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The World Cup is showing the value of American soft power
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- The World Cup is showing the value of American soft power
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 6 hours ago
- Description
- The World Cup tourist videos taking over your feed aren't just wholesome content. They're a reminder of something bigger: America’s soft power
Vox's Constance Grady breaks down what the US’s welcoming spirit says about soft power at a moment when the country’s global reputation is under serious strain.
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- Why Trump is losing his war against algae
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 9 hours ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump’s over $14 million Reflection Pool renovation project has not exactly gone according to plan. The pool was supposed to be “American flag blue,” but instead turned algae bloom green. Vox’s Benji Jones explains what makes the Washington, DC monument the perfect place for algae.
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- Title
- Why the Mamdani-backed NY primary wins are not a fluke
- Runtime
- 1:49
- Date posted
- 12 hours ago
- Description
- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed three congressional candidates during the New York primaries — and they all won. Vox’s Astead Herndon explains how this shows a continued rise in the populist left.
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- Title
- Is America’s democracy beyond repair?
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
- Description
- “The Court has been putting a thumb on the scale in favor of the Republican Party, but it hasn't been putting a boulder on the scale.”
Vox’s Ian Millhiser explains how, while the US is an “imperfect democracy,” it’s still a democracy that’s responsive to voters.
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- Title
- JD Vance’s new memoir is a pitch for his presidential run
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
- Description
- JD Vance is heavily rumored to be Donald Trump's successor in 2028. His new memoir is one of the first windows into how he wants to be seen and what he wants people to think of him.
Vox's Christian Paz reads between the lines and finds a candidate whose Catholic faith and political record don't quite line up.
Read the full piece at the link in bio.
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- Title
- 90% of all species are undiscovered
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
- Description
- How is it possible to discover a new species in NYC? Vox senior correspondent Benji Jones recently set up insect traps in New York City’s Central Park and Prospect Park as part of a project to try to identify a new species. But this isn’t just a wild experiment. The project is based on a surprising reality: Despite how thoroughly explored places like New York seem, scientists still haven't identified most of the species on Earth. This is especially true for some insect families and other small organisms, many of which belong to what scientists call “dark taxa”: groups where the vast majority of species remain undescribed.
You can find out more about the Species Project at Vox.com, where Benji will be updating his findings all summer long.
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- What masculinity does to men | The Gray Area
- Runtime
- 44:50
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Sean talks with journalist Jordan Ritter Conn about his book “American Men,” an intimate look at four men trying to figure out what manhood and masculinity have given them versus what they have cost them, and what to do with the gap between the men they think they’re supposed to be and the men they actually are. They talk about being fathers and sons as well as about violence, shame, ambition, male friendship, loneliness, and why being a “good man” might mean finally letting go of the desire to perform manhood.
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Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling)
Guest: Jordan Ritter Conn (@jordanconn)
00:00 Intro
00:47 Beyond the ‘what’s wrong with men’ debate
06:30 Why so many men feel like they’re not enough
08:14 Four different paths to manhood
16:17 The role of fathers
19:44 Achieve doesn’t always bring confidence
24:54 The cost of male loneliness
33...
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- Darializa Avila Chevalier’s win in NY points Dems in a new direction | America, Actually
- Runtime
- 30:57
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
- Description
- Two newcomers in high profile races in New York City are trying to get to Washington. On the way, they’re forcing the Democratic Party to confront its immediate future on technology, identity, and immigration.
Vox’s Astead Herndon sits down with New York Congressional candidates Alex Bores and Darializa Avila Chevalier to talk about AI regulation, generational change, and why their races hold national significance.
00:00 — Why New York primaries have national implications
01:02 — Meet Alex Bores: Target of a tech super PAC
01:51 — From Palantir engineer to AI regulatory watchdog
06:32 — The debate over an AI moratorium and global competition
08:42 — The AI dividend: Universal basic income vs. tech disruption
09:55 — Inside the RAISE Act: Moving beyond watered-down safety laws
12:15 — Money and fear: Why Washington stays quiet on tech
14:50 — Part II: Darializa Avila Chevalier challenges the Democrat...
- Title
- Why all Americans should honor Juneteenth
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- “Juneteenth is a deeply emotional moment for enslaved people,” said University of Oklahoma historian Karlos K. Hill.
