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Consciousness is a mystery
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- Consciousness is a mystery
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- 2 months ago
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- What is consciousness, really?
We don’t know. Scientists aren’t sure. Philosophers can’t agree. All we have is the fact that it feels like something to be you right now. Beyond that, human consciousness remains a complete mystery.
Sean talks with Michael Pollan about his new book, A World Appears, which is about what we do and don’t know about consciousness and why it continues to be one of the great miracles of nature. They get into why consciousness has proven so hard to define, whether the self is real or just a useful fiction, what psychedelics and meditation reveal about the mind, and why even serious neuroscientists are starting to question strict materialism. Along the way, they wander into plant intelligence, AI psychosis, ego death, and the unsettling possibility that not knowing might actually be the right place to land.
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: Michael Pollan, author of A World Appears (@michaelpollan)
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- Bernie vs. the billionaires | Today, Explained
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- 2 months ago
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- Sen. Bernie Sanders has a whole new reason to go after the world’s billionaires. This week, we ask the longtime Independent senator from Vermont about his proposed annual wealth tax and how he plans to rein in AI.
He has called for a moratorium on AI data centers. But with aggressive actions like that, does he think the Democratic Party runs the risk of getting left behind when it comes to AI?
Sen. Sanders recently introduced his Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act, a 5 percent annual wealth tax on anyone making more than a billion dollars. It’s less than a thousand people, but they are some very big names.
Elon Musk would pay up to $40 billion under the law. Mark Zuckerberg about $11 billion. But Sen. Sanders said it would fund up to $3,000 in direct payments for anyone living in a household that makes less than $150,000.
This bill has little chance of becoming law. President Trump would almost certainly veto it, and it’...
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- Why Democrats are pushing for a wealth tax on billionaires #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna have introduced a bill that would add a 5% wealth tax on those who make over $1 billion.
“The point is that at a time of so much inequality we've got to ask the wealthiest people to start paying their fair share of taxes,” Sanders told Vox’s Astead Herndon for Saturday’s episode of Today, Explained.
You can watch their full interview wherever you get your podcasts or here on YouTube.
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- The banana is under threat #shorts
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- 2 months ago
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- The standard banana, the one found in nearly every lunch bag, smoothie, and cereal, could go extinct. Known as the Cavendish banana, this single variety accounts for 99 percent of global exports, despite there being over 1,000 different species of bananas.
A variant of Panama disease, a soil fungus that once wiped out the world’s most commercial banana in the 1950s, is back. And this time, there’s no obvious banana replacement around the corner. So what will it take to save one of the world’s most beloved fruits? Head over to YouTube.com/Vox to watch the full video about the future of bananas.
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- The architecture of aging well
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- 2 months ago
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- By 2040, the US Census Bureau projects that, for the first time in the US, adults over the age of 65 will outnumber children under 18. The trend is set to continue as Gen X and millennials age, but where will everyone live, and who is designing those spaces?
Vox visits The Pryde, an affordable senior housing community in Boston, to see the design features of the Hyde Park community and understand how thoughtful design can transform what senior living looks and feels like.
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- Sen. Bernie Sanders wants to pull the “financial plug” on the war in Iran #shorts
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- 2 months ago
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- Sen. Bernie Sanders’s stance on President Donald Trump’s war in Iran is clear: It’s “unconstitutional” and “illegal.”
He told Vox’s Astead Herndon that he wants to pull the “financial plug” on the conflict so that the money can instead go toward domestic needs like housing, health care, and education.
You can watch their full interview on Saturday, here on YouTube.
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- The end of world order as we know it
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Venezuela. Greenland. Iran.
Things have been moving so quickly that we weren't even at war with Iran when we recorded this episode of The Gray Area with Sean Illing. It’s only March, but it’s been a long year.
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The war in Iran is only the latest sign that something deep is shifting in our global politics. Alliances fraying. Norms weakening. Democracies wobbling. So what exactly is happening? Is the liberal international order slowly eroding? Is it just going through a particularly turbulent chapter? Or are we watching it all collapse?
