{"podcast":{"title":"Today, Explained","slug":"today-explained-663276","podcast_index_feed_id":663276,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VMP5705694065","website_url":"https://www.vox.com/todayexplained","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/23d52a2a-1c5f-11ea-9a0e-b70170f2a827/image/uploads_2F1588357113366-jjsdfzx6x4m-c0339c10f9b113a5fcc93436e66e5ef4_2FTodayExplained+V2_Tile_3000x3000+_281_29.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Vox","episode_count":2217,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T08:17:28.089018+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276"},"episode":{"title":"Cuba, too","slug":"cuba-too","published_at":"2026-05-26T18:20:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/cuba-too","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP1680313670.mp3?updated=1779822625","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP1680313670.mp3?updated=1779822625","summary":"Cuba seems willing to concede more than ever if the Trump administration is willing to take the win. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen and Danielle Hewitt, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. A rally in support of former Cuban president Raul Castro outside the US Embassy in Havana. Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Cuba seems willing to concede more than ever if the Trump administration is willing to take the win. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1558,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/today-explained-663276/episodes/cuba-too/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-explained-663276/cuba-too.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}