Today, Explained

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  1. The Island of Explained

    1 mei 2020 · 25 min

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    Come with us to the magical Island of Explained, where we’ll climb trees and venture into caves to answer kids’ biggest coronavirus questions. Go to vox.com/todayexplainedlearning to find supplemental activities, from testing how far snot travels to coloring in a map of the Island of Explained. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.
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  2. The Invisible Man

    30 april 2020 · 20 min

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    Vox's Alex Ward explains what's going on with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. (Transcript here.)
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  3. Overflowing farms, desperate food banks

    29 april 2020 · 27 min

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    American farmers are destroying their crops while demand is mounting at food banks. Politico food and agriculture reporter Helena Bottemiller Evich explains. (Transcript here.)
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  4. Inside the world's biggest lockdown

    29 april 2020 · 24 min

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered 1.4 billion Indians to stay home. The world had never seen anything like it. (Transcript here.)
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  5. Oil is broke. Green New Deal with it?

    27 april 2020 · 23 min

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    Oil just went negative for the first time in history. Vox's David Roberts says that creates an opportunity to make more history. (Transcript here.)
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  6. Georgia on my mind

    24 april 2020 · 19 min

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    As the state reopens, Vox's Jillian Weinberger zooms to rural Georgia to hear how a Covid-19 outbreak spiraled out of control. (Transcript here.)
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  7. Conspiracy-19

    23 april 2020 · 24 min

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    Vox’s science editor, Eliza Barclay, arms you with the facts you need to fight your uncle’s favorite coronavirus conspiracy theories. (Transcript here.)
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  8. This one's for Earth

    22 april 2020 · 22 min

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    Cryptic treehunters. Unknown apples. Flowers fighting back. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Vox’s Umair Irfan and Brian Resnick explain what we learned about the planet in the last year. (Transcript here.)
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  9. One day, three healthcare workers

    21 april 2020 · 24 min

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    A nurse, a paramedic, and a physician’s assistant record themselves throughout the course of a day in the fight against Covid-19. (Transcript here.)
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  10. The epicenter of the epicenter

    21 april 2020 · 25 min

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    Covid-19's victims, and the people they leave behind. (Transcript here.)
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  11. Long shot

    18 april 2020 · 27 min

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    It could be a year or more before the vaccine is ready, but there’s a radical plan to speed up the process. (Transcript here.)
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  12. Zeke Emanuel’s exit strategy

    16 april 2020 · 27 min

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    President Trump wants to reopen the country yesterday. Bioethicist Zeke Emanuel, who served as a health policy advisor to former President Obama, offers a safe path. (Transcript here.)
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  13. Death Cab for The Postal Service?

    16 april 2020 · 28 min

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    The United States Postal Service is on the brink of collapse. Vox's Matthew Yglesias explains how and why the country should save it. (Transcript here.)
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  14. All praise, no pay

    15 april 2020 · 28 min

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    Essential workers in the food, transportation, and retail industries are being called American heroes. They want to be paid as such. (Transcript here.)
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  15. Elizabeth Warren has a plan for this, too

    13 april 2020 · 53 min

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    Friend of the show Ezra Klein speaks to Sen. Elizabeth Warren about several plans she has proposed to combat this pandemic. (Transcript here.)
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  16. The loneliness pandemic

    11 april 2020 · 21 min

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    Coronavirus has led to another pandemic: social isolation. Vox’s Ezra Klein says this sickness has a cure. (Transcript here.)
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  17. Six feet away from God

    10 april 2020 · 27 min

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    While a few religious leaders flout shelter in place ordinances, Easter, Passover, and Ramadan are inspiring most to get creative with worship. (Transcript here.)
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  18. Vote and die

    9 april 2020 · 26 min

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    Wisconsinites had to choose between catching Covid-19 and voting on Tuesday. Is the rest of the country next? (Transcript here.)
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  19. "The Great Equalizer"

    8 april 2020 · 24 min

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    Madonna was wrong. Covid-19 isn't an equalizer. It's coming for America's most vulnerable populations. (Transcript here.)
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  20. The immunity test

    6 april 2020 · 21 min

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    A vaccine will take a while, but Vox’s Umair Irfan says the global effort to test for immunity and treat Covid-19 is well underway. (An earlier version of this episode misidentified hydroxychloroquine as an active ingredient in aquarium cleaner. That's chloroquine phosphate.) (Transcript here.)
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  21. Mask on? Mask off?

    4 april 2020 · 27 min

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    In an about-face, the Centers for Disease Control would now like you to cover your mouth and nose when you go outside. (Transcript here.)
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  22. 6.6 million more unemployed

    3 april 2020 · 29 min

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    Last week's unemployment numbers shattered all records. This week, they doubled. Vox's Matthew Yglesias, host of The Weeds podcast, proposes a way out of this mess. (Transcript here.)
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  23. Lockdown while locked up

    2 april 2020 · 28 min

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    Arthur Longworth calls Sean from Washington State Reformatory to explain what it's like to serve a life sentence at a prison where the coronavirus is spreading. (Transcript here.)
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  24. The trouble with Trump’s daily briefings

    1 april 2020 · 27 min

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    Part rally, part media-bashing, part critical updates on the coronavirus crisis, President Trump's daily press briefings are muddying the message. (Transcript here.)
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  25. How Covid-19 attacks your body

    30 maart 2020 · 26 min

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    In this episode of Vox's Reset podcast Ed Yong from The Atlantic explains how a little spiky ball called SARS-CoV2 brought the world to its knees. (Transcript here.)
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  26. Your coronavirus questions, answered (Part II)

    27 maart 2020 · 26 min

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    On today's show, more listener questions: Why isn't everyone social distancing? Will I be immune after I get it? When will this end? My anxiety is spiking!(Transcript here.)
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  27. The emergency room emergency

