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Today, Explained

Today, Explained is Vox's daily news explainer podcast hosted by Sean Rameswaram and Noel King.

Unexplainable

Worlds we don't know, mysteries we haven't solved, questions we can't answer, and the scientists trying to figure it all out.

The Gray Area

The Gray Area is a philosophical take on culture, politics, and everything in between with host Sean Illing.

Explain It to Me

Explain It to Me is the hotline for all your unanswered questions. Host Jonquilyn Hill is your friendly guide to the answers you're looking for — and maybe even the ones you don’t expect.

Today, Explained

Today, Explained is Vox's daily news explainer podcast hosted by Sean Rameswaram and Noel King.

Unexplainable

Worlds we don't know, mysteries we haven't solved, questions we can't answer, and the scientists trying to figure it all out.

The Gray Area

The Gray Area is a philosophical take on culture, politics, and everything in between with host Sean Illing.

Explain It to Me

Explain It to Me is the hotline for all your unanswered questions. Host Jonquilyn Hill is your friendly guide to the answers you're looking for — and maybe even the ones you don’t expect.

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The Matt Gaetz ethics report, explained
Congress

The report accuses Gaetz of paying women for sex — including a 17-year-old.

By Ellen Ioanes and Li Zhou
The long decline of the American death penalty, explainedThe long decline of the American death penalty, explained
Criminal Justice

President Biden’s latest move against the death penalty is part of a much larger nationwide trend.

By Ian Millhiser
Climate change is pushing some governments to the breaking pointClimate change is pushing some governments to the breaking point
Climate

One country offers a glimpse into the future of warming and unrest.

By Umair Irfan
The Matt Gaetz ethics report, explained
Congress

The report accuses Gaetz of paying women for sex — including a 17-year-old.

By Ellen Ioanes and Li Zhou
The long decline of the American death penalty, explainedThe long decline of the American death penalty, explained
Criminal Justice

President Biden’s latest move against the death penalty is part of a much larger nationwide trend.

By Ian Millhiser
Climate change is pushing some governments to the breaking pointClimate change is pushing some governments to the breaking point
Climate

One country offers a glimpse into the future of warming and unrest.

By Umair Irfan

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Get out of your chair every hour and 11 other ways to improve your life in 2025
Even Better

The best advice we got this year.

By Allie Volpe
Can you still be close to someone whose politics you despise?Can you still be close to someone whose politics you despise?
Even Better

Why some Americans are rethinking estrangement in a second Trump presidency.

By Allie Volpe
Major change doesn’t have to wreck your friendshipsMajor change doesn’t have to wreck your friendships
LifeMember Exclusive

Everyone evolves. Your friendships can too.

By Angel Martinez
Get out of your chair every hour and 11 other ways to improve your life in 2025
Even Better

The best advice we got this year.

By Allie Volpe
Can you still be close to someone whose politics you despise?Can you still be close to someone whose politics you despise?
Even Better

Why some Americans are rethinking estrangement in a second Trump presidency.

By Allie Volpe
Major change doesn’t have to wreck your friendshipsMajor change doesn’t have to wreck your friendships
LifeMember Exclusive

Everyone evolves. Your friendships can too.

By Angel Martinez

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Even Better

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By Allie Volpe
Biden made good use of the pardon power. It still needs reform.Biden made good use of the pardon power. It still needs reform.
Policy

Presidents routinely abuse the pardon, but Biden’s record-setting commutations underscore why reforms should be narrow.

By Abdallah Fayyad
Are we living through the end of wildlife migrations?
Down to Earth

From squirrels to newts, many animals have lost an incredible ability to roam vast distances. But researchers say there’s hope.

By Christine Peterson
The uncomfortable question about “Latino” votersThe uncomfortable question about “Latino” voters
Politics

Is the group too diverse to think of with just one word?

By Christian Paz
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Culture

Vox’s cultural obsessions of 2024.

By Vox Staff
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Policy

Americans don’t have to look abroad for answers.

By Abdallah Fayyad
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Politics

That bodes poorly for his agenda next year.

By Eric Levitz
Why is money so hard?
Life

Every year, we spend and resolve to figure things out later. Now’s the time to make a plan.

By Nicole Dieker Finley
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Amazon

Drivers and delivery workers are trying to disrupt Amazon’s Christmas package deliveries.

By Ellen Ioanes
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Politics

Trump is blowing up funding deals, again. It’s a preview of what’s to come.

By Li Zhou
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Politics

Trump stoked another congressional crisis. But there’s an intriguing twist to this one.

By Andrew Prokop
Can Trump get a Gaza ceasefire?Can Trump get a Gaza ceasefire?
Audio
Today, Explained podcast

The president-elect is pushing Hamas to free Israeli hostages by January 20.

By Peter Balonon-Rosen and Noel King
How Democrats should — and shouldn’t — moderate on immigrationHow Democrats should — and shouldn’t — moderate on immigration
Politics

Democrats must not forfeit the fight for expanding legal admissions.

By Eric Levitz