Explain It to Me

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  1. The kids suing their state for climate change

    Published: 6/7/2023
  2. The fate of affirmative action

    Published: 5/24/2023
  3. Why is child labor making a comeback?

    Published: 5/17/2023
  4. The Weeds, Live – Anti-trans legislation, explained

    Published: 5/10/2023
  5. Policymaking on the high seas

    Published: 5/3/2023
  6. How Secretary Buttigieg wants to make America’s roads safer

    Published: 4/26/2023
  7. Mifepristone and the FDA’s exhaustive approval process, explained

    Published: 4/18/2023
  8. How corporations got all your data

    Published: 4/11/2023
  9. Do assault weapons bans work?

    Published: 4/4/2023
  10. Medicaid’s “Great Unwinding”

    Published: 3/28/2023
  11. Why Illinois wants to end cash bail

    Published: 3/21/2023
  12. The debt ceiling drama

    Published: 3/14/2023
  13. What East Palestine can tell us about the rail industry

    Published: 3/7/2023
  14. How a 1996 US immigration policy changed everything

    Published: 2/28/2023
  15. Will the Supreme Court ruin the internet?

    Published: 2/21/2023
  16. The Ukraine war: past, present, and future

    Published: 2/14/2023
  17. $14 trillion and no mules

    Published: 2/7/2023
  18. The Biden policy that could change your neighborhood

    Published: 1/31/2023
  19. Insulin is for the world

    Published: 1/24/2023
  20. Weeds Time Machine: The Voting Rights Act

    Published: 1/17/2023

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Is my dentist scamming me? Why do political campaigns cost so much? Should Gen Z bother to save for retirement? Explain It To Me is the hotline for all your unanswered questions. Sometimes explanations are hard to find, misinformation is rampant, and those internet searches and AI asks can come up empty. Call 1-800-618-8545 with what’s on your mind, and host Jonquilyn Hill will be your friendly guide to the answers you're looking for — and maybe even the ones you don’t expect. New episodes every Wednesday starting September 18.  Part of Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.