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Googliath
22 februari 2021 · 44 min
Australia just reined in Google. Dozens of other countries want in on the action. The latest season of Land of the Giants explains how two grad students turned a search engine into what might be the most powerful company in history.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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A tough week for Texas
20 februari 2021 · 25 min
First it was brutal winter weather, power outages followed, and then came a poorly timed trip to Cancun. Texas Public Radio’s Joey Palacios explains what comes next.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Rush Limbaugh’s legacy
19 februari 2021 · 29 min
Author Nicole Hemmer explains how Limbaugh helped pave the way for Fox News, OAN, and Newsmax.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Biden at the border
18 februari 2021 · 28 min
President Biden says he wants to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies, so why are some of them still in effect? The El Paso Times’s Lauren Villagran and the New Yorker’s Sarah Stillman explain.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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57-43
17 februari 2021 · 26 min
Democrats made a strong case against Donald Trump. Republicans are being punished for supporting it. Vox’s Zack Beauchamp explains.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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#FreeBritney
13 februari 2021 · 28 min
The movement to liberate Britney Spears from her conservatorship may not succeed, but it’s revealing a lot about how we treat young women. Vox’s Constance Grady explains.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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The Republican(!) plan to give parents money
12 februari 2021 · 24 min
Sen. Mitt Romney wants to throw money at parents, Andrew Yang-style. President Biden is into it, too. Vox’s Dylan Matthews explains.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Vaccine hoarding
10 februari 2021 · 19 min
Poorer countries have received less than 1 percent of the Covid-19 vaccines distributed around the world. Vox’s Julia Belluz explains what the WHO is calling a “catastrophic moral failure.”
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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26 Words
10 februari 2021 · 28 min
A quarter-century after it was signed, Section 230, the law that made the modern internet, has done the impossible: united Democrats and Republicans.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Capitol punishment
9 februari 2021 · 29 min
Vox’s Andrew Prokop previews the historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Law professor Alan Rozenshtein explains what the Justice Department can and cannot do to prosecute insurrectionists.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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The Senate’s $1.9 trillion all-nighter
5 februari 2021 · 18 min
The Senate voted on more than 40 pieces of legislation overnight. Vox’s Li Zhou explains what the “vote-a-rama” means for President Biden’s agenda.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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The Arab Spring, 10 years later
5 februari 2021 · 36 min
Ten years ago, a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire and set off a revolution across the Middle East and North Africa. The Independent’s Borzou Daragahi says the Arab Spring never ended.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “loony lies”
3 februari 2021 · 26 min
Vox’s Aaron Rupar explains why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has likened a fellow Republican’s views to cancer. And New York magazine’s Olivia Nuzzi explores what lawmakers peddling conspiracy theories means for the future of the GOP.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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The coup in Myanmar
3 februari 2021 · 20 min
Some would say the military has always been in control of Myanmar. On Monday morning, they made it official once again.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Introducing Chicano Squad
1 februari 2021 · 50 min
After the 1977 murder of a young Latino man, the Houston Police Department created a team of five young Latino officers to solve homicides in their community. True crime meets forgotten history in the Vox Media Podcast Network’s Chicano Squad.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Biden’s latest 13 actions (in 13 minutes)
30 januari 2021 · 23 min
And whether or not any of it will last beyond his presidency.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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GameStock
29 januari 2021 · 27 min
Vox’s Emily Stewart explains how GameStop’s stock jumped by 1,700 percent this month. Bloomberg’s Matt Levine ponders the purpose of the stock market.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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The military’s far-right problem
28 januari 2021 · 26 min
Sen. Tammy Duckworth wants the military to do a better job of rooting out extremism in its ranks. A military investigator explains how to solve a decades-old problem.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Coronavirus, 365 days later
26 januari 2021 · 24 min
One year after our first episode on the novel coronavirus, Vox’s Julia Belluz explains what we got right, what we got wrong, and what comes next.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Marianne Williamson on healing America’s soul
25 januari 2021 · 26 min
Marianne Williamson was applauded as well as ridiculed on the presidential debate stage when she warned of the “dark psychic forces of collectivized hatred.” Now, just a few weeks after a lethal insurrection, a historic second impeachment, and the inauguration of President Joe Biden, she talks about the possibility of unity.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Second in command, first in history
23 januari 2021 · 27 min
Kamala Harris has already broken barriers, but ahead lies the rare task of leading a polarized and evenly divided Senate.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Biden’s first 17 actions (in 17 minutes)
22 januari 2021 · 22 min
In his first few minutes in office, President Biden hit CTRL+Z on former President Trump’s agenda.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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21 januari 2021 · 37 min
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in today and got straight to work. Vox’s Laura McGann and Dylan Matthews explain what will be done immediately, and what’s possible with the slimmest of majorities in Congress.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Abolish the lame-duck period?
19 januari 2021 · 25 min
America’s two-month lame-duck period gave supporters of the outgoing president ample time to plan a violent uprising. Vox’s Ian Millhiser argues the long transition needs to end.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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The first global vaccination
15 januari 2021 · 22 min
Was distributed by 22 orphans.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Okay, Google: unionize!
