Today, Explained

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August 15, 2019 What's up with the yield curve?
Vox’s Matthew Yglesias explains why everyone's whispering about a recession.

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15 min
August 14, 2019 (Don't) give me your poor
The Trump administration is about to make it a lot harder for poor people to get a green card.

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16 min
August 13, 2019 Death behind bars
Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide is unexpectedly shining a light on the conditions in America’s jails.

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22 min
August 12, 2019 Deep fried podcast
Vox's Tara Golshan spent the weekend at the Iowa State Fair trying to figure out what eating deep fried Oreos has to do with running the country.

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22 min
August 09, 2019 Latinos after El Paso
In the wake of Saturday’s shooting, Latinos across the United States are questioning their safety.

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27 min
August 08, 2019 Six rivers, three countries, one Kashmir
India is escalating its 70-year fight for Kashmir. The winner gets the water.

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24 min
August 07, 2019 Amazon Crime
What started as a push to increase mining in the rainforest led to a murder. Ernesto Londoño, Brazil bureau chief for The New York Times, explains how President Jair Bolsonaro is speeding the destruction of the Amazon.

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25 min
August 06, 2019 Disown your kid to pay for college
This summer’s hottest college admissions scam is parents disowning their children. The Wall Street Journal’s Doug Belkin explains.

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22 min
August 05, 2019 A Green New Deal, but for guns
Vox’s German Lopez explains why Democrats need a bold new plan for gun control.

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23 min
August 02, 2019 Reviving death
After 16 years, the Trump administration is bringing back the federal death penalty. Reverend Sharon Risher, who lost her mother, two cousins, and a childhood friend in the Emanuel AME Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, explains how she feels about the possibility of Dylann Roof being executed.

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21 min

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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.