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Explain It to Me

Should I buy a house? Why do I say “like” so much? Should Gen Z bother to save for retirement? Explain It to Me is the hotline for the issues that matter to your life. Send us your questions about health, personal finance, relationships, and anything else that matters to you. Host Jonquilyn Hill will take you on a journey to find the answers, whether it's to the halls of Congress or the local bar. You’ll get the answers you were looking for, and sometimes ones you didn't expect — and always with a dose of humor. New episodes every Sunday. Part of Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Episodes

The World's Worst Club

Sarah and Matt are joined by Dara Lind for a discussion of the United fiasco, Trump-era immigration enforcement, and pre-K's surprising health benefits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 12, 201755 minEp. 92

Nuclear Winter

Jim Tankersley joins Sarah and Matt to talk tax reform, senate procedure, and the most exciting Swedish administrative data yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 05, 201757 minEp. 91

Weeds in the Wild: Postville

It was the biggest workplace immigration raid the U.S. had seen to date. 389 workers, almost all of them Hispanic, were detained at a kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa on May 12, 2008.On this episode of Weeds in the Wild, we look at the effects that this raid had across the state of Iowa, and then take a step back to understand how our immigration policies made this kind of raid possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Mar 24, 201727 minEp. 89

Mad Dogs and Obamacare Repealers

Ezra and Matt are joined by Yochi Dreazen to talk about national security policy in the Trump era, the latest on ACA repeal, and research indicating the internet's not to blame for political polarization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 21, 20171 hr 20 minEp. 88

CB-uh oh!

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about Donald Trump's taxes, the disastrous CBO score of the GOP health care bill, and a study on how Chinese imports reduce Americans' marriage rates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 15, 20171 hr 10 minEp. 87

AHCApalooza

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt discuss how to pronounce the big new Republican health law, plus analyze its content and the puzzling politics surrounding its introduction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 08, 20171 hr 9 minEp. 86

Don't Call It a State of the Union

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt try to discuss Donald Trump's address to a joint session of congress through the lens of actual policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 01, 20171 hr 4 minEp. 85

Death Panel If You Do, Death Panel If You Don't

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk fake news, town hall protests, and research on why your cell phone bill is so high. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 22, 20171 hr 15 minEp. 84

Weeds in the Wild: Sarah Goes to Kentucky

In another episode of their new podcast, Sarah and Vox's Liz Scheltens explore why Obamacare enrollees in Kentucky voted for Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 17, 201714 minEp. 83

Privet, Amerika!

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about the latest Russia-related scandal engulfing the Trump administration, the White House's lack of progress on policy, and new research on how Medicaid expansion reduced the divorce rate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 15, 20171 hr 7 minEp. 82

The Time Traveling Emanuel Brothers

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about anti-Trump protests, cabinet confirmations, and health insurance age rating (exciting!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 09, 20171 hr 22 minEp. 81

SCOTUS, DBCFT, and Hitler's Highways

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about Neil Gorsuch, a controversial tax reform idea, and Nazi infrastructure building. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 01, 20171 hr 13 minEp. 80

The Don't-Call-It-A-Muslim-Ban

Dara Lind joins Ezra and Matt to discuss Donald Trump's latest crackdown on immigrants and refugees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 30, 201742 minEp. 79

Gag Order and Infrastructure

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about widely-misunderstood Trump administration efforts to shut up career civil servants, talk about infrastructure, and ask journalism's most pressing question: What's up with eggs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 26, 20171 hrEp. 78

Inauguration Special

Shortly after the inauguration ceremonies ended, Ezra, Matt, and Sarah gathered to analyze what it all means in the first Trump-era Weeds episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 21, 201743 minEp. 77

DeVos, Rigged Polls, and Quitting Bureaucrats

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt are joined by Libby Nelson to discuss Trump's not-so-great hires, not-so-great polls, and new research into how career staff act during presidential transitions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 18, 20171 hr 4 minEp. 76

Trump Cabinet, Obamacare Update, and Heroin

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about the rush to hold hearings on Trump's cabinet appointees, the sudden emergence of trouble in repeal paradise, and an effort to cut down on pill abuse that backfired massively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 10, 20171 hrEp. 75

Sarah and Ezra Interview Obama About Obamacare

Two weeks before he leaves office, President Obama sits down for a lengthy conversation about the lessons of the Affordable Care Act and the law's uncertain future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 06, 20171 hr 13 minEp. 74

Happy New Year

Sarah and Matt offer predictions for 2017, and offer tax wonk tips about when to time your child's birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 04, 201751 minEp. 73

Year-End Spectacular

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt each review one big thing they learned in a tumultuous year for policy and politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 28, 20161 hr 3 minEp. 72

Kentucky, the Rust Belt, and the Big Picture on Trade

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about what Obamacare-using Trump voters are hoping for, which regions really need help, and a massive overview of the evidence on globalization and inequality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 21, 201653 minEp. 71

Russia and the American Dream

Ezra and Matt discuss Russian hacking, Rex Tillerson, and inequality's role in reducing social mobility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 14, 201658 minEp. 70

Trump's Surprisingly Ambitious Education Agenda

Matt is joined by Libby Nelson to discuss Donald Trump's big plans for K-12 education and his massive financial conflicts of interest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 07, 20161 hr 16 minEp. 69

Assessing the Trump Cabinet — and Exploring How Recessions Affect Health

Sarah and Matt take a deep dive into what Trump's cabinet picks say about how he will govern, with a particular focus on HHS Secretary-designate Tom Price. Also: an exciting white paper on recessions and health outcomes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 30, 201655 minEp. 68

Conflicts of Interest, Trump and the Media, and Rethinking Teen Pregnancy

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt consider the extraordinary possibility of corruption during the Trump administration, the president-elect's unusual relationship with the media, and a new study debunking the old study about 16 and Pregnant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 23, 20161 hr 10 minEp. 67

The Trump Agenda

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about Obamacare repeal, deportations, and the House Democrats leadership fight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 16, 201656 minEp. 65

Trumpocalypse Now

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt look at the causes and consequences of Donald Trump's shocking win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 09, 201653 minEp. 64

The Massive Policy Stakes of 2016

You may not know it from watching cable news — but both Trump and Clinton have very clear and very different policy visions for America. Ezra, Matt, and Sarah dive into their plans to change the country in the last pre-election episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 04, 201651 minEp. 63
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