Sean talks with Zack Beauchamp, author of Vox’s On the Right newsletter, about the global democratic backslide and whether the American-led liberal order is slipping, imploding, or just going through a rough patch. Their conversation, which was recorded before the conflict in Iran, digs into the Greenland saga, alliance politics, and why democratic de...
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- Why AI should benefit more than billionaires #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Yes, Sen. Bernie Sanders has tried AI. And no, he doesn’t believe that the systems should be making billionaires even richer.
He sat down with Vox’s Astead Herndon to tell him that he thinks Congress needs to take more action on an AI landscape that changes every single day.
You can watch their full interview on Saturday, here on YouTube.
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- Why Trump’s new DHS pick appeals to MAGA #shorts
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- 2 months ago
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- In the first cabinet shakeup of his second term, President Donald Trump has tapped Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace Kristi Noem as head of the Department of Homeland Security. Mullin, a plumber-turned-MMA-fighter-turned-firebrand-politician, has made a name for himself in Congress as a political outsider — and MAGA ultra-loyalist.
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- The banana is under threat
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- 2 months ago
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- Bananas are one of the world’s most popular fruits. They’re a staple crop in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In the US, the average person eats more than 25 pounds of bananas per year.
The banana found in nearly every lunch bag, smoothie, and cereal is likely a Cavendish banana (a single variety that accounts for 99 percent of global exports), despite there being over 1,000 different species of bananas. This kind of uniformity is what allows the beloved banana to be cheap, durable, and ubiquitous.
It also makes them extremely vulnerable.
A variant of Panama disease, a soil fungus that once wiped out the world’s most commercial banana, the Gros Michel, in the 1950s, is back. And this time, there’s no obvious replacement for it waiting around the corner. So what will it take to save one of the world’s most beloved fruits?
This video explores how monocropping became both a blessing and a curse in the search for the most comme...
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- How do you bring the FIFA World Cup™ to the world? [Partner content from Verizon]
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- 2 months ago
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- The FIFA World Cup 2026™ will be the largest sporting event of all time. With millions attending in person and another billions more tuning in across the globe, designing a network to support all those fans is no easy feat. So, how do you prepare for the most technologically advanced FIFA World Cup™ to date? Partner content from Verizon, official Sponsor of the FIFA World Cup™
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- These platypuses are helping heal an iconic Australian ecosystem #shorts
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- 2 months ago
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- Platypuses disappeared from Australia's oldest national park decades ago.
Now scientists are bringing them back, helping reestablish a long-lost link in the local food chain.
A new study suggests that the reintroduction program is working — nearly all of the released platypuses are alive, and they're having babies, demonstrating that rewilding iconic species can work.
Read more of Benji Jones’ environmental coverage: https://www.vox.com/authors/benji-jones
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- Bravo’s Heavenly Kimes casts her dream political reality show #shorts
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- 2 months ago
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- Bravo TV reality star Heavenly Kimes sits down with Vox’s Astead Herndon to explain why she decided to enter politics, how her experience in health care and business shapes her views on affordability, and what it’s like moving from reality TV to the campaign trail.
They also chat about the growing overlap between politics and pop culture — and how reality TV personality traits translate to public office.
Listen to the full conversation wherever you get your podcasts.
#Politics #Podcast #MarriedToMedicine #RealityTV #Congress #Healthcare #Georgia
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- You've been lied to about addiction | The Gray Area
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Addiction is one of those words that seems obvious until you try to explain it. We tend to fall back on two simple stories. Either addiction is a moral failure or it’s a brain disease that robs people of agency entirely. But neither of those stories feels complete.
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Today’s guest is philosopher Hanna Pickard, author of What Would You Do Alone in a Cage With Nothing But Cocaine? Pickard argues that it’s a harmful mistake to treat addiction as either sin or sickness. Instead, it’s a form of behavior that’s shaped by trauma, isolation, identity, social conditions, and often deep psychological pain.
Sean and Hanna talk about her theory of addiction and why our society has built the cage that so many people are trying to escape.
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: Hanna Pickard, author of What Would You Do Alone in a Cage With Nothing But Cocaine?
We would love t...
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- Did Netanyahu lead President Trump into war with Iran? #shorts
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- 2 months ago
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- Rahm Emanuel is one of the very few people who have operated at every level of power in American politics. He’s a former congressman, White House chief of staff under President Obama, two-term mayor of Chicago, and the former ambassador to Japan under President Biden. He also has a very specific lens when it comes to the growing conflict in Iran, as he helped negotiate peace agreements alongside President Clinton in the 1990s and was in the Obama White House as they took the first steps toward the Iran nuclear deal.
During his time in Obama’s administration, Emanuel dealt directly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even once getting into an argument with him in the Oval Office.
Emanuel has a complicated personal past with Israel’s prime minister — who publicly called Emanuel a “self-hating Jew” in 2009 — but still very much considers himself pro-Israel. In a conversation with Vox’s Astead Herndon, he shares that he doesn’t belie...
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- A pro-Israel case against Israel | Today, Explained
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- 2 months ago
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- Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s former chief of staff, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who’s at the center of the Iran conflict, has isolated Israel like never before.
During his time as President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel dealt directly with Netanyahu, even once getting into an argument with him in the Oval Office. Emanuel’s also one of very few people to have operated at every level of power in American politics, and he has a specific lens when it comes to the growing conflict in Iran.
Emanuel was one of the people who helped negotiate peace agreements alongside President Clinton in the 1990s. He was also in the Obama White House as they took the first steps toward the Iran nuclear deal.
In this interview with Emanuel, Vox’s Astead Herndon asks about the US-Israel relationship as the two countries collaborate on a widening war against Iran and its proxies in the Middle East. This war, according to Ema...
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- Was there a genocide in Palestine? #shorts
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- 2 months ago
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- “The amount of Palestinian deaths was not necessary for Israel's security or reestablishing deterrence.”
Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel talked to Vox’s Astead Herndon about whether he considers Israel’s actions in Palestine to be genocide.
You can watch their full interview on Saturday here on YouTube.
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- Why are we at war with Iran? | The Gray Area
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- What the hell just happened in Iran?
The US launched an attack last weekend, and within hours, the explanations were already shifting. Is this regime change? Will it be a few days? A few months? Several years? By the time you’re listening to this, the situation may have moved again. So this is a quick, emergency TGAF about where things currently stand.
Sean calls up Wall Street Journal national security reporter Alex Ward to walk through what we actually know, what we don’t, and what could come next. They talk about the risk of regional escalation, the “break it and walk away” strategy, and why the range of possible outcomes right now is…uncomfortably wide.
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: Alexander Ward (@alexbward)
0:54 Why did America strike Iran?
4:53 Was there evidence of an imminent threat?
12:40 It’s “wartime jazz”
19:05 What would regional war mean?
32:42 What is Alex Ward ke...
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- Why Trump’s war in Iran is “wartime jazz” #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- President Donald Trump has offered multiple explanations for the strikes on Iran. Freedom for the Iranian people. A deal in two or three days. A war lasting four or five weeks. Even potential successors to take power — who he later said were killed.
“It’s wartime jazz,” says Wall Street Journal reporter Alexander Ward. “He shoots first…and figures out the political objectives as he watches things unfold.”
Is there a coherent strategy behind the attack on Iran or is it being improvised in real time?
Listen to The Gray Area with Sean Illing on Mondays and Fridays wherever you get your podcasts or on YouTube. #Iran #Trump #ForeignPolicy #MiddleEast #Politics
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- Maybe you shouldn’t own small pets #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- We hate to break it to you, but your small pet is probably miserable. Each year, American households buy tens of millions of small animals — mostly fish, but also gerbils, lizards, birds, snakes, frogs, turtles, and more — to keep as pets. But, at the end of the day, these animals aren’t meant to be in captivity, which brings up the ethical question: Is it cruel to keep these animals?
Read more: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/476655/small-pet-welfare-cruelty-birds-fish-reptiles-rodents
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- Breaking down that very uncomfortable episode of America’s Next Top Model #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- The documentary Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model has the internet reminiscing on the reality TV show and its complicated legacy — including that episode where models swapped ethnicities. Yep, you read that right. Today, Explained co-host Noel King sat down with Slate senior culture reporter Scaachi Koul to discuss the TV show and the moments we can’t forget (no matter how hard we try).
Listen to the full interview wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧
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- Why Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett lost the Texas primary #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett lost the Texas primaries Tuesday night to state Rep. James Talarico — and Vox’s Astead Herndon thinks he knows why. He looks back at a conversation he had with Crockett last month to examine why her campaign didn’t make it across the finish line.
Read more of our Texas primary coverage: https://www.vox.com/politics/481483/james-talarico-stakes-texas-primary-latino-white-black-democratic-party
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- Filming British romance is all about location #shorts
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- 2 months ago
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- Readers and audiences have been falling in love with British romance stories for centuries. Books by authors like the Brontë sisters and Jane Austen still fly off the shelves, and they’ve been adapted for the big and small screen dozens of times.
But how do great filmmakers adapt 19th-century writing into epic cinema? It’s all about the location.
From endless moors to massive estates, Britain plays a leading role in two of its biggest cultural exports: Wuthering Heights and Pride and Prejudice.
This video is presented by Great Britain. @LoveGreatBritain doesn't have a say in our editorial decisions, but their support does make our reporting possible.
#romance #film #greatbritain #wutheringheights #prideandprejudice
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- Filming British romance is all about location
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Readers and audiences have been falling in love with British romance stories for centuries. Books by authors like the Brontë sisters and Jane Austen still fly off the shelves, and they’ve been adapted for the big and small screen dozens of times.
But how do great filmmakers adapt 19th-century writing into epic cinema? It’s all about the location.
From endless moors to massive estates, Britain plays a leading role in two of its biggest cultural exports: Wuthering Heights and Pride and Prejudice.
In this video, we take a tour of Britain’s natural landscapes and historic architecture to find out what makes these settings so transportive, elevating Britain to a starring role in romantic film adaptations.
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Vox writer Constance Grady’s take on Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights: https://www.vox.com/culture/479314/wuthering-heights-emerald-fennell-emily-bronte-margot-robbie-...
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- Why didn’t the Constitution prevent Trump from attacking Iran? #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- You can blame the Founding Fathers for President Donald Trump’s ability to attack Iran without Congressional approval. Why? They didn’t expect the US to have a standing army, which led them to believe that the president wouldn’t have many troops under their command and to create a Constitution unprepared for the US’s military power.
Read more of our coverage of the war in Iran: https://www.vox.com/politics/481087/us-iran-trump-war-israel-politics-explainer
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- Why modern life is designed to keep you anxious — and what to do about it | The Gray Area
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- We use the word “anxiety” to describe stress, dread, worry, panic, even vibes. Which just goes to show: We really don’t know what anxiety is, or where it comes from, or what we’re supposed to do with it.
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Today’s guest is philosopher Samir Chopra, author of Anxiety: A Philosophical Guide. Chopra argues that anxiety is a permanent feature of being human and the price of being a free, self-conscious creature in an uncertain world. Sean and Samir talk about the difference between fear and anxiety, why modern life seems engineered to keep us on edge, and what Buddhism, existentialism, and Freud can teach us about the anxious mind.
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: Samir Chopra, author of Anxiety: A Philosophical Guide
1:22 What is anxiety?
9:30 Are we an anxious generation?
13:05 Buddhism and anxiety
18:55 Acceptance vs. resignation
22:05 The existe...
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- Rep. Ro Khanna on Iran and the War Powers resolution #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- “This is exactly what Donald Trump ran against. He said, ‘No more endless wars.’”
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California talked with Vox’s Astead Herndon ahead of this weekend’s strikes on Iran about the War Powers Act, which would force the White House to seek congressional approval before any type of military offensive.
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- How is ADHD different for women and girls? #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- It turns out not all ADHD symptoms are created equal. While boys have more overt symptoms like hyperactivity and impulsivity, girls’ symptoms are often more internal, like a lack of focus or disorganization. This can lead to girls being underdiagnosed for ADHD compared to their male peers.
