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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.

Latest Episodes:

Debate Weeds: Ezra and Matt on the long-awaited Democratic presidential debate Jun 28, 2019

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Matt and Ezra weigh in on the first Democratic presidential debate of the 2020 cycle.

Read more of Vox's coverage of the debate here:

Winners and losers from night one of the debate

Winners and losers from night two of the debate

Matt on Warren's performance

Ezra on Harris' performance

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What’s really going on with child detention? Jun 25, 2019

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Dara, Jane, and Matt on the breakdown of trust that’s driving the latest crisis at the border.

White paper

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What’s really happening in Central America Jun 21, 2019

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Adriana Beltrán of the Washington Office on Latin America joins Matt to explain the deep roots of the migration crisis.

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Jamestown: Utopia for Whom Jun 19, 2019

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Nice Try! is a new podcast from Curbed and the Vox Media Podcast Network that explores stories of people who have tried to design a better world, and what happens when those designs don't go according to plan. Season one, Utopian, follows Avery Trufelman on her quest to understand the perpetual search for the perfect place. Enjoy this special preview of the first episode, Jamestown: Utopian for Whom, and subscribe to Nice Try! for free in your favorite podcast app.

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The “illiberal” right Jun 18, 2019

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Jane and Ezra discuss the ongoing conservative crackup and the case of Parkland teen Kyle Kashuv.

Related reading:

A New Consensus

Kyle Kashuv Becomes a Symbol to Conservatives Who Say the Left Can’t Forgive

Against David French-ism

Jane’s article about David French vs. Sohrab Ahmari

Against the Dead Consensus

Kyle Kashuv on his Harvard crisis

The Illiberal Right Throws a Tantrum

Is the Religious Right Privileged? by Ross Douthat

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5 big ideas to use tax credits to fight poverty Jun 14, 2019

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Meg Wiehe from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy explains the leading progressive tax plans in Congress and how they differ from Trump’s tax cuts.

American Family Act

Working Families Tax Relief Act

LIFT Act

LIFT+ Act

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Into the weeds with Elizabeth Warren Jun 11, 2019

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The Massachusetts senator joins Ezra Klein to explain her plans, and her plan to make the plans happen.

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A user's guide to antitrust Jun 07, 2019

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Matt sits down with Public Knowledge policy counsel Charlotte Slaiman to explain how US antitrust enforcement works and how it might better wrestle with Big Tech.

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Trump’s tariff triple option Jun 04, 2019

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Jane, Dara, and Matt discuss Trump's efforts to halt unauthorized immigration through Mexico by threatening tariffs, and a white paper on private prisons.

Related reading:

Dara’s “remain in Mexico” explainer

Trump’s plan, explained

Mexican president’s response to Trump

White paper

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Monetary mysteries revealed May 31, 2019

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Bloomberg’s Karl Smith joins Matt to explain how the Federal Reserve’s errors discredited capitalism and how full employment can fix almost everything.

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