Today, Explained
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The new war in Sudan
25 mins; April 26, 2023
He’s running
26 mins; April 25, 2023
The Adderall shortage
26 mins; April 24, 2023
Cocaine hippos (and the case against pets)
26 mins; April 21, 2023
Make it rain
26 mins; April 20, 2023
What does the Fox pay?
25 mins; April 19, 2023
Hollywood writers are ready to strike
26 mins; April 18, 2023
The forever chemicals in your blood
26 mins; April 17, 2023
The Discord leaks
26 mins; April 14, 2023
Phantom ghosts Broadway
26 mins; April 13, 2023
Why stuff isn’t getting cheaper
27 mins; April 12, 2023
The new fight over abortion pills
27 mins; April 11, 2023
Why Russia arrested an American reporter
27 mins; April 10, 2023
Table for 10 billion, please
29 mins; April 07, 2023
Uncle Sam really wants you
27 mins; April 06, 2023
Should you carry Narcan?
27 mins; April 05, 2023
City Limits: Blame the mayor
27 mins; April 04, 2023
City Limits: Crime vibes
27 mins; April 03, 2023
Florida man indicted
27 mins; March 31, 2023
The fake nation of Kailasa
27 mins; March 30, 2023
How Puffer Pope fooled us
27 mins; March 29, 2023
The Israeli-Israeli conflict
27 mins; March 28, 2023
New Mexico low-key fixes child care
27 mins; March 27, 2023
City Limits: Should public transit be free?
27 mins; March 24, 2023
Rep. Frost and David Hogg on what Gen Z wants
27 mins; March 23, 2023
A tents standoff at the VA
27 mins; March 22, 2023
The US is obsessed with China
27 mins; March 21, 2023
7,300 days
38 mins; March 20, 2023
City Limits: Beware the Doom Loop
27 mins; March 17, 2023
The “Lean In” era is over
27 mins; March 16, 2023
The Republicans breaking up with Tucker Carlson
27 mins; March 15, 2023
The kids defying family court
27 mins; March 14, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank goes bust
26 mins; March 13, 2023
Top Fun: Oscars vs. blockbusters
30 mins; March 12, 2023
The war on drag
27 mins; March 10, 2023
Congress is daddy
27 mins; March 09, 2023
Auditing Ukraine
27 mins; March 08, 2023
How to save a murderer
27 mins; March 07, 2023
The fight for affordable insulin
27 mins; March 06, 2023
The rockstar maestro
27 mins; March 03, 2023
Why newspapers fired Dilbert
27 mins; March 02, 2023
Block the sun, save the earth?
27 mins; March 01, 2023
Biden’s border orders
27 mins; February 28, 2023
The shadow war on Russian yachts
27 mins; February 27, 2023
Another phone call from Ukraine
27 mins; February 24, 2023
Pharrell Vuitton
27 mins; February 23, 2023
Just how dangerous is the Ohio train crash?
25 mins; February 22, 2023
Ban TikTok?
27 mins; February 21, 2023
Honey, they stole the bees
36 mins; February 17, 2023
Turkey's man-made catastrophe
27 mins; February 16, 2023
Nikki Haley kicks off a Republican mutiny
27 mins; February 15, 2023
Democratizing spying
27 mins; February 14, 2023
Pow pow power grid
27 mins; February 13, 2023
The great American cattle swindle
27 mins; February 10, 2023
Decisions after Dobbs
27 mins; February 09, 2023
One earthquake, two recoveries
27 mins; February 08, 2023
The fight over AP African American Studies
27 mins; February 07, 2023
Hullaballoon
27 mins; February 06, 2023
Paying ex-gang members to stop shootings
27 mins; February 03, 2023
Sickened chickens
27 mins; February 02, 2023
Dry February?
27 mins; February 01, 2023
The police killing of Tyre Nichols
26 mins; January 31, 2023
“Okay, Google, what’s a monopoly?”
27 mins; January 30, 2023
Why are businesses acting like there’s a recession?
27 mins; January 27, 2023
Peru’s democracy crisis
27 mins; January 26, 2023
Fine dining isn’t fine
26 mins; January 25, 2023
Why Mexico’s top cop is on trial in NYC
27 mins; January 24, 2023
Thanks but no tanks, Ukraine
26 mins; January 23, 2023
The politics of India’s biggest blockbusteRRR
27 mins; January 20, 2023
It’s debt ceiling season
27 mins; January 19, 2023
The half-baked gas stove debate
27 mins; January 18, 2023
Compost yourself
27 mins; January 17, 2023
What’s up, docs?
26 mins; January 13, 2023
Too much water for California
27 mins; January 12, 2023
The Taliban vs. women
27 mins; January 11, 2023
Brazil’s January 6?
27 mins; January 10, 2023
Andrew Tate: The king of toxic masculinity
27 mins; January 09, 2023
Will Kevin McCarthy become speaker?
27 mins; January 06, 2023
Why we’re all on antidepressants
27 mins; January 05, 2023
The many lies of George Santos
27 mins; January 04, 2023
Let’s eat lab meat
27 mins; January 03, 2023
Abortions before Roe
27 mins; December 29, 2022
How to save kids from online extremism
27 mins; December 28, 2022
Why the Ukraine war happened
27 mins; December 27, 2022
What’s the dill with pickleball?
27 mins; December 22, 2022
Why gaslighting is the word of the year
27 mins; December 21, 2022
Criminal referrals for Donald Trump
26 mins; December 20, 2022
The case against movie trailers
27 mins; December 19, 2022
Do I have to care about the Twitter Files?
27 mins; December 16, 2022
Megan Thee Stallion
27 mins; December 15, 2022
Throwing soup at art
27 mins; December 14, 2022
Art-ificial intelligence
27 mins; December 13, 2022
Hint of crime
27 mins; December 12, 2022
R-E-S-P-E-C-T (for Marriage Act)
27 mins; December 09, 2022
The prisoner swap for Brittney Griner
27 mins; December 08, 2022
Power-tripping sheriffs
27 mins; December 07, 2022
The Moscow murders
27 mins; December 06, 2022
Digging tunnels for cars
27 mins; December 05, 2022
8 billion humans
27 mins; December 02, 2022
China’s biggest protests since Tiananmen Square
27 mins; December 01, 2022