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Why your gas is so expensive #shorts
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- Why your gas is so expensive #shorts
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Feeling pain at the pump? You’re not alone. ⛽The average price for a gallon of gas is the highest it’s been in three years. So what’s sent prices sky high? Jonquilyn Hill finds out on the latest episode of Explain It to Me.
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- Sen. Murphy vs. Trump's corruption | Today, Explained
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- 21:55
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- President Donald Trump’s blatant, sometimes open corruption can feel disorienting. While other White Houses have made a point to show their administration is not for sale, this one has seemingly done the opposite — making a big show of their transactional relationship with corporations, Silicon Valley, and other governments, given the right price.
This kind of pay-to-play politics was the focus of a recent forum in Washington, DC, hosted by the American Economic Liberties Project, a think tank focused on corporate consolidation, breaking up monopolies, and accountability for rogue businesses. It’s also an interest of Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), who has made this anti-corruption a focus of his message and policy proposals since the 2024 election. Vox’s Astead Herndon interviewed Sen. Murphy at this live event. He asked about the effectiveness of this message, what role the Democratic Party also plays in Washington’s current culture of open corruption, and if there's...
- Title
- Why Tucker Carlson thinks polling MAGA is useless #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump promised voