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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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So much of the coverage of hip-hop’s 50th birthday has been congratulatory, in spite of its record of misogyny and anti-LGBTQ sentiment. In this episode of Into It, host Sam Sanders talks to journalist Kiana Fitzgerald about how the women of hip-hop are leading the way today, and he catches up with hip-hop scholar Jason England, who argues hip-hop's midlife crisis has left an empty shell of what the genre once was.
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Capitalism isn’t natural, was never inevitable, and endless growth is killing Earth. The final episode of “Blame Capitalism” examines the degrowth movement, whose proponents call to end capitalism as we know it.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Haleema Shah and Laura Bullard, engineered by David Herman with original music by Jon Ehrens, and hosted by Noel King. Additional editorial support from Jolie Myers and Miranda Kennedy.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says his government will ban a type of dog called the American Bully XL — a relative of the pit bull. Political editor Tom McTague and writer Bronwen Dickey explain the complex politics and charged history of an iconic dog.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Miles Bryan, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Noel King.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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We’re not just talking snowbirds. The Sunshine State is the fastest growing in the nation despite, you know, climate change. Vox’s Marin Cogan and Umair Irfan explain why.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Serena Solin and Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.
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The United Auto Workers union is on strike at three different factories. We ask the Wall Street Journal's Nora Eckert what the union workers want, and management professor Marick Masters explains why the Detroit Big Three are reluctant to give it to them.
This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens and Miles Bryan, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Amanda Lewellyn with help from Hady Mawajdeh and Amina Al-Sadi, engineered by Patrick Boyd and hosted by Noel King.
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Economist Milton Friedman published an essay in 1970 arguing that the job of a corporation was solely to make money for its shareholders. General Electric CEO Jack Welch pushed that idea about as far as it would go — and broke capitalism.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd with original music by Jon Ehrens, and hosted by Noel King. Additional editorial support from Avishay Artsy, Jolie Myers, and Miranda Kennedy.
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Kim Jong Un took a bulletproof train to visit Vladimir Putin in Russia this week. Jenny Town at the Stimson Center explains how the two leaders have little to lose and much to gain from each other.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy with help from Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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Seems like everyone’s got Covid again. Vox’s in-house epidemiologist, Dr. Keren Landman, delivers the good news and the bad news about Pirola.
This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens and Siona Peterous, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram
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Google is headed to court over allegations its search engine violates federal antitrust law. The Verge’s Adi Robertson breaks down the case, and David Pierce explains how Google Search came to rule the internet.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.
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Hunter Biden is set to be indicted this month. The WSJ’s Aruna Viswanatha goes over the evidence with us, and Politico’s Jonathan Lemire looks at what it all means for President Biden’s reelection bid.
This show was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.
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Capitalism has entered its villain era. In a new series running Fridays this month, we look at how Americans came to blame it for just about everything.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Herman with original music by Jon Ehrens, and hosted by Noel King. Additional editorial support from Avishay Artsy, Jolie Myers, and Miranda Kennedy.
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The Pac-12 college football conference has lost nearly all its teams now that schools like USC and Colorado have announced they’re leaving for rival leagues. The Athletic’s Chris Vannini explains why fans are beleaguered.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Siona Peterous, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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Better sunscreen exists, you just can’t get it in the US. Amanda Mull and Elise Hu explain why.
This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sam Sanders.
If you liked this episode, check out Sam’s pop culture podcast Into It from Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network: https://bit.ly/intoit-tex
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The Cold War started earlier than we think — and maybe never ended at all. Historian Calder Walton says understanding the US-Soviet conflict prepares us for this era of tensions with Russia and China.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette with help from Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Rob Byers, and hosted by Noel King.