    26 maart 2020 · 28 min

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    The Atlantic's James Hamblin explains why America has a critical shortage of medical supplies. New York City ER doctor Calvin Sun says, “It’s like a lottery that we don’t want to play, but we’re forced to play.” (Transcript here.)
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  28. The two trillion dollar question

    25 maart 2020 · 27 min

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    Congress has settled on an historic stimulus package, but Ezra Klein is worried it might not be enough. (Transcript here.)
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  29. Asia's second wave

    24 maart 2020 · 24 min

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    Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore managed to contain Covid-19, but now things look less promising. (Transcript here.)
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  30. Giving birth in a pandemic

    23 maart 2020 · 26 min

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    Vox's Julia Belluz went from covering the global coronavirus pandemic to giving birth in the middle of it. (Transcript here.)
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  31. Your coronavirus questions, answered

    20 maart 2020 · 26 min

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    On today's show, we answer listener questions: Why is there no TP? Will we run out of food? Can I get the virus from sex? How can I help? (Transcript here.)
    An earlier version of this episode featured a section that could have been misconstrued as legal advice. It has been removed.
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  32. Six feet away

    19 maart 2020 · 22 min

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    Vox’s Brian Resnick (safely) meets Sean in a Washington, D.C. park to deliver the Five Commandments of social distancing. Start your #SixFeetAwaySong journey at vox.com/today-explained. (Transcript here.)
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  33. TFW your dad gives you Covid-19

    18 maart 2020 · 29 min

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    Sean speaks to a Brooklyn family that has Covid-19, and Vox’s Dylan Scott explains how the United States is still trying to get its act together on testing. Subscribe to the Voxcare newsletter here: http://vox.com/voxcare. (Transcript here.)
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  34. Can President Trump fix this?

    17 maart 2020 · 24 min

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    After dismissing coronavirus concerns for months, President Donald is pivoting to serious action to slow the crisis in the United States. (Transcript here.)
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  35. School's out for Covid

    16 maart 2020 · 18 min

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    The country’s largest school district told a million kids to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s creating chaos for teachers, students, and parents. (Transcript here.)
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  36. Living in lockdown

    13 maart 2020 · 19 min

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    Italy has quarantined the whole country in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. Vox’s Julia Belluz explains why the US might look like Italy soon.(Transcript here.)
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  37. How to slow down coronavirus

    12 maart 2020 · 21 min

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    President Trump has banned most Europeans from traveling to the US. Vox’s Jen Kirby explains why that won’t stop the novel coronavirus from spreading, and Eliza Barclay tells us what we can do to slow the spread. (Transcript here.)
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  38. Old Country for Old Men

    11 maart 2020 · 25 min

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    After last night, Joe Biden is one step closer to the nomination, but no matter who wins, the next president will be over 70. The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson explains why that could be a problem. (Transcript here.)
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  39. Coronavirus hits the markets

    10 maart 2020 · 20 min

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    The stock market’s going haywire. Major companies are telling their employees to stay home. Austin has canceled SXSW. Vox’s Matthew Yglesias says governments across the world have to act fast to save the global economy. (Transcript here.)
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  40. James Carville thinks Trump will lose

    9 maart 2020 · 22 min

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    The veteran political strategist argues that Democrats are well-positioned to win back not only the White House, but the Senate, too. (Transcript here.)
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  41. So you think you have Covid-19

    6 maart 2020 · 23 min

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    Thus far, the United States hasn't been doing the best job of testing for the novel coronavirus. ProPublica's Caroline Chen explains why. (Transcript here.)
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  42. Roe v. Wade v. Roberts

    5 maart 2020 · 20 min

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    There's a new fight over abortion at the Supreme Court and Chief Justice John Roberts is in the swing position. (Transcript here.)
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  43. Thanks, Obama

    4 maart 2020 · 24 min

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    Vox's Andrew Prokop runs through Super Tuesday results, before Laura McGann explains Vice President Biden's "Joementum." (Transcript here.)
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  44. Covid-19, explained by Carl (who has it)

    3 maart 2020 · 26 min

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    Carl Goldman was on the Diamond Princess cruise ship and now he has Covid-19. He speaks to Sean Rameswaram from a CDC quarantine in Omaha, Nebraska. (Transcript here.)
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  45. Tuesday, Explained

    2 maart 2020 · 24 min

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    Vox's Andrew Prokop explains what makes this Tuesday so super and performs some basic arithmetic to suggest how Democrats could end up with a contested convention. (Transcript here.)
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  46. Make America Doubt Again

    28 februari 2020 · 27 min

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    McKay Coppins built a fake Facebook profile to fully experience President Trump's 2020 digital strategy. It didn't take long for him to start doubting reality. (Transcript here.)
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  47. The last stronghold in Syria

    27 februari 2020 · 21 min

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    Idlib province in northwestern Syria is now the last stronghold of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad and one of the world’s greatest humanitarian crises. (Transcript here.)
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  48. Pandemic?

    27 februari 2020 · 29 min

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    Covid-19 may be on the brink of becoming a pandemic. Vox’s Julia Belluz explains what that p-word means and Brian Resnick breaks down what an outbreak response might look like in the United States. (Transcript here.)
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  49. Putin his thumb on the scale

    25 februari 2020 · 21 min

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    Russian interference in U.S. elections could go from Vlad to worse as President Trump sidelines U.S. intelligence agencies. (Transcript here.)
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  50. Weekend at Bernie’s

    24 februari 2020 · 24 min

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    Bernie Sanders took Nevada with a landslide coalition so diverse it has left Joe Biden feeling nervous heading into South Carolina. (Transcript here.)
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