“The symptoms that girls often experience aren't leading teachers to call home. Those are not the things that are leading teachers to express concerns,” said Dr. Julia Schechter, a clinical psychologist and associate professor at the Duke University School of Medicine, who runs the Duke Center for Girls and Women with ADHD.
Explain It to Me host Jonquilyn Hill spoke with Dr. Schechter to find out more about why women and girls are less likely to have their ADHD acknowledged.
Learn more by tuning into Explain It to Me wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Why didn’t Democrats release the Epstein files under Biden? #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “They weren’t rushing to expose all of this.”
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California tells Vox’s Astead Herndon that Democrats should have pushed harder to release the Epstein files during the Biden administration.
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- Why Trump’s case for the Iran war makes no sense #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- The US has launched a war on Iran. But why? The short answer is nobody really knows. Vox’s Zack Beauchamp explains why the incoherence at the heart of Trump’s latest, biggest war is particularly scary.
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- Rep. Ro Khanna wants Democrats to distance themselves from the “Epstein class” #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California is locked into two major issues: the Epstein files and artificial intelligence.
He talked with Vox’s Astead Herndon about how Democrats need to distance themselves from the “Epstein class” and how the government needs to be doing more to regulate AI for this week’s Saturday episode of Today, Explained.
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- Did Democrats do enough to stop Epstein? | Today, Explained
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Our politics are deeply divided — there’s Democrat vs. Republican, there’s left vs. right. But maybe the biggest divide in our politics is the insider vs. outsider divide.
That’s only gotten more noticeable in recent months, as issues like the Epstein files and artificial intelligence have pitted the elites against everyone else. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is at the center of both of those issues. He wrote the Epstein Files Transparency Act. He brought one of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse survivors to this week's State of the Union address. And he’s coined the term “the Epstein class” — the group of wealthy and connected individuals that he wants to bring to accountability. Even if they’re fellow Democrats.
Khanna represents Silicon Valley in his district, so he has worked with companies like Google and Meta for years. That puts him at the forefront of one of the important political and economic questions of the coming year: Is AI about to put us all ...
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- Rep. Ro Khanna on what’s in and out of the Epstein files #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A large share of the Epstein files may now be out in the public, but there are still plenty that remain unreleased.
Vox’s Astead Herndon spoke with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California who says what has been released is “not a good look for the elite class.”
You can watch their full interview on Saturday, here on YouTube.
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- Title
- Why Gen Z men want kids (and women don’t) #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- The cliché is always that it's men who are afraid of commitment and having kids. But a Pew Research poll just shows that, for Gen Z, it's the women who are more hesitant to start a family.
Is the "motherhood penalty" finally scaring women away, or are men just seeing family life through a different lens? Sean Illing and Anna North break down why the "lost generation" is suddenly so divided.
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- Gen Z men want babies. Gen Z women don’t. | The Gray Area
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A lot of Gen Z men sound surprisingly excited about fatherhood. A lot of Gen Z women…do not.
And that divide — and the national handwringing about it — says a lot about the changing status of men and women in this country, and the uncomfortable realization that for American policymakers, not all children are created equal.
Today’s guest on The Gray Area is Vox reporter and bestselling novelist Anna North, who covers kids, parenting, and American family life. She writes the Vox newsletter Kids Today, and her latest chart-topping novel is Bog Queen. She recently reported on the gap between young men and young women on parenthood and what that might tell us about gender roles, relationships, and the future of family formation in a politically polarized country.
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: Anna North, Staff Writer, Vox
3:30 The poll that revealed a massive parenting gender gap in Gen Z.
11:20 Why "Tradwife...
- Title
- Casey Means and the no good, very bad month for MAHA #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Although the US is about to hit 1,000 measles cases — which puts us on pace to surpass last year’s total — President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Casey Means, presented a wishy-washy stance on whether children should get the MMR vaccine at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
This is a reflection on the greater MAHA movement, which initially grew popular because it was identifying some real concerns that many Americans have, but has now been taking some big losses that look increasingly out of touch as the nation’s public health situation deteriorates.
