923 minAn NBA executive’s tweet supporting protests in Hong Kong has exposed how vulnerable the biggest American companies are to China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The nine impeachment scenarios
Oct 10, 201915 minPresident Pence? President Pelosi? There are nearly a dozen ways the impeachment inquiry could end. Vox’s Laura McGann runs through each of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Stonewalling the impeachment inquiry
Oct 9, 201922 minVox’s Andrew Prokop explains why the White House is now refusing to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry. Ezra Klein scrutinizes the Republican strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Leaving Syria (and the Kurds)
Oct 9, 201922 minTurkey is sending troops and tanks to its border with Syria hours after President Trump announced he would be removing US forces from the nation. Syrian Kurds feel betrayed and ISIS is watching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
SCOTUS raises the stakes
Oct 7, 201922 minAfter a sleepy spring term, the Supreme Court of the United States is back and looking to weigh in on abortion, immigration, and LGBT rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Inside a Facebook all-staff
Oct 4, 201923 minAudio of Mark Zuckerberg in a closed-door staff meeting leaked to Casey Newton of The Verge. Then Elizabeth Warren entered the fray. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Meanwhile in Ukraine....
Oct 3, 201920 minUkraine finds itself at the center of the American impeachment drama, but President Trump is the least of the country's worries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's not easy whistleblowin'
Oct 2, 201926 minThe whistleblower’s attorneys say their client is in danger. That’s not unusual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The impeachment counternarrative
Oct 1, 201924 minListen as Vox’s Andrew Prokop meticulously debunks the White House talking points around the whistleblower scandal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
"No contract! No cars!"
Sep 30, 201923 minThe United Auto Workers is engaged in the biggest General Motors strike since the 1970s, all while union leaders are having their homes raided by the FBI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
UN-for-Greta-ble
Sep 27, 201927 minIn just one week, she inspired global protests, mean-mugged President Trump, and chastised world leaders at the United Nations. David Wallace-Wells, editor at New York magazine, explains the rise of Greta Thunberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The whistleblower complaint
Sep 26, 201921 minThe House Intelligence Committee released the whistleblower complaint minutes before Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire began his testimony before Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The "transcript"
Sep 25, 201918 minThe White House released a record of President Trump’s conversation with President Zelensky, then went on the defensive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pelosi calls for impeachment inquiry
Sep 24, 201917 minThis evening Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the House will begin an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains how everything changed in 24 hours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Son of a Biden
Sep 23, 201924 minA whistleblower in the intelligence community has sparked a political scandal involving President Trump and a pair of Bidens. Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Burn, baby, burn
Sep 20, 201928 minThe vast majority of your plastic isn’t being recycled. It might be time to consider lighting it on fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The 51st state?
Sep 19, 201927 minResidents in the District of Columbia have been living with "taxation without representation" from Day 1. Today, they take their call for statehood to Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
To Bibi or not to Bibi
Sep 18, 201916 minIsraeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s decade-long hold on power may be coming to an end. Anyone up for peace? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When it's time to die
Sep 17, 201922 minThis week Maine joins several states allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives with medication. Cyndie Rogers explains why she eventually wants to take advantage of Maine’s Death with Dignity Act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How do you remove an egg from an omelette?
Sep 16, 201923 minSome say that’s how hard it is to remove the UK from the EU. Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy heads to the United Kingdom's highest court Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ABCDebate
Sep 13, 201927 minAfter Vox's Tara Golshan reviews the third Democratic debate, Matthew Yglesias explains how Joe Biden wins even when he loses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