15 januari 2021 · 26 min
A very big tech company now has a very small union. Recode’s Shirin Ghaffary explains why highly paid workers in an anti-union industry still organized and made history.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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The people behind the insurrection
14 januari 2021 · 24 min
President Trump has been impeached for inciting an insurrection on the Capitol one week ago. CNN’s Elle Reeve was there and explains who was duped into mobbing the government. Plus, Washington Post’s Dan Lamothe reports on how the government plans to prevent another mob from wreaking havoc.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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A step past impeachment
12 januari 2021 · 25 min
Impeachment won’t stop the United States’ slide towards authoritarianism. Voter reform might.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Deplatforming Donald
12 januari 2021 · 29 min
First he lost his Facebook. Then he lost his Twitter. As of today, President Trump had been limited or booted by more than a dozen platforms. Casey Newton, editor of Platformer, explains the historic shift on social media.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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The flamethrowers and the fire extinguishers
8 januari 2021 · 36 min
Infighting among Republican lawmakers reached a breaking point this week. The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins explains why and the tough road ahead for the GOP.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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How security at the Capitol failed
8 januari 2021 · 28 min
Washington Post national security reporter Dan Lamothe explains how a number of agencies and politicians put together a historically bad security plan for Congress on Wednesday.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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The breach, explained by Rep. Maloney (locked in her office)
7 januari 2021 · 12 min
Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York explains what it was like to live through today’s violent transfer of power.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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The virus gets more contagious
5 januari 2021 · 21 min
Viruses mutate, but this time it’s different.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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All eyes on Georgia
5 januari 2021 · 28 min
Tuesday’s election will decide who controls the Senate, but the president is still hung up on the election he already lost.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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The year in revue
30 december 2020 · 7 min
It's been a year.
It’s been a year
And after all the news
We’re still not in the clear
It’s been a year Lees meerCan’t even remember what life was like
Back before we didn’t need a mask to go outside
It’s been a yearCan’t even remember how it used to sound
Before the streets were quiet and we had to lock it down
It’s been a year2020
The year began on fire
Australia was burning
And Iran was looking direAnd you know you might forget it but
Back in the before time
We thought we’d have to deal
With Third World War timeIt was only January
The last time I went to a wedding
And we barely knew back then
That the virus was already spreadingMeanwhile the end of
The impeachment trial, finally
It went the way you thought it would
Except for maybe RomneyThe virus leaves China
On planes and on ships
The world watches closely
As Italy gets hitBut Italians sang from their balconies
And then came the celebritiesIt’s been a year
It’s been a year
And after all the news
We’re still not in the clearIt’s been a year
2020 is cancelled
No Olympics and
Costco took away free samplesSo long, Coachella
Goodbye in-person classes
No European travel
We banned their white assesCovid conspiracies.
We’ve got varieties
Bill Gates made it in a lab
And 5G wants to kill your dadMaybe it’ll go away
When temperatures are high
Maybe some disinfectant
Is worth the college try?Lockdowns, shutdowns
Layoffs and a market crash
Mask on. Mask off
The stimulus won’t help my rashWe’re running out of TP
We’re running out of PPE
I’m scared of getting groceries
I’m losing all my sanityWhen is this all gonna end?
It feels like everything is the same
Every single day
Blends into the next dayIt’s been a year
It’s been a year
And after all the news
We’re still not in the clear.
It’s been a yearLate May
A wall starts to shatter
More than half the country screaming
Black! Lives! Matter!A monumental protest movement
Started in the streets
Statues start to fall
And people protest the policeRaci…
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How 2020 changed us
29 december 2020 · 28 min
In the final episode of our five-part series, “You, Me, and Covid-19,” people look back on a very long year.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Animals catch Covid-19, too
28 december 2020 · 23 min
In the fourth of our five-part series, “You, Me, and Covid-19,” a reminder that we’re not the only animals who got Covid-19 this year. Science writer David Quammen explains why our health and theirs are intertwined.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Dr. Fauci’s nightmare before Christmas
23 december 2020 · 24 min
In the third of our five-part series, “You, Me, and Covid-19,” Dr. Anthony Fauci reflects back on his pandemic year, what he’s learned, and what he’d do differently.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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The year live music died
22 december 2020 · 29 min
In the second of our five-part series, “You, Me, and Covid-19,” musicians explain how they got creative when live shows and tours were canceled.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Moving home
21 december 2020 · 21 min
In the first of our five-part series, “You, Me, and Covid-19,” millennials are moving back in with their parents (again), but they are discovering multigenerational living has its perks.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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A climate change of address
19 december 2020 · 22 min
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.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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How Netscape created our tech world
18 december 2020 · 31 min
In this episode of the Go for Broke podcast, host Julia Furlan travels back to the mid-’90s to explain how a bygone web browser set the stage for modern tech.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Pornhub just deleted 80% of its videos
16 december 2020 · 21 min
One of the most popular porn sites on the internet just purged more than 10 million videos. Vice’s Samantha Cole explains why.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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Your vaccine questions, answered
16 december 2020 · 32 min
The Covid-19 vaccine is being distributed in the United States, and you have questions. Vox’s Umair Irfan has answers.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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India’s farmers strike
14 december 2020 · 24 min
The world’s biggest democracy is contending with what might be the world’s biggest labor stoppage.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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How movie theaters might survive
12 december 2020 · 44 min
On this episode of the Decoder podcast, host Nilay Patel speaks with Shelli Taylor, the CEO of Alamo Drafthouse. Taylor argues the government has failed to manage the pandemic effectively for business owners and explains what the future of theaters could look like in the streaming age.
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The vaccine, explained by Martin (who got it)
10 december 2020 · 24 min
Martin Kenyon was one of the first people to get the Covid-19 vaccine this week. He talks about his experience, and an epidemiologist explains how to talk to the “vaccine hesitant” people in your life.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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No coup for you!
9 december 2020 · 25 min
Joe won. And won. And won. Rudy can fail. And fail. And fail.
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How Melbourne eradicated Covid-19
8 december 2020 · 21 min
Melbourne, Australia, had a first wave. Then it had a second wave. Then it decided it was done with Covid-19.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like stimulus
8 december 2020 · 25 min
In an end-of-year plot twist, Congress is working on a fresh bipartisan stimulus bill.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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