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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. You can listen to it, and more Vox podcasts, here. Today, Explained is now available on public radio stations across the US.

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The Today, Explained team includes Amina Al-Sadi, Matt Collette, Haleema Shah, Efim Shapiro, Will Reid, Victoria Chamberlin, Miles Bryan, Hady Mawajdeh, and Laura Bullard. The show is a production of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Transcripts of the show are available here. Download learning exercises to go along with our Today, Explained to Kids episodes.

We just got the most comprehensive study of pandemic learning loss

By Sean Rameswaram and Miles Bryan

Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia, briefly explained

By Sean Rameswaram and Hady Mawajdeh

How one lawyer engineered the right’s (likely) successful crusade against Roe v. Wade

By Noel King and Jillian Weinberger

The isolation of Vladimir Putin

By Noel King and Victoria Chamberlin

How to listen to Today, Explained on the radio

By Vox Staff

The real and imagined history of Ukraine

By Noel King, Miles Bryan, and 1 more

How history made this Atlanta neighborhood a secession battleground

By Miles Bryan

Amanda Knox, in her own words

By Matt Collette and Lauren Katz

The Great Regression

By Jillian Weinberger, Miles Bryan, and 1 more

YouTube’s kids app has a rabbit hole problem

By Rebecca Heilweil

Today, Explained looks at how the coronavirus pandemic reshaped the world 

By Lauren Katz

Your biggest Covid-19 vaccine questions, answered

By Lauren Katz and Sean Rameswaram

RSVP now: Dr. Fauci joins Today, Explained for a live conversation

By Lauren Katz

A guide to the Trump administration’s biggest scandals, accomplishments, and policies 

By Sean Rameswaram and Lauren Katz

“It isn’t a question of politics”: Fauci on calling out Sen. Rand Paul’s misinformation

By Sean Rameswaram

Next time someone sends you fake news, share these essential tips 

By Lauren Katz and Sean Rameswaram

Systemic racism, explained (to kids)

By Noam Hassenfeld and Byrd Pinkerton

Why boredom can be good for you

By Byrd Pinkerton and Noam Hassenfeld

Elections, explained (to kids)

By Noam Hassenfeld and Byrd Pinkerton

How a vaccine gets made, explained (to kids)

By Noam Hassenfeld and Byrd Pinkerton

Professor Ibram X. Kendi on why it’s not enough to admit when you’re being racist

By Sean Rameswaram and Lauren Katz

Today, Explained: Greatest Hits

By Noam Hassenfeld

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By Lauren Katz

Why James Carville thinks Trump will lose

By Lauren Katz

Covid-19, explained by Carl (who has it)

By Lauren Katz

The Today, Explained podcast team picks their favorite episodes

By Sean Rameswaram

It’s a lifestyle. It’s a culture. It’s keto. 

By Lauren Katz

Noise pollution is everywhere. And the health effects are real.

By Lauren Katz

“This dynamic is immortal”: Why OK boomer is much more complicated than the meme

By Lauren Katz

Why Pete Buttigieg is suddenly surging in the polls

By Lauren Katz

What we learned from the third day of public impeachment hearings

By Lauren Katz

The world’s most profitable company is about to go public

By Lauren Katz

The impeachment hearings went public. Here are the most important takeaways.

By Lauren Katz

Pop culture unites us as Americans. Will streaming services change that?

By Lauren Katz

3 days, 5 transcripts: What we’ve learned from recently released impeachment depositions

By Lauren Katz

Trump rallies aren’t a sideshow — they’re his entire campaign

By Lauren Katz

The House impeachment vote made the inquiry official. Here’s what’s next.

By Lauren Katz

The October Democratic presidential debate, explained in under 25 minutes

By Delia Paunescu