Ranked #1
The cost of PrEP
The cost of PrEP
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Trump administration agree on one thing: the cost of HIV drugs is too high. Learn more ... Read more
12 Dec 2019
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23mins
Ranked #2
Plasmania
Plasmania
Covid’s hottest new treatment is plasma. Vox’s Umair Irfan explains why, and where the world stands on a vaccine.Transcr... Read more
25 Aug 2020
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23mins
Ranked #3
Can Congress reform the police?
Can Congress reform the police?
The United States has a policing problem and Congress wants to fix it. Vox’s Li Zhou explains whether the Democrats’ new... Read more
10 Jun 2020
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25mins
Ranked #4
Elizabeth Warren needs a poster boy
Elizabeth Warren needs a poster boy
Elizabeth Warren’s best bet to fight the opioid epidemic might be stealing a page from the battle against AIDS. Vox’s Ji... Read more
14 Jan 2020
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33mins
Ranked #5
Coronavirus, 365 days later
Coronavirus, 365 days later
One year after our first episode on the novel coronavirus, Vox’s Julia Belluz explains what we got right, what we got wr... Read more
26 Jan 2021
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25mins
Ranked #6
A tribe called keto
A tribe called keto
Some say the Kardashian-endorsed keto diet craze that’s sweeping the nation could help fight epilepsy and cancer, too. V... Read more
27 Nov 2019
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21mins
Ranked #7
The Island of Explained: A Summer of Protest
The Island of Explained: A Summer of Protest
All summer long, we have been explaining complex news stories to kids. In our final summer camp journey to the Island of... Read more
29 Aug 2020
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26mins
Ranked #8
The first impeachment vote
The first impeachment vote
Nancy: 1 / Donald: 0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
31 Oct 2019
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21mins
Ranked #9
The Trump Years: Health of the nation
The Trump Years: Health of the nation
In the fourth of our five-part series, Vox’s Dylan Scott explains how a president with no plan on health care evolved in... Read more
29 Oct 2020
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35mins
Ranked #10
Pandemic?
Pandemic?
Covid-19 may be on the brink of becoming a pandemic. Vox’s Julia Belluz explains what that p-word means and Brian Resnic... Read more
26 Feb 2020
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29mins
Ranked #11
The problem with police unions
The problem with police unions
Even after Derek Chauvin was captured on video killing George Floyd, he could still get his job back. BuzzFeed’s Melissa... Read more
3 Jun 2020
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23mins
Ranked #12
Is the stock market bull?
Is the stock market bull?
Vox’s Emily Stewart clears up the mystery of the market, and Ella Nilsen offers an update on the stimulus that has colla... Read more
3 Sep 2020
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22mins
Ranked #13
A step past impeachment
A step past impeachment
Impeachment won’t stop the United States’ slide towards authoritarianism. Voter reform might.Transcript at vox.com/today... Read more
12 Jan 2021
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26mins
Ranked #14
Covid-19, explained by Carl (who has it)
Covid-19, explained by Carl (who has it)
Carl Goldman was on the Diamond Princess cruise ship and now he has Covid-19. He speaks to Sean Rameswaram from a CDC qu... Read more
3 Mar 2020
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26mins
Ranked #15
Let’s talk about how to talk about Kobe
Let’s talk about how to talk about Kobe
Kobe Bryant’s death stunned the world. Then people started arguing. (Transcript here.) Learn more about your ad choices.... Read more
30 Jan 2020
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23mins
Ranked #16
The view from Iran
The view from Iran
Iran analyst Dina Esfandiary explains why the killing of Qassem Soleimani was “the greatest gift the Trump administratio... Read more
7 Jan 2020
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25mins
Ranked #17
All the mall things
All the mall things
Retail was struggling. Then came the virus. Recode’s Jason Del Rey explains how the American mall will never be the same... Read more
20 Nov 2020
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23mins
Ranked #18
"First Hong Kong, then the world"
"First Hong Kong, then the world"
While most of the world was distracted by the pandemic, China unveiled a law to strip Hong Kong of its autonomy, setting... Read more
27 May 2020
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18mins
Ranked #19
Today (should be a holiday), Explained
Today (should be a holiday), Explained
This Election Day, voter turnout is projected to break records in the United States, but it won’t get anywhere close to ... Read more
3 Nov 2020
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23mins
Ranked #20
#FreeBritney
#FreeBritney
The movement to liberate Britney Spears from her conservatorship may not succeed, but it’s revealing a lot about how we ... Read more
13 Feb 2021
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28mins