In Texas and across the country, emancipated African Americans began celebrating annually, with parades, concerts, and picnics. “Being able to go wherever they want and being able to wander about; for enslaved people, it was an expression of their freedom,” says Hill. “Formerly enslaved people celebrating, in public, their newfound freedom, was an act of resistance.”
Today, Dr. Hill says, commemorating Juneteenth is important for all Americans because it helps us see all the ways that slavery still shapes this country, including, as he says, “the desire to master and dominate Black bodies.”
This Vox explainer was originally published in 2023.
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- Title
- When colleges think Plato is too gay | The Gray Area
- Runtime
- 40:58
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- Who gets to decide what’s taught in college classrooms? And should the answer be different at private colleges than at public universities?
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In today’s episode, guest host Avishay Artsy speaks to philosophy professor Martin Peterson about why Texas A&M University asked him to stop teaching part of Plato’s “Symposium.” The two discuss academic freedom, who gets to decide what’s taught in university classrooms, and the value of Plato’s writing. The episode explores what happens when politics and educational values collide on campus.
Host: Avishay Artsy, Vox Supervising Producer
Guest: Martin Peterson, Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University
00:00 Intro
01:21 Why Professor Peterson was asked to revise his syllabus
03:02 Why Plato’s Symposium still matters
05:39 What do students expect to read in this class?
06:01 Texas A&M’s new policy
- Title
- Why LA’s mayor will never have much power #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:15
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- With the election of Zohran Mamdani in New York City, big-city mayors have once again become a focal point of national politics.
Now, in Los Angeles, the mayoral race in November is heating up with Councilmember Nithya Raman edging out reality TV star Spencer Pratt to secure her candidacy against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. And Raman, a Democratic Socialist like Mamdani, is zeroing in on housing and affordability as defining issues of local politics.
But beneath the promises to take on hot-button issues that plague Angelenos, a persistent question remains: Why can’t the LA mayor get anything done?
Part of the answer takes us back to the creation of the LA city charter, a product of the turn-of-the-20th-century progressive movement that emerged in response to the corrupt politics that plagued cities like New York and Chicago.
Despite the radical and experimental origins of LA’s decentralized governance approach, a weak mayoral off...
- Title
- Why LA will never get a Mayor Zohran Mamdani
- Runtime
- 9:05
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- With the election of Zohran Mamdani in New York City, big-city mayors have once again become a focal point of national politics.
Now, in Los Angeles, the mayoral race in November is heating up with Councilmember Nithya Raman edging out reality TV star Spencer Pratt to secure her candidacy against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. And Raman, a Democratic Socialist like Mamdani, is zeroing in on housing and affordability as defining issues of local politics.
But beneath the promises to take on hot-button issues that plague Angelenos, a persistent question remains: Why can’t the LA mayor get anything done?
Part of the answer takes us back to the creation of the LA city charter, a product of the turn-of-the-20th-century progressive movement that emerged in response to the corrupt politics that plagued cities like New York and Chicago.
Despite the radical and experimental origins of LA’s decentralized governance approach, a weak mayoral off...
- Title
- The surprising casualties of Trump's redistricting war: Trump voters
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
- Description
- President Trump has been pushing ‘redistricting ’— drawing new congressional maps that favor Republicans — in red states across the country. But the redistricting war has some unexpected casualties: Trump voters.
Vox’s Miles Bryan went to central Florida to talk to the Latino Trump voters now seeing their voting power diluted, and to ask — could Trump’s redistricting push backfire?
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- Title
- Pet snakes have a hidden body count
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
- Description
- There might be more mice and rats factory farmed globally than cows. You've probably never heard about it because they're not feeding humans. They're feeding pet snakes.
Vox's Kenny Torrella breaks down one of the biggest sources of animal suffering in the world.
Read his reporting at the link at Vox.com
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- Congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier believes all deportations are wrong
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
- Description
- "I still believe that all deportations are wrong."
New York congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier makes her case to Vox's Astead Herndon that deporting someone after they’ve served time for a crime amounts to double punishment.
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- Title
- Why Trump has traded the economy for his war in Iran
- Runtime
- 1:13
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
- Description
- Trump's supporters once saw the economy as his biggest strength. But according to Semafor White House correspondent Shelby Talcott, Trump is thinking about something else entirely: his legacy.
In this clip from Today, Explained, Talcott explains why Trump may be prioritizing Iran and other foreign policy battles over the economic concerns voters feel every day.
Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts.
#Trump #Iran #Politics #TodayExplained #Vox
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- Title
- Congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier addresses her old tweets
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
- Description
- "I certainly wouldn't use a lot of the language that I used back then today."
Darializa Avila Chevalier, the Mamdani-backed DSA candidate challenging Rep. Adriano Espaillat in NY-13, has faced weeks of scrutiny over thousands of deleted tweets, from comments about police and Israel to a 2022 post mocking US service members for committing "war crimes."
She joins Vox's Astead Herndon to talk about what she's learned since 2019 and 2020, why she deleted her account, and how she thinks about language and rhetoric in politics now.
Listen to Astead's interview with Chevalier this Saturday, June 20th wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Are you anxious, avoidant, or secure? | The Gray Area
- Runtime
- 45:37
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
- Description
- Sean talks with psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine about attachment, insecurity, and why our relationships shape us more than we think. They discuss his updated framework for anxious, avoidant, and secure attachment styles, why being ignored or excluded can feel so threatening, and how small everyday interactions can either calm the brain or send it spiraling. They also dig into childhood dynamics, therapy, conflict, friendship, loneliness, and different ways we can build more secure lives.
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Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling)
Guest: Amir Levine, psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and author of Secure: the revolutionary guide to creating a secure life
00:00 Intro
01:39 What is attachment theory?
08:17 Why is it so hard to feel secure?
12:11 The stories that fuel our insecurity
17:21 Why we overthink our relationships
20:50 Why being ignored feels so threatening
...
- Title
- What we lose when we stop writing by hand
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- In our digital age, writing by hand is becoming less and less common. Shawn Datchuk, a professor at the University of Iowa, tells Vox’s Jonquilyn Hill why it’s important that we keep teaching younger generations how to write.
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- Title
- Hasan Piker vs. The Establishment | America, Actually
- Runtime
- 47:57
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- Hasan Piker has become one of the most prominent leftist voices in the US, serving as an online guide for a Democratic Party trying to navigate the new internet. But his rapid rise has sparked a furious backlash from the party's centrist establishment.
Vox’s Astead Herndon sits down with Jonathan Cowan, president of the premier centrist think tank Third Way, who argues that Piker’s history of inflammatory rhetoric makes him a toxic liability that Democrats must cast out. Then, we put those exact claims to the Twitch streamer himself.
00:00 — Introduction: Is Hasan Piker toxic?
01:12 — The centrist case against Piker with Third Way's Jonathan Cowan
04:47 — Comparing Piker to far-right extremists
07:34 — Evaluating rhetoric and the threat of violence
10:19 — Electoral strategy: Moderates vs. deep blue progressive pushes
18:14 — The apology question: Third Way's challenges for Hasan
21:26 — Hasan Piker respond...
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- Hasan Piker “quadruples down” on why he would vote for Hamas over Israel
- Runtime
- 1:05
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- “This is not a statement that they would ever hear in polite society, and that's kinda the purpose of it.”
Left-wing political commentator Hasan Piker tells Vox’s Astead Herndon that he’s not backing down from his stance that he’d rather vote for Hamas than Israel.
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- Title
- The richest person in history can’t be held accountable
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- Elon Musk can signal boost race riots, spread lies about “white genocide,” and cut aid to the world's poorest. And almost nobody can hold him accountable for any of it.
Vox's Zack Beauchamp explains why Elon becoming a trillionaire isn't just a personal milestone. It's a threat to democracy itself.
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- Title
- The establishment’s case against Hasan Piker
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
- Description
- After 2024, Democrats turned to Hasan Piker for answers on how to reach young men and embrace the internet. Now, a top centrist think tank is publishing op-eds saying the party is getting too cozy with him.
Vox's Astead Herndon sits down with both Jonathan Cowan of Third Way and Piker himself to get into the fight that is dividing the Democratic Party.
Listen to America, Actually wherever you get your podcasts or watch here on YouTube tomorrow.
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- Title
- The people who think AI should replace us
- Runtime
- 1:20
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- Should chatbots replace humans?
Vox’s Sigal Samuel explains the growing viewpoint of AI successionists who see humanity not as the final destination, but as a stepping stone.
Listen to the full discussion with The Gray Area host Sean Illing wherever you get your podcasts.
