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Should I buy a house? Why do I say “like” so much? Should Gen Z bother to save for retirement?Explain It to Me is the hotline for the issues that matter to your life. Send us your questions about health, personal finance, relationships, and anything else that matters to you. Host Jonquilyn Hill will take you on a journey to find the answers, whether it's to the halls of Congress or the local bar. You’ll get the answers you were looking for, and sometimes ones you didn't expect — and always with a dose of humor. New episodes every Sunday...

Your accent… explained

30 mins; March 29, 2026

The book of Mormon influence

30 mins; March 22, 2026

Sugar crash

30 mins; March 15, 2026

Your clutter is holding you back

30 mins; March 08, 2026

You, me, and ADHD

30 mins; March 01, 2026

Make credit cards work for you

30 mins; February 22, 2026

No one will save us but ourselves

30 mins; February 15, 2026

Living in a winter bummerland

30 mins; February 08, 2026

Surviving online cringe

29 mins; February 01, 2026

Battling brain rot

30 mins; January 25, 2026

Sexy TV is back

30 mins; January 18, 2026

Why everyone is sick right now

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Internet bad

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Is your brain lying to you?

30 mins; December 21, 2025

Let AI replace you

28 mins; December 14, 2025

The rise of the introverts

27 mins; December 07, 2025

Talk turkey to me

29 mins; November 23, 2025

The case for renting forever

29 mins; November 16, 2025

Why your health insurance is so expensive

30 mins; November 09, 2025

That text is a scam

30 mins; November 02, 2025

Paging Dr. ChatBot

30 mins; October 26, 2025

Why (some) food tastes better abroad

30 mins; October 19, 2025

Should we give toddlers phones?

29 mins; October 12, 2025

Is empathy toxic?

30 mins; October 05, 2025

Who is the modern American dad?

29 mins; September 28, 2025

A nation of jerks

29 mins; September 21, 2025

Why horror kills at the box office

30 mins; September 14, 2025

The United States is Southern now

30 mins; September 07, 2025

The golden age of exercise

30 mins; August 24, 2025

Hacking our health

30 mins; August 17, 2025

What wellness costs us

29 mins; August 10, 2025

America’s high-speed rail fail

29 mins; August 03, 2025

Is tipping fair?

29 mins; July 27, 2025

The summer I turned into a bookworm

30 mins; July 20, 2025

Chat BFF

30 mins; July 13, 2025

Our complicated relationship with the flag

29 mins; July 06, 2025

Can we ever know our dogs?

30 mins; June 29, 2025

Sleepaway camp's nostalgia economy

30 mins; June 22, 2025

Let's fight over bike lanes

30 mins; June 15, 2025

The recession indicator game

30 mins; June 08, 2025

How Gen Z found religion

29 mins; June 01, 2025

Why are my allergies getting worse?

28 mins; May 18, 2025

The drama and trauma of 23andMe

30 mins; May 11, 2025

Why is personal style so hard?

30 mins; May 04, 2025

Retire? In this economy?!

30 mins; April 27, 2025

Is climate progress doomed?

29 mins; April 20, 2025

What if college isn't for everyone?

29 mins; April 13, 2025

Is a house still a good investment?

30 mins; April 06, 2025

You can get Explain It to Me ad-free!

1 min; April 02, 2025

Blinded by the headlights

31 mins; March 30, 2025

Gen Sex

30 mins; March 23, 2025

Did diversity ever work...at work?

30 mins; March 16, 2025

Why does dating suck for guys?

30 mins; March 09, 2025

Ok for real, what is a REAL ID?

33 mins; March 02, 2025

We’ve got some news for you!

1 min; February 26, 2025

Why can't I sleep?

28 mins; February 19, 2025

Should I freeze my eggs?

34 mins; February 12, 2025

We have some questions for you

9 mins; February 05, 2025

Is flying ethical?

27 mins; January 29, 2025

Why can I make a citizen's arrest?

39 mins; January 22, 2025

Should I buy antibacterial soap?

30 mins; January 08, 2025

Is cuffing season real?

39 mins; December 18, 2024

Bite-sized questions

52 mins; December 11, 2024

Why is it so hard to make new friends?

42 mins; December 04, 2024

Could ranked choice voting fix our elections?

45 mins; November 20, 2024

Why can’t I tell my left from my right?

30 mins; November 13, 2024

What just happened, and what comes next

49 mins; November 08, 2024

It’s election week. Ask us anything.

1 min; November 04, 2024

Why can I buy Halloween candy that would be banned in other countries?

46 mins; October 30, 2024

Why do I keep getting these weird fundraising texts?

51 mins; October 23, 2024

Will the world end before I can retire?

38 mins; October 16, 2024

My parents divorced. Will I?

30 mins; October 10, 2024

Is it okay to go to the zoo?

34 mins; October 02, 2024

Why do I say “like” so much?

44 mins; September 25, 2024

Is my dentist scamming me?

42 mins; September 18, 2024

Introducing Explain It to Me

2 mins; September 08, 2024

Our next chapter

2 mins; May 30, 2024

How we Got Milk

41 mins; May 29, 2024

Those pesky delivery fees

40 mins; May 22, 2024

Panic! At The Drugstore

41 mins; May 15, 2024

A new era of cannabis research

38 mins; May 08, 2024

Are baby bonds a good investment?

39 mins; May 01, 2024

Alexa, is Amazon a monopoly?

35 mins; April 24, 2024

Is homelessness a crime?

32 mins; April 17, 2024

Abortion and the erosion of privacy

39 mins; April 10, 2024

What is “fetal personhood”?

36 mins; April 03, 2024

A safety net’s poverty trap

34 mins; March 27, 2024

Let’s fix child care together

43 mins; March 20, 2024

Bringing back the SAT

25 mins; March 13, 2024

The AI election

41 mins; March 06, 2024

The case for banning...millionaires?

55 mins; February 28, 2024

How racism ages Black people

37 mins; February 21, 2024

Skipping the broom

41 mins; February 14, 2024

Eviction: the scarlet E

40 mins; February 07, 2024

Let’s fix retirement together

43 mins; January 31, 2024

How to be a (realistic) climate optimist

40 mins; January 24, 2024

How celebrity fandom explains Trump

43 mins; January 17, 2024

Why we can’t stop talking about Harvard

39 mins; January 10, 2024

Are unions making a comeback?

37 mins; December 20, 2023

Why are so many kids missing school?

38 mins; December 13, 2023

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