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And it creates all its institutional arrangements to confine us in what I see actually as a kind of a cage. I see capitalism as a cage that confines us into an image of ourselves that I don’t personally believe in. And if I look to poets or sages or psychologists or sociologists, I don’t see that they believe in it either. The only people who do seem to believe in it are economists. — Economist, Tim Jackson (23:48)
Human beings are not short-term, selfish, hedonistic consumers, or at least that is not our entirety. We are losing the depth of our humanity by living inside a system that pretends we are those individuals. (23:30)
And so, essentially, it does make it sound like a rather complicated exercise, and I think we should not expect it to be simple, because we are embedded in this complex culture. And it’s been with us for a couple centuries. It’s embedded in our politics, it’s embedded in our psyche, embedded in our organization of society, and it’s embedded in our economics. (21:50)
It’s the same thing with enterprise. It’s there to serve society. If you begin to think about the services that enterprise provides to society, you organize them in different ways, you pay for them in different ways, they self-organize in different ways, and they deliver different things to society. (21:29)
Investment means taking some of our income from the present, putting it aside in order to construct a better future. It’s about seeing the future and investing in that future, investment as a commitment to the future. (21:14)
just sad to c that rules of capitalism unduly favor the rich elites who get bailouts with tax dollars from same people who if n when fail dont get bailed out n while the elite rich get to play casino at expense of world economic stability. If gamble goes thru, they hoard up more wealth n run on the hedonistic treadmill if fail, global economies crash n billions effected...so we r at mercy of rich elites gambling panning out. The avg. get to watch this sick sport as bystanders n cheer for these gamblers. Kinda reminds you of Squid Games last episode, where truth is revealed. This is the life we r living? fighting for peanuts while the elite rich pick pocket us for their sick pleasures to rejoice in seeing us suffer on their large LCDs. Glad to understand this life is temporary n real life is in hereafter where Allah will judge with justice. So it's said the poor shall enter kingdom of heaven 1st, this is The reward for their patience n perseverance..On that day we shall Thank Lord for g
"One of five workers, age 16 to 24, aren't finding the jobs they want. These figures are so bad, the government has stopped publishing them." Oh so the Chinese government read the Florida Covid playbook?
Not surprising.
Nothing like sitting in some rando's body fluids. Filthy.
need to sue dunkin for serving 10-15% less coffee in the cups. I've had to ask them to fill cups met with annoyed faces..many outright refused to..there needs to be markings on cups that they must fill upto.
Sing Sing sucks too
Vacation is what I need right now. But my next vacation is only in a couple of months. I try to use this time to prepare as coolly as possible and plan my leisure time. There are interesting solutions, for example, food tours https://www.secretfoodtours.com/budapest/, and I was recommended to book and pay in advance. For me it will be a completely new experience.
does he not realize people are hording the beats becuse of what the new artist are putting on top of it? these kids today are terrible and theres no standard to a song and newer generations eat this trash up. one day areosmiths dream on is going to be trash cause its not known for what it is....is known for a mis mash stream of ebonics that artist cant be bothered to use the actual language we speak. video killed the radio star and todays music will kill music. hopefully we will still have the greats
I think this is the wrong episode??
Is this the podcast version of rage baiting? What an absolute garbage and privileged take. Not being 100% part of the culture = bad is a poor argument against travel. Of course you shouldn't be PROUD to travel, but it's an exceptional way to spend your time and expand your horizons, even if strictly through the lens of a tourist. If you don't like any non-human animals (the type of person who admits this openly is a rare bird....) the fact that you didn't like holding raptors in Abu Dhabi doesn't mean travel is bad, it means you're dumb for doing it lol.
LOVE LOVE LOVE The Zoolander references!
impressive candidate.. good ideas but sadly won't win becuz AMERICA is on sale by corrupt politicians to foreigners..inside deals n contracts n corporate bribery.
Dude basically says at the 12:30 mark, "I'm a Millennial. I don't like labels." lmao
praise the lord! im not a woman! i mean.. i feel ur pain sisters..( i actually dont..but conceptually do..)
definitely a loser n yet laughing at it, liberals at their best.