#AI #FutureOfTech #ArtificialIntelligence #TechEthics #ElonMusk #Transhumanism #TechPhilosophy #Humanity
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- Title
- The AI movement to end humanity | The Gray Area
- Runtime
- 51:17
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- Sean talks with writer Sigal Samuel about AI successionism, the growing movement that sees artificial intelligence as humanity’s rightful successor. They discuss why some people in the AI world think humanity should be replaced, how this vision borrows from old religious ideas about salvation and transcendence, and why artificial intelligence is a dangerous thing to worship.
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Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling)
Guest: Sigal Samuel (@SigalSamuel)
Click here to read Sigal’s article on AI successionism.
00:00 Intro
01:15 What is AI successionism?
07:26 Intelligence vs consciousness
09:59 The disturbing politics of AI successionism
12:12 Is AI secessionism a religion?
23:04 Is this a way to escape our mortality?
24:49 Is intelligence the most valuable thing in the universe?
33:28 Is it wrong to put humans first?
44:49 Is successionism a wa...
- Title
- Has the term “girl’s girl” lost all meaning?
- Runtime
- 1:49
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- Summer House castmember Amanda Batula linked up with her friend Ciara Miller’s ex, so therefore reality TV fans have deemed her not a girl’s girl. In contrast, Love Island season 6 stars Leah Kateb, Serena Page, and JaNa Craig prioritized their friendship, deeming themselves the “Powerpuff girls” and earning the title of girl’s girls in the process. But as reality TV popularizes the term, does it still do what it’s meant to in lifting women up and fostering a culture of support? Not exactly.
Read more from Vox’s Alex Abad-Santos: https://www.vox.com/culture/491448/summer-house-amanda-batula-ciara-miller-girls-girl
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- Title
- Three ways the Trump administration is playing politics with the World Cup
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
- Description
- There's always politics at the World Cup. Think Qatar in 2022 or Russia in 2018. But what the Trump administration is doing now is something entirely different.
Vox's Astead Herndon breaks down three ways the US is already alienating the world as the tournament kicks off.
Note: This was filmed before the games began on Jun 10, 2026.
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- Title
- Can a quiz tell you more about your political beliefs?
- Runtime
- 1:21
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
- Description
- MAGA and the progressive left together make up less than 40% of Americans. So who makes up the rest?
Vox’s Christian Paz took the new Pew Research political typology quiz, which breaks Americans into nine distinct political groups. He found that the results paint a much more nuanced picture of why the country feels so divided.
Take the quiz yourself on Pew's website.
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- Title
- Who does Hasan Piker want to run for president in 2028?
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- Hasan Piker, a left-wing political commentator known for causing controversy across the political spectrum, has a solid ranking of which Democrats he’d want to run for president in 2028. He explains his list to Vox’s Astead Herndon.
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- Title
- Men are choosing their looks over their sperm
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- Testosterone prescriptions have jumped 154% since 2020. And a growing number of men aren't taking it for medical reasons. They're taking it to look like the guys they see on social media.
The catch? Testosterone therapy can cause infertility, which some men already know and don't care about.
Vox's Anna North breaks down the looksmaxxing trend and what it reveals about how masculinity is changing.
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- Should ChatGPT be your couples therapist?
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
- Description
- Just because you can use AI chatbots like ChatGPT as an intermediary in a spat with a loved one, should you? It’s complicated. While couples often felt less divided when AI was mediating, AI platforms lack the emotional intelligence to adequately read a couple’s body language and tone, understand cultural context and power dynamics, and incorporate a couple’s past into the fight at hand.
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- Title
- What was invented at 2 Cumberland St in NYC?
- Runtime
- 1:59
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- There’s a certain sweet product you’ve seen a thousand times and never thought about — and it was invented at 2 Cumberland St in Brooklyn, New York City. This is Pin Point, the series where Vox producer Nate Krieger throws a dart at a map and investigates the surprising history of whatever address he hits. In this episode, he takes a look at the history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the cafeteria across the street where thousands of shipbuilders had lunch.
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- Title
- How to understand your dreams & nightmares | The Gray Area
- Runtime
- 47:08
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
- Description
- Sean talks with dream scientist Michelle Carr about what dreams are, why we have them, and what they might reveal about the mind. They discuss nightmares, lucid dreaming, memory, consciousness, and whether dreams are just random brain noise or a kind of overnight therapy. They also explore why dreams feel so real and what the strange world of sleep can teach us about waking life.
