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Explain It to Me

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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. Part of Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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A cheery discussion of global warming, Obamacare repeal, and death 31.03.2017 1:12:26

Ezra, Sarah, and Matt pick apart Trump's next executive order on climate, exhume the AHCA's corpse, and read a white paper about death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Weeds in the Wild: Postville 24.03.2017 27:29

It was the biggest workplace immigration raid the U.S. had seen to date. 389 workers, almost all of them Hispanic, were detained at a kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa on May 12, 2008.On this episode of Weeds in the Wild, we look at the effects that this raid had across the state of Iowa, and then take a step back to understand how our immigration policies made this kind of raid possible...

Mad Dogs and Obamacare Repealers 21.03.2017 1:20:15

Ezra and Matt are joined by Yochi Dreazen to talk about national security policy in the Trump era, the latest on ACA repeal, and research indicating the internet's not to blame for political polarization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CB-uh oh! 15.03.2017 1:10:16

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about Donald Trump's taxes, the disastrous CBO score of the GOP health care bill, and a study on how Chinese imports reduce Americans' marriage rates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AHCApalooza 08.03.2017 1:09:27

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt discuss how to pronounce the big new Republican health law, plus analyze its content and the puzzling politics surrounding its introduction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Don't Call It a State of the Union 01.03.2017 1:04:28

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt try to discuss Donald Trump's address to a joint session of congress through the lens of actual policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Death Panel If You Do, Death Panel If You Don't 22.02.2017 1:15:06

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk fake news, town hall protests, and research on why your cell phone bill is so high. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Weeds in the Wild: Sarah Goes to Kentucky 17.02.2017 14:21

In another episode of their new podcast, Sarah and Vox's Liz Scheltens explore why Obamacare enrollees in Kentucky voted for Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Privet, Amerika! 15.02.2017 1:07:19

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about the latest Russia-related scandal engulfing the Trump administration, the White House's lack of progress on policy, and new research on how Medicaid expansion reduced the divorce rate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Time Traveling Emanuel Brothers 09.02.2017 1:21:42

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about anti-Trump protests, cabinet confirmations, and health insurance age rating (exciting!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SCOTUS, DBCFT, and Hitler's Highways 01.02.2017 1:12:38

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about Neil Gorsuch, a controversial tax reform idea, and Nazi infrastructure building. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Don't-Call-It-A-Muslim-Ban 30.01.2017 41:50

Dara Lind joins Ezra and Matt to discuss Donald Trump's latest crackdown on immigrants and refugees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gag Order and Infrastructure 26.01.2017 1:00:23

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about widely-misunderstood Trump administration efforts to shut up career civil servants, talk about infrastructure, and ask journalism's most pressing question: What's up with eggs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inauguration Special 21.01.2017 43:17

Shortly after the inauguration ceremonies ended, Ezra, Matt, and Sarah gathered to analyze what it all means in the first Trump-era Weeds episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DeVos, Rigged Polls, and Quitting Bureaucrats 18.01.2017 1:03:50

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt are joined by Libby Nelson to discuss Trump's not-so-great hires, not-so-great polls, and new research into how career staff act during presidential transitions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump Cabinet, Obamacare Update, and Heroin 10.01.2017 59:48

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about the rush to hold hearings on Trump's cabinet appointees, the sudden emergence of trouble in repeal paradise, and an effort to cut down on pill abuse that backfired massively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sarah and Ezra Interview Obama About Obamacare 06.01.2017 1:13:03

Two weeks before he leaves office, President Obama sits down for a lengthy conversation about the lessons of the Affordable Care Act and the law's uncertain future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy New Year 04.01.2017 50:49

Sarah and Matt offer predictions for 2017, and offer tax wonk tips about when to time your child's birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Year-End Spectacular 28.12.2016 1:02:46

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt each review one big thing they learned in a tumultuous year for policy and politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kentucky, the Rust Belt, and the Big Picture on Trade 21.12.2016 52:56

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about what Obamacare-using Trump voters are hoping for, which regions really need help, and a massive overview of the evidence on globalization and inequality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Russia and the American Dream 14.12.2016 57:47

Ezra and Matt discuss Russian hacking, Rex Tillerson, and inequality's role in reducing social mobility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump's Surprisingly Ambitious Education Agenda 07.12.2016 1:16:08

Matt is joined by Libby Nelson to discuss Donald Trump's big plans for K-12 education and his massive financial conflicts of interest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Assessing the Trump Cabinet — and Exploring How Recessions Affect Health 30.11.2016 54:59

Sarah and Matt take a deep dive into what Trump's cabinet picks say about how he will govern, with a particular focus on HHS Secretary-designate Tom Price. Also: an exciting white paper on recessions and health outcomes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Conflicts of Interest, Trump and the Media, and Rethinking Teen Pregnancy 23.11.2016 1:10:26

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt consider the extraordinary possibility of corruption during the Trump administration, the president-elect's unusual relationship with the media, and a new study debunking the old study about 16 and Pregnant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sneak peak: a new Vox podcast, about how policy effects real people 21.11.2016 22:32

This is a pilot episode of a new show Sarah has been working on, looking at the real-life stakes of policymaking. The show's name? That's for you to help us decide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices