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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.
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- Todayconversational26 min4-min read
Dems won. Now what?
This episode of Today, Explained recaps the 2025 off-year elections, in which Democrats delivered a sweeping repudiation of President Trump — winning races in Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Kansas, and beyond. Host Sean Rameswaram speaks with Vox colleague Astead Herndon about what the results mean, then interviews Rahm Emanuel, architect of the 2006 Democratic House takeover, about the playbook Democrats should now follow heading into 2028.
- Yesterdaynarrative25 min4-min read
Was populism worth it?
This episode of Today Explained examines a decade of populism in American politics, from Donald Trump's rise through the 2026 midterms, arguing that populism's fate may hinge less on politicians than on the structure of the media environment.
- 2 days agonarrative25 min4-min read
Make groceries cheap again
This episode of Today Explained, hosted by Noel King, examines why grocery prices feel so punishing ahead of the midterm elections, and challenges the popular assumption that supermarkets are the villains. Reporting from The Atlantic's Roger Karma and an interview with economist Jared Bernstein point instead to profitable middlemen in the food supply chain, and debate whether government intervention — from a public purchasing option to voluntary price caps — could actually bring prices down.
- 4 days agoconversational30 min5-min read
When hobbies take over your life
This episode of Explain It To Me from Vox, hosted by Jonquilyn Hill, examines what happens when hobbies stop being fun and start feeling like work. Through journalist Mahika Barua's story of hobby burnout, historian Gary Cross's history of leisure time, and writer Jenny Odell's philosophy of 'doing nothing,' the episode explores why Americans turn leisure into performance and how to reclaim joy without optimization.
- 5 days agoconversational31 min5-min read
Nevada's Trump slump
Days before the midterm elections, Astead Herndon travels to Las Vegas to canvass with the Culinary Union, a 60,000-member powerhouse of casino and hotel workers, to see how affordability, immigration, and the so-called 'Trump slump' are playing out on the ground among the working-class voters who will decide November's elections.
- 5 days agonarrative25 min4-min read
Life in the rage economy
Today, Explained examines the growing 'rage economy' in American consumer life, where customers face worsening products, services, and customer-support experiences, and then asks whether AI agents will make it better or worse.
- 6 days agoconversational25 min5-min read
Texas Talarico freakout
Today Explained travels to Texas to examine the 2026 Senate race between Democrat James Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian and former schoolteacher leading in most polls, and incumbent Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has not lost a statewide race despite impeachment, securities fraud investigations, and a public divorce. The episode explores how Paxton's campaign is attacking Talarico's masculinity and faith, and whether those attacks will matter to voters focused on the economy.
- 1 weeks agonarrative27 min4-min read
The future of MAGA is... Nixon?
A growing movement among young conservatives, dubbed 'Nixon-maxing,' seeks to rehabilitate Richard Nixon’s legacy not for his policies, but as a symbolic martyr against the liberal establishment—mirroring Trump-era grievances. This effort aims to institutionalize Trumpism beyond Trump by framing Nixon as a model for a new conservative order.
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