# Today, Explained

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Official site: https://www.vox.com/todayexplained
Author: Vox
Episodes: 2217

## Resource

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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## Episodes
- [AI just went rogue](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/ai-just-went-rogue) — 2026-07-28T18:00:00+00:00
- [The Trump-Saudi-Israel drama](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-trump-saudi-israel-drama) — 2026-07-27T18:00:00+00:00
- [The perimenopause moment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-perimenopause-moment) — 2026-07-26T12:00:00+00:00
- [The Boomer politicians who won't retire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-boomer-politicians-who-won-t-retire) — 2026-07-25T12:00:00+00:00
- [America’s best hot dog](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/america-s-best-hot-dog) — 2026-07-24T18:15:00+00:00
- [Our tick nightmare](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/our-tick-nightmare) — 2026-07-23T18:00:00+00:00
- [The truth about Iran](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-truth-about-iran) — 2026-07-22T18:00:00+00:00
- [Defunding Israel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/defunding-israel) — 2026-07-21T20:11:00+00:00
- [Trump's 2020 obsession](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/trump-s-2020-obsession) — 2026-07-20T18:00:00+00:00
- [What's in a name?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/what-s-in-a-name) — 2026-07-19T12:00:00+00:00
- [Progressives take on the Rust Belt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/progressives-take-on-the-rust-belt) — 2026-07-18T12:00:00+00:00
- [Parasite (2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/parasite-2026) — 2026-07-17T18:32:00+00:00
- [Vance vs. Rubio 2028](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/vance-vs-rubio-2028) — 2026-07-16T18:00:00+00:00
- [Anarchy in the UK](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/anarchy-in-the-uk) — 2026-07-15T18:00:00+00:00
- [The Mitch McConnell mystery](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-mitch-mcconnell-mystery) — 2026-07-14T18:24:00+00:00
- [ICE kills again](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/ice-kills-again) — 2026-07-13T18:25:00+00:00
- [Tanning is back](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/tanning-is-back) — 2026-07-12T12:00:00+00:00
- [Kamala, 2028](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/kamala-2028) — 2026-07-11T12:00:00+00:00
- [Love Island or Lust Island?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/love-island-or-lust-island) — 2026-07-10T18:26:00+00:00
- [Pope Leo excommunicates](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/pope-leo-excommunicates) — 2026-07-09T18:30:00+00:00
- [Smart glasses are officially here](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/smart-glasses-are-officially-here) — 2026-07-08T18:00:00+00:00
- [A white, male military](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/a-white-male-military) — 2026-07-07T18:00:00+00:00
- [Trump’s secret war](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/trump-s-secret-war) — 2026-07-06T18:05:00+00:00
- [The socialists are coming!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-socialists-are-coming) — 2026-07-02T18:00:00+00:00
- [Jared and Ivanka’s accidental revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/jared-and-ivanka-s-accidental-revolution) — 2026-07-01T18:00:00+00:00
- [Everything is dupes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/everything-is-dupes) — 2026-06-30T18:30:00+00:00
- [The World Cup is healing us](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-world-cup-is-healing-us) — 2026-06-29T18:15:00+00:00
- [Can we cheat death?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/can-we-cheat-death) — 2026-06-28T12:00:00+00:00
- [How Trump lost the bro vote](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/how-trump-lost-the-bro-vote) — 2026-06-27T12:00:00+00:00
- [Lonely fans](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/lonely-fans) — 2026-06-26T18:19:00+00:00
- [The Reflecting Pool fiasco](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-reflecting-pool-fiasco) — 2026-06-25T18:00:00+00:00
- [The world’s stingiest trillionaire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-world-s-stingiest-trillionaire) — 2026-06-24T18:15:00+00:00
- [The Trump phone grift](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-trump-phone-grift) — 2026-06-23T18:00:00+00:00
- [North Korea's girl dad dictator](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/north-korea-s-girl-dad-dictator) — 2026-06-22T18:00:00+00:00
- [How to beat mosquitoes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/how-to-beat-mosquitoes) — 2026-06-21T12:00:00+00:00
- [The young candidates shaking up the Dem Party](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-young-candidates-shaking-up-the-dem-party) — 2026-06-20T12:00:00+00:00
- [The death of dating](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-death-of-dating) — 2026-06-19T18:00:00+00:00
- [How Trump’s maps could backfire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/how-trump-s-maps-could-backfire) — 2026-06-18T18:00:00+00:00
- [Iran won the war](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/iran-won-the-war) — 2026-06-17T18:00:00+00:00
- [Why the Antichrist is back](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/why-the-antichrist-is-back) — 2026-06-16T18:00:00+00:00
- [Trump loves the inflation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/trump-loves-the-inflation) — 2026-06-15T18:00:00+00:00
- [The lost art of handwriting](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-lost-art-of-handwriting) — 2026-06-14T12:00:00+00:00
- [Hasan Piker vs. The Establishment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/hasan-piker-vs-the-establishment) — 2026-06-13T12:00:00+00:00
- [YouTube at the movies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/youtube-at-the-movies) — 2026-06-12T18:00:00+00:00
- [Nike lost its cool](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/nike-lost-its-cool) — 2026-06-11T18:00:00+00:00
- [Is Platner too “authentic”?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/is-platner-too-authentic) — 2026-06-10T18:15:00+00:00
- [America's birthday blues](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/america-s-birthday-blues) — 2026-06-09T18:00:00+00:00
- [Putin's plan to live forever](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/putin-s-plan-to-live-forever) — 2026-06-08T18:20:00+00:00
- [DIY or don’t?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/diy-or-don-t) — 2026-06-07T12:00:00+00:00
- [Can corruption drive voter turnout?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/can-corruption-drive-voter-turnout) — 2026-06-06T12:00:00+00:00
- [The Ferrari of electric vehicles](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-ferrari-of-electric-vehicles) — 2026-06-05T18:00:00+00:00
- [Why Israel won’t stop](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/why-israel-won-t-stop) — 2026-06-04T18:00:00+00:00
- [Trump enters his flop era](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/trump-enters-his-flop-era) — 2026-06-03T18:30:00+00:00
- [AI goes IPO](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/ai-goes-ipo) — 2026-06-02T18:00:00+00:00
- [Ebola conspiracies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/ebola-conspiracies) — 2026-06-01T18:07:00+00:00
- [Why people cheat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/why-people-cheat) — 2026-05-31T12:00:00+00:00
- [You voted. Does it matter?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/you-voted-does-it-matter) — 2026-05-30T12:00:00+00:00
- [The steroid olympics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-steroid-olympics) — 2026-05-29T18:08:00+00:00
- [The fall of Ben Shapiro](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-fall-of-ben-shapiro) — 2026-05-28T18:00:00+00:00
- [Raw milk is having a mooment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/raw-milk-is-having-a-mooment) — 2026-05-27T18:01:00+00:00
- [Cuba, too](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/cuba-too) — 2026-05-26T18:20:00+00:00
- [Dating my AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/dating-my-ai) — 2026-05-25T18:00:00+00:00
- [Ew, are we post-literate?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/ew-are-we-post-literate) — 2026-05-22T18:00:00+00:00
- [Late night’s long goodbye](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/late-night-s-long-goodbye) — 2026-05-21T18:00:00+00:00
- [Everything is clips now](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/everything-is-clips-now) — 2026-05-20T18:19:00+00:00
- [The Great American Road Trip?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-great-american-road-trip) — 2026-05-19T18:24:00+00:00
- [How the right embraced psychedelics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/how-the-right-embraced-psychedelics) — 2026-05-18T18:31:00+00:00
- [Prepping for doomsday (or Tuesday)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/prepping-for-doomsday-or-tuesday) — 2026-05-17T12:00:00+00:00
- [The data center war](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-data-center-war) — 2026-05-16T12:00:00+00:00
- [The rise of death doulas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-rise-of-death-doulas) — 2026-05-15T18:42:00+00:00
- [All Quiet on the Climate Front](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/all-quiet-on-the-climate-front) — 2026-05-14T18:55:00+00:00
- [Is it a bad book or is it AI?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/is-it-a-bad-book-or-is-it-ai) — 2026-05-13T18:00:00+00:00
- [Abortion pills at the Supreme Court](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/abortion-pills-at-the-supreme-court) — 2026-05-12T18:15:00+00:00
- [Controlling hantavirus](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/controlling-hantavirus) — 2026-05-11T18:22:00+00:00
- [Chems in your cosmetics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/chems-in-your-cosmetics) — 2026-05-10T12:00:00+00:00
- ["Affordability" is the new progressive](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/affordability-is-the-new-progressive) — 2026-05-09T12:00:00+00:00
- [Is smoking back?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/is-smoking-back) — 2026-05-08T18:25:00+00:00
- [One billion humanoid robots](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/one-billion-humanoid-robots) — 2026-05-07T18:00:00+00:00
- [Is Venezuela better now?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/is-venezuela-better-now) — 2026-05-06T18:33:00+00:00
- [RIP Spirit Airlines](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/rip-spirit-airlines) — 2026-05-05T18:00:00+00:00
- [The Supreme Court's gerrymaxxing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-supreme-court-s-gerrymaxxing) — 2026-05-04T18:26:00+00:00
- [The cost of “I do”](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-cost-of-i-do) — 2026-05-03T12:00:00+00:00
- [Grading America's first 250 years](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/grading-america-s-first-250-years) — 2026-05-02T12:00:00+00:00
- [The burnout economy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-burnout-economy) — 2026-05-01T18:12:00+00:00
- [The Michael Jackson "biopic"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-michael-jackson-biopic) — 2026-04-30T18:00:00+00:00
- [China is winning the Iran war](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/china-is-winning-the-iran-war) — 2026-04-29T18:00:00+00:00
- [“Staged”](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/staged) — 2026-04-28T18:00:00+00:00
- [Who's afraid of teen takeovers?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/who-s-afraid-of-teen-takeovers) — 2026-04-27T18:20:00+00:00
- [Burnout sandwich](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/burnout-sandwich) — 2026-04-26T12:00:00+00:00
- [This Senator has an Eric Swalwell problem](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/this-senator-has-an-eric-swalwell-problem) — 2026-04-25T12:00:00+00:00
- [“Having kids was a mistake”](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/having-kids-was-a-mistake) — 2026-04-24T18:00:00+00:00
- [When your college closes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/when-your-college-closes) — 2026-04-23T18:23:00+00:00
- [100 days of Mayor Mamdani](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/100-days-of-mayor-mamdani) — 2026-04-22T18:11:00+00:00
- [TMZ Goes to Washington](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/tmz-goes-to-washington) — 2026-04-21T18:00:00+00:00
- [The case for holy war](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-case-for-holy-war) — 2026-04-20T18:00:00+00:00
- [How to fight burnout](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/how-to-fight-burnout) — 2026-04-19T12:00:00+00:00
- [Why both sides fail on immigration](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/why-both-sides-fail-on-immigration) — 2026-04-18T12:00:00+00:00
- [The secret soundtrack to your life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/the-secret-soundtrack-to-your-life) — 2026-04-17T18:18:00+00:00

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