Today, Explained

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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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Today, Explained episodes:

January 13, 2020 One billion animals dead
Australia is suffering unprecedented damage from months of bush fires, but the country remains divided on the politics of climate change. (Transcript here.)

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23min
January 10, 2020 Megxit
Meghan Markle and her husband have announced their own personal Brexit. (Transcript here.)

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25min
January 09, 2020 The (first) trial of Harvey Weinstein
Irin Carmon from New York magazine explains how #MeToo is on trial alongside Harvey Weinstein. (Transcript here.)

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25min
January 08, 2020 What about Iraq?
Iran fired back. The United States issued a statement. Iraq wishes its allies would fight somewhere else. (Transcript here.)

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21min
January 07, 2020 The view from Iran
Iran analyst Dina Esfandiary explains why the killing of Qassem Soleimani was “the greatest gift the Trump administration could have given the Iranian government.” And an Iranian-American family disagrees on the meaning of Soleimani’s death. (Transcript here.)

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25min
January 06, 2020 War with Iran?
The United States killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last week. Vox's Alex Ward explains what might happen next. (Transcript here.)

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25min
January 03, 2020 Should we burn our recycling?
The vast majority of our plastic isn’t being recycled. It might be time to consider lighting it on fire. (Transcript here.)

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28min
January 02, 2020 The other TV president
Before stumbling into the biggest American political scandal in a generation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was best known for playing the president on TV. (Transcript here.)

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22min
December 30, 2019 Trump of the Year
On the cusp of a big election year, Vox’s Matthew Yglesias reviews President Trump’s accomplishments thus far. (Transcript here.)

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22min
December 27, 2019 Song of the Year
“Old Town Road” is unlike anything that’s ever happened in American popular music. (Transcript here.)

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24min

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