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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.

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What's up with the yield curve? Aug 15, 2019

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Vox’s Matthew Yglesias explains why everyone's whispering about a recession.

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(Don't) give me your poor Aug 14, 2019

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The Trump administration is about to make it a lot harder for poor people to get a green card.

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Death behind bars Aug 13, 2019

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Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide is unexpectedly shining a light on the conditions in America’s jails.

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Deep fried podcast Aug 12, 2019

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Vox's Tara Golshan spent the weekend at the Iowa State Fair trying to figure out what eating deep fried Oreos has to do with running the country.

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Latinos after El Paso Aug 09, 2019

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In the wake of Saturday’s shooting, Latinos across the United States are questioning their safety.

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Six rivers, three countries, one Kashmir Aug 08, 2019

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India is escalating its 70-year fight for Kashmir. The winner gets the water.

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Amazon Crime Aug 07, 2019

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What started as a push to increase mining in the rainforest led to a murder. Ernesto Londoño, Brazil bureau chief for The New York Times, explains how President Jair Bolsonaro is speeding the destruction of the Amazon.

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Disown your kid to pay for college Aug 06, 2019

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This summer’s hottest college admissions scam is parents disowning their children. The Wall Street Journal’s Doug Belkin explains.

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A Green New Deal, but for guns Aug 05, 2019

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Vox’s German Lopez explains why Democrats need a bold new plan for gun control.

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Reviving death Aug 02, 2019

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After 16 years, the Trump administration is bringing back the federal death penalty. Reverend Sharon Risher, who lost her mother, two cousins, and a childhood friend in the Emanuel AME Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, explains how she feels about the possibility of Dylann Roof being executed.

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