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**Today, Explained**

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.

Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Latest Episodes:

It’s beginning to look a lot like stimulus Dec 08, 2020

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In an end-of-year plot twist, Congress is working on a fresh bipartisan stimulus bill.

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A woman’s work is never done Dec 04, 2020

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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.

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God-given right? Dec 03, 2020

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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.

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America Offline Dec 02, 2020

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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.

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The key to the Cabinet Dec 01, 2020

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President-elect Biden has started announcing his Cabinet nominees, but Matthew Yglesias says the most important positions aren’t the ones you’d think.

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What if developing a vaccine was the easy part? Dec 01, 2020

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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.

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Unexplainable Nov 24, 2020

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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?

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Withdrawing won’t end the war Nov 23, 2020

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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.

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All the mall things Nov 20, 2020

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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.

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The peacemaker’s civil war Nov 19, 2020

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An ethnic conflict in Ethiopia has thrown the Horn of Africa into disarray and could upset order on the continent.

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