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- Brazil vs. the US: Two insurrections, different results #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- On January 8, 2023, thousands of supporters of Brazil’s right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed federal buildings in the country’s capital. Their goal? Overthrow the results of an election they claimed was rigged, despite no credible evidence of fraud.
That might sound oddly familiar to the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, just two years earlier. But the aftermath could not be more different. Jair Bolsonaro is now serving a 27-year prison sentence, while Donald Trump is president, again.
So how did two democracies, facing similar threats, end up with such different outcomes? #Brazil #Bolsonaro #Trump #January6
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- What the US can learn from Poland’s experience with right-wing media #shorts
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Imagine a Democratic presidential win in 2028. While Democrats would be thrilled, they’d pretty quickly face a tough question: how do you undo years of institutional change without weakening democratic norms in the process?
Today, Explained host Noel King went to Poland — where this dynamic is already playing out — to learn more about the challenges of democratic recovery.
For more, listen to Today, Explained’s recent two-part series wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast
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- To fight authoritarianism, America should look to Brazil
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- On January 8, 2023, thousands of supporters of Brazil’s right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed federal buildings in the country’s capital. Their goal? Overthrow the results of an election they claimed was rigged, despite no credible evidence of fraud.
If that sounds familiar, that’s because it is. Brazil’s January 8 looked a lot like the January 6 attack on the US capital, just two years earlier: mob violence, an insurrection, and a defeated leader who refused to concede.
But the aftermath could not be more different. Jair Bolsonaro is now serving a 27-year prison sentence, while Donald Trump is president, again.
So how did two democracies, facing similar threats, end up with such different outcomes? This video explains how Brazil’s democratic system worked to hold “the Trump of the Tropics” accountable and what the US could learn from the aftermath.
Read more about Brazil’s response:
Vox cor...
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- How mindfulness got weird | The Gray Area
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Mindfulness is everywhere now, which is kind of weird.
What started as a countercultural practice has become a productivity hack and a billion-dollar app ecosystem. On one level, it’s great that more people are meditating. But somewhere along the way, the whole thing got flattened. When mindfulness is mainly about optimizing your output, we’ve probably missed the point.
Today’s guest is Jon Kabat-Zinn, pioneer of the American mindfulness movement and author of the mega-bestseller Wherever You Go, There You Are. Jon’s work helped bring meditation into medicine, schools, sports, and everyday life. He’s also spent decades reminding people that mindfulness isn’t about escape, self-improvement, or becoming some perfectly serene version of yourself.
Sean and Jon talk about what mindfulness actually is, why being present is so damn hard, and what happens when industry turns meditation into another tool for self-optimization.
This...
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- What you need to know about the latest Epstein file news #shorts
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- The news surrounding the Epstein files is…complicated. Vox’s Astead Herndon spoke with Tara Palmeri, author of The Red Letter Substack and host of The Tara Palmeri Show, about Epstein for Today, Explained. Here are his three main takeaways from his conversation.
You can watch their full interview here on YouTube.
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- How Jeffrey Epstein fooled America | Today, Explained
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Jeffrey Epstein remained a thriving member of the elite for decades, even when everyone seemed to know what he was doing. His sphere of influence included top political officials, CEOs, corporate executives, finance managers, and even a member of the British royal family. How did he manage it? It turns out it was by establishing an elaborate network of influence and access that went well beyond the norms and expectations of the rich and famous.
What were the tipping points that nearly brought Epstein to justice in the 14 years before his first conviction and his final 2019 arrest? What were the structures and systems that failed to stop him from abusing and exploiting young women and girls in those 14 years? In this episode, we tick through the guest lists and institutions that continued to profit from relationships with Jeffrey Epstein — and which helped him remain free, in turn.
We will also talk about many of the conspiracy theories that have popped up si...
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- Former Prince Andrew, Peter Mandelson, and the Epstein cover-up #shorts
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- The one thing we know for sure about the Epstein files is that there is still so much that remains unknown — with 2 million files still under lock and key in the DOJ’s possession. Tara Palmeri, author of The Red Letter Substack and host of The Tara Palmeri Show, talks about the cover-up with Vox’s Astead Herndon.