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Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling)
Guest: Michelle Carr
00:00 Intro
00:53 What are dreams for?
05:14 Are dreams simulations?
10:45 Why do we forget our dreams?
17:31 Why do we have nightmares?
26:31 What are lucid dreams?
41:28 Can lucid dreaming backfire?
42:51 Is there a connection between dreams and consciousness?
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- Title
- Democrats still don't have a vision
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
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- Title
- Maine Senate race turns amid Platner allegations
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- Graham Platner, the leading Democrat in Maine’s Senate primary, is facing scrutiny after a New York Times report detailed an allegation of physical intimidation from a former partner, which he denies. Rep. Madeleine Dean said she believes he has “disqualified himself” from the race.
The primary is just days away, and his main opponent has largely stopped campaigning, leaving Democrats close to nominating a candidate now at the center of a last-minute controversy.
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- Title
- How foreign aid cuts are impacting the Ebola response
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- The world is watching a deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus spreading in Africa. In a matter of weeks, it has been elevated to a global health emergency and has become one of the largest Ebola outbreaks on record. The timing couldn’t be worse.
In this Patreon-exclusive Reporter Extra, Vox Future Perfect fellow Sara Herschander explains what was lost in funding cuts that could have allowed for a faster and more effective response to the outbreak.
#ebola #usaid #health
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- Title
- Higher gas prices hit different in Las Vegas
- Runtime
- 2:14
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- As gas prices fluctuate nationwide, some Americans are switching up their commute to work. But what if their city doesn't have a better alternative — like Las Vegas, which has too few mass transit options and too much heat?
Stephanie Valdez is partnering with Vox on our first-ever creator collaboration to bring important local stories to a national audience. How are you saving money at the pump? #gasprices #affordability #economy
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- Title
- Democrats in Virginia think they've found a winning message | America, Actually
- Runtime
- 26:37
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
- Description
- We went to Virginia to report on redistricting. What we found was a potential new message for Democrats to win over voters.
Gerrymandering is usually treated as an academic problem. In Virginia’s 1st Congressional District, it’s a gut punch for many Democrats. After courts struck down a voter-approved redistricting amendment, grassroots volunteers are facing an uphill battle against voter cynicism.
But now, Democratic candidates are pivoting away from abstract warnings about authoritarianism. Instead, they’re aiming at a new sweet spot: tying political corruption directly to the rising cost of living.
00:00 The midterms map battle
00:51 Ashland, VA: the center of the political universe
02:31 From Republican to Democratic protester: Katie Sitterson's journey
03:33 Why didn’t defending democracy work in 2024?
04:27 Maps whiplash and morale
09:06 How candidates are responding to gerrymandering
13:21 Linkin...
- Title
- A simple way to lower everyone’s property tax
- Runtime
- 2:17
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
- Description
- Compact neighborhoods cost cities half as much to maintain as sprawled out ones. So why don’t we build more of them? Vox’s Marina Bolotnikova explains how building densely packed neighborhoods can lower everyone’s property taxes.
Read more: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/490658/housing-crisis-sprawl-density-property-taxes
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- Title
- Is this the end of cheap flights?
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- Since the conflict in the Middle East led to the closing of the Strait of Hormuz, about 20 percent of global oil supply has been choked off, sending prices sky high, especially for jet fuel. So far, the war may already be costing the airline industry an additional $15 billion.
Airlines have responded by raising ticket prices, charging more for bag fees, and cutting flights that they’ve deemed unprofitable because of higher fuel costs. It’s hitting low-cost carriers especially hard, even contributing to the May 2026 closure of Spirit Airlines.
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- Title
- Trump is MAGA’s only star
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- Ten years into MAGA, and the movement still has only one entertainer who can reliably fill a room — Trump.
Vox's Constance Grady explains why the collapse of the White House concert series points to something much bigger about Trump and his lifelong obsession with celebrity.
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- Title
- What you need to know about the NBA finals
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
- Description
- The New York Knicks are facing the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA finals in a matchup that has the internet on fire. Vox’s Benjy Sarlin breaks down what you need to know even if you’re not a basketball fan — and gives a nod to his pick.
