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News comes at you fast. Join us at the end of your day to understand it. Today, Explained is your all-killer, no-filler, Monday to Friday news explainer co-hosted by Sean Rameswaram and Noel King. Every episode features the finest reporters from the Vox Media Podcast Network and beyond.
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Why the US is suing Amazon
The Federal Trade Commission has brought a landmark antitrust suit against Amazon. The Verge’s Makena Kelly and former FTC director Bill Baer explain how it’s part of chair Lina Khan’s effort to change the way the US regulates monopolies.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Haleema Shah, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Hady Mawajdeh and Jon Ehrens, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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Should you blow up a pipeline?
Climate activists have tried marching and lobbying. Now, a growing flank of movement radicals want to take more extreme action. Author Dana Fisher tells us who they are, and sociologist Matthew Wolfe traces the history of radical environmentalism in the US.
Today's episode was produced by Avishay Artsy with an assist from Siona Peterous. It was edited by Miranda Kennedy and fact-checked by Jon Ehrens. Our engineer is Patrick Boyd.
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Murder, Canada Wrote
Canada’s unprecedented decision to publicly accuse India of assassinating a Canadian citizen in Canada is upending the two countries' relationship.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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Blame Capitalism: The 99%
Two wildly different political movements — Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party — emerged from the Great Recession. They forever changed the way Americans think about capitalism and democracy.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Serena Solin, engineered by Rob Byers and Patrick Boyd with original music by Jon Ehrens, and hosted by Noel King. Additional editorial support from Miles Bryan, Jolie Myers, and Miranda Kennedy.
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The six D-words of climate change
It’s climate week. To mark the occasion we’re talking to scientist Michael E. Mann about six D-words that help us understand where the conversation around climate change has been and where it’s going.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Tien Nguyen, engineered by David Herman and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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Taxing traffic
New York City wants to be the first in the nation to implement congestion pricing to charge people for driving during peak hours. New Jersey says fuhgeddaboudit.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Tien Nguyen, engineered by Rob Byers with help from Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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Customer Reviews
Great content, but why the goofiness?
Generally appreciate this show’s POV and I learn a lot/ stay informed, Noel is a fantastic host and journalist, but lately there seems to be more and more of these silly/goofy skits, sound effects and music interspersed throughout. The news doesn’t have to be sanitized and boring, but they’ve become a little distracting and can sometimes add a flippant tone that’s discordant with the material.
Extremely Partisan show
Hey, although your show is quite informational, we all know it leans extremely to one side politically. It would be refreshing to take more of a bipartisan and informational approach like NPR’s Consider This. Also, you’ve done quite a bit of episodes on the failures of capitalism recently. I was wondering if you could do a show on the wild success of communism?
Problems with Florida & alligators
Being born and raised in northern Florida, I was surprised by the rosy outlook you reported of my home state. You glossed over the fact that besides tourism, assisting old people and criminal activity, we have no real industry in the state. Your assessment of the state’s plans for climate change of protect the rich and ignore the rest was pretty accurate. But I’m glad you focused on the groups of people and places in this state that really matter, Miami, The Villages, and young people who just moved here. At the end of the day Florida’s problems are like alligators, if you don’t see a bunch of them, you’re just not looking hard enough.