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Today, Explained is Vox's daily news explainer podcast hosted by Sean Rameswaram and Noel King.

Worlds we don't know, mysteries we haven't solved, questions we can't answer, and the scientists trying to figure it all out.

The Gray Area is a philosophical take on culture, politics, and everything in between with host Sean Illing.

Explain It to Me is the hotline for all your unanswered questions. Host Jonquilyn Hill is your friendly guide to the answers you're looking for — and maybe even the ones you don’t expect.

Today, Explained is Vox's daily news explainer podcast hosted by Sean Rameswaram and Noel King.

Worlds we don't know, mysteries we haven't solved, questions we can't answer, and the scientists trying to figure it all out.

The Gray Area is a philosophical take on culture, politics, and everything in between with host Sean Illing.

Explain It to Me is the hotline for all your unanswered questions. Host Jonquilyn Hill is your friendly guide to the answers you're looking for — and maybe even the ones you don’t expect.

Policy

Inside a red state where universal pre-K is incredibly popular.

By Sean Collins and Coleman Lowndes

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Climate

Their messy split highlights some real fault lines in clean energy politics.

By Umair Irfan
Politics

What Elon Musk’s retribution could look like.

By Lee Drutman
Climate

Their messy split highlights some real fault lines in clean energy politics.

By Umair Irfan
Politics
Politics

What Elon Musk’s retribution could look like.

By Lee Drutman

Advice

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Even Better

Suddenly can’t stand the way your partner chews? That’s resentment.

By Allie Volpe
Even BetterThe Highlight

What do you actually owe your partner’s family?

By Allie Volpe
Even Better

How much effort is too much to keep your romance afloat?

By Allie Volpe
Even Better

Suddenly can’t stand the way your partner chews? That’s resentment.

By Allie Volpe
Even BetterThe Highlight
Even BetterThe Highlight

What do you actually owe your partner’s family?

By Allie Volpe
Even Better
Even Better

How much effort is too much to keep your romance afloat?

By Allie Volpe

More News

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Politics
Politics
Politics

If America wants a space program, it needs SpaceX.

By Joshua Keating
Future Perfect
Future Perfect

Artificial intelligence could weaponize the data we’ve been sharing for decades.

By Kelsey Piper
Climate
Climate

Sunscreen: Check. Shorts: Check. Air filters?

By Umair Irfan
Health
Health

Ketamine, the drug that reportedly messed up Musk’s bladder, is a public health paradox.

By Dylan Scott
Economy
Economy

The class of 2025 is graduating into a weird job market.

By Rachel Cohen
The Logoff
The Logoff

Trump’s latest policy will impact millions of people around the world.

By Cameron Peters
Culture
Culture

Was Jeffrey Epstein really Donald Trump’s “closest friend”?

By Aja Romano and Anna North
Politics
Politics

DOGE disappointment? Policies that hurt Tesla? A pulled NASA nominee? How about all of the above?

By Andrew Prokop
Defense & Security
Defense & Security

How Musk’s SpaceX became too big to fail for US national security.

By Joshua Keating
Supreme Court
Supreme Court

Mexico’s attempt to cut off the flow of guns to drug cartels dies in the Supreme Court.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
Supreme Court

Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin could have disrupted workplaces, but it’s probably too narrow to matter to many workers.

By Ian Millhiser
Donald Trump
Donald Trump

Trump shut down the agency that protects civil servants from illegal firings. An appeals court has a plan to fix that.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
Supreme Court

Ames v. Ohio was an easy case, even if it touched upon contentious issues.

By Ian Millhiser
Life
Life

Teens face a lot of pressure around the idea of best-friendship.

By Anna North