You can watch their full interview here on YouTube.
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- Title
- How did American immigration turn into law enforcement? #shorts
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- In the history section on ICE’s website, one line reads: “Despite U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's relatively young age, its functional history predates the modern birth of the agency by more than 200 years.” That phrasing of “functional history” stands out. We know that ICE was created in 2003. So what exactly do they mean by that?
To unpack this claim, Vox producer Nate Krieger examines the history of immigration enforcement in the US. Watch the full video here on YouTube or on Vox’s Patreon.
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- What was immigration like before ICE?
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- In the history section on ICE’s website, one line reads: “Despite U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's relatively young age, its functional history predates the modern birth of the agency by more than 200 years.” That phrasing of “functional history” stands out. We know that ICE was created in 2003. So what exactly do they mean by that? To unpack this claim, Vox producer Nate Krieger examines the history of immigration enforcement in the US.
The story of American immigration is one of gradual change. Over time, the role of the immigration services slowly changed, morphing from an agency that managed labor and benefits to one that saw itself as law enforcement, with a focus on national security.
And with that shift came a growth in capacity. The first federal immigration agency was created in 1891 with a total staff of 4 people. Today, with ICE, that number is over 22,000.
So how did immigration restrictions and enforcement change...
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- It’s unlikely that Jeffrey Epstein’s friends were in the dark about his sex crimes #shorts
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- “I think it would be very hard not to know.”
Tara Palmeri, author of The Red Letter Substack and host of The Tara Palmeri Show, spoke with Vox’s Astead Herndon about how Jeffrey Epstein’s friends — including President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates — must have been in the know about the financier’s sex crimes involving underage women.
You can watch their full interview on Saturday, here on YouTube.
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- Title
- Liberals should have guns, too #shorts
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- After the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Atlantic writer Tyler Austin Harper has a big question for American liberals: If you really believe we’re sliding toward authoritarianism, how can you argue that the public should disarm?
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- Title
- The pro-gun case liberals don't want to hear
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Vox's Sean Illing talks to Atlantic writer Tyler Austin Harper about the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, and why liberals are missing the point about American gun culture and the right to bear arms.
Beyond that, Tyler asks an important question: If you really believe we’re sliding toward authoritarianism, how can you argue that the public should disarm?
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: Tyler Austin Harper (@Tyler_A_Harper)
00:00 Intro
06:19 ICE, Minneapolis, and the right to carry
10:44 Choosing to carry a concealed firearm
12:55 ICE in Maine
14: 51 The Second Amendment and government tyranny
19:39 Why is being pro-Second Amendment right-coded?
28:31 How to make a pro-Second Amendment case to the political left
We would love to hear from you. To tell us what you thought of this episode, email us at thegrayarea@vox.com or leave us a voicemail at 1-800-214-5749. Your comments and...
- Title
- Why the Stephen Colbert censorship story is messy #shorts
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- CBS lawyers told Stephen Colbert he couldn’t have Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico on his show (and that he certainly couldn’t talk about this act of censorship either). He did both anyway, getting around the order by posting the interview on YouTube in a move that has since gone viral.
This is just another incident of the Trump administration and the FCC attempting to censor late-night talk show hosts. Who might be next? Read more: https://www.vox.com/politics/479552/carr-fcc-colbert-cbs-censor-paramount-trump-late-show-explained
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- JB Pritzker wants to take down Trump | Today, Explained
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has a playbook for fighting back against the Trump administration, and he says it’s working. Few Democratic politicians have leaned into the fight against the Trump administration as aggressively as he has. While some blue-state leaders have tried to find a lane of compromise or quiet resistance, Pritzker has gone the other direction: signing laws to limit ICE operations in Illinois, creating an accountability commission staffed by retired federal judges, suing the federal government, and successfully blocking the deployment of federalized National Guard troops on Chicago’s streets.
Pritzker is a unique figure in Democratic politics. A billionaire heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune, he has spent tens of millions of his own dollars to push for a more progressive income tax in Illinois and has advocated for a national wealth tax — policies that would directly cost him money. He's also a Jewish Democrat who has navigated his party’s shifting...
