An estimated 143 million people will relocate to escape climate change in the next three decades. Quartz’s Amanda Shendruk explains how cities can transform themselves into climate havens. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this episode of the Go for Broke podcast, host Julia Furlan travels back to the mid-’90s to explain how a bygone web browser set the stage for modern tech. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
One of the most popular porn sites on the internet just purged more than 10 million videos. Vice’s Samantha Cole explains why. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Covid-19 vaccine is being distributed in the United States, and you have questions. Vox’s Umair Irfan has answers. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The world’s biggest democracy is contending with what might be the world’s biggest labor stoppage. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this episode of the Decoder podcast, host Nilay Patel speaks with Shelli Taylor, the CEO of Alamo Drafthouse. Taylor argues the government has failed to manage the pandemic effectively for business owners and explains what the future of theaters could look like in the streaming age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Martin Kenyon was one of the first people to get the Covid-19 vaccine this week. He talks about his experience, and an epidemiologist explains how to talk to the “vaccine hesitant” people in your life. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Joe won. And won. And won. Rudy can fail. And fail. And fail. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Melbourne, Australia, had a first wave. Then it had a second wave. Then it decided it was done with Covid-19. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In an end-of-year plot twist, Congress is working on a fresh bipartisan stimulus bill. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Millions of women left the workforce as Covid-19 forced school closures, but that doesn’t mean they have less on their plates. Is government-funded child care the answer? Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Supreme Court ruled that New York state can’t limit how many people gather in church, even during a pandemic. Vox’s Ian Millhiser explains why this is one of the most significant religious liberty cases in the last 30 years. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Low-income students are dropping out of college because many don’t have a reliable way to get online. Vox’s Emily Stewart says the solution is simple: Give everybody the internet. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President-elect Biden has started announcing his Cabinet nominees, but Matthew Yglesias says the most important positions aren’t the ones you’d think. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Covid-19 vaccines are coming out faster than many thought possible. But distributing the vaccines could be an even tougher challenge. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Scientists all over the world are searching for dark matter: an invisible, untouchable substance that holds our universe together. But they haven’t found it. Are they chasing a ghost? We want to hear your feedback on Unexplainable! Email us at todayexplained@vox.com or let us know on Twitter @today_explained Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
With two months left in the Trump presidency, the US is reducing the number of troops in Afghanistan in an attempt to end America's longest war. But Biden will still inherit the conflict. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Retail was struggling. Then came the virus. Recode’s Jason Del Rey explains how the American mall will never be the same, and how the machines might save retail. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
An ethnic conflict in Ethiopia has thrown the Horn of Africa into disarray and could upset order on the continent. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Covid-19 is surging across the United States, just in time for cold weather and major holidays. North Dakota is doing particularly badly. Vermont may offer hope. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oregon decriminalized all drugs. Red states and blue states are doing the same with weed. It’s the culmination of a failed drug war. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A weekend of protests, violence, and enmity in DC revealed what Donald Trump has planned post-presidency. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Covid-19 is surging (again). Schools are closing (again). Kids are learning online (again). And more American parents than ever are turning to homeschool (for the very first time). Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
California tried to strengthen labor rights for gig workers. Uber, Lyft, and their food-delivering cohorts responded with a $200 million propaganda offensive. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After a fraught Election Week, cable news is finally cutting away from President Trump’s falsehoods. Erik Wemple, media critic for the Washington Post, explains why it might not last. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The 45th president of the United States has thus far refused to acknowledge the 46th. Political scientist Zeynep Tufekci explains this latest test of America’s democracy. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
And some big vaccine news, too. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
-And Kamala Harris, too. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Vox’s Ella Nilsen explains why Democrats are waving goodbye to the blue wave. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains the latest election math, and Ezra Klein argues that, despite record-setting turnout, it wasn’t a great night for American democracy. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