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- Title
- How the war in Iran could end affordable air travel
- Runtime
- 6:41
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
- Description
- Since the conflict in the Middle East led to the closing of the Strait of Hormuz, about 20 percent of global oil supply has been choked off, sending prices sky-high, especially for jet fuel. So far, the war may already be costing the airline industry an additional $15 billion. Airlines have responded by raising ticket prices, charging more for bag fees, and cutting flights that they’ve deemed unprofitable because of higher fuel costs.
This price shock was a deciding factor in the May 2026 closure of Spirit Airlines. When a low-cost airline like Spirit goes under, it has a ripple effect through the entire industry, canceling flight routes and raising ticket prices all around.
But even if the war were to end and fuel costs stabilize, major airlines might not be willing to bring their prices back down. In fact, corporations seem all but guaranteed to take advantage of pressuring consumers to pay more to fly.
For over 40 years, flying has been an...
- Title
- Should I drink raw milk?
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
- Description
- While it’s easy to buy raw milk at popular grocery stores like Erewhon in California, other states have made it difficult to buy or sell it. The CDC recommends that all milk be pasteurized, but there are over 40 bills in 18 states that would make it more accessible. So what’s going on here? Vox’s Avishay Artsy explains how milk got to be so controversial.
Read more: https://www.vox.com/podcasts/489961/raw-milk-dairy-pasteurization-e-coli-fda-rfk-jr
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- Title
- A new species in NYC?
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
- Description
- Can we find a new species in New York City? 👀🐛🐞
We're sure going to try.
Working with NYC Parks, Central Park Conservancy, and Prospect Park Alliance, we set up two large bug traps in NYC's Central Park and Prospect Park that will collect insects this summer.
Follow along as we uncover our findings: https://www.vox.com/climate/489471/nyc-species-project
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- Title
- Americans don’t know how to stop working | The Gray Area
- Runtime
- 38:51
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- Americans have absorbed the Protestant work ethic: the idea that our value as human beings – and our eventual salvation – is determined by how hard we work. Political philosopher Elizabeth Anderson explains how this evolved, why it pervades everything, and why it’s no longer serving us.
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This episode originally aired in January of 2024.
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: Elizabeth Anderson, professor of public philosophy at the University of Michigan.
00:00 Intro
04:21 Why the Protestant work ethic still controls us
12:32 Why do treat wealth as a virtue and poverty as a vice
23:51 When making money becomes the point of life
30:40 Why can’t we have a better work-life balance?
32:35 How workers can reclaim their freedom
36:27 How to build support for a progressive work ethic
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- Title
- Why does cheating make us so mad?
- Runtime
- 1:38
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- Cheating is one of those things we're all quick to judge. But why do we care so much even when it's not our relationship?
Clinical sexologist and dating coach, Myisha Battle joins Vox's Jonquilyn Hill to unpack why celebrity infidelity hits so close to home for so many of us.
Listen to Explain It to Me wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Title
- Why has Gen Z stopped dating?
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
- Description
- A recent study found that Gen Z is in a “depressed dating economy,” meaning people aren’t putting themselves out there and going on dates. A lot of the reasoning has to do with anxiety.
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- Title
- The myth of "one person, one vote" | America, Actually
- Runtime
- 26:07
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
- Description
- Democrats talk a lot about protecting democracy, but for most Americans, the system was written to exclude them a long time ago. Cook Political Report’s Amy Walter joins Vox’s Astead Herndon this week to break down the current redistricting wars. They explore the fallout of recent Supreme Court decisions, the GOP’s short-term tactical gains, and the uncomfortable question facing Democrats: do they prioritize minority representation or raw seat counts?
00:00 The myth of “one person, one vote”
01:42 Electoral College imbalance
02:36 Why 1 voter in Wyoming = 68 in California
04:36 Gerrymandering as a tool of political power
05:23 Who wins the maps fight
09:47 The nationalization of local redistricting
11:45 SCOTUS and the future of Black representation
16:36 How to fix the broken primary system
20:17 The California paradox: why reform doesn't always feel like progress
21:46 Changing the incentive structure in D.C...
- Title
- Why Taiwan’s passport still says “China” #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:56
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
- Description
- For decades, Taiwan's passport didn't say "Taiwan" at all. It said something else: the Republic of China. But if Taiwan once called itself China, who gets to be the "real" China?
As China's influence has grown, Taiwan has faced increasing pressure over how it defines itself and how the world sees it. Vox producer Dolly Li explores how a passport became a symbol of one of the world's most important geopolitical disputes. #taiwan #china #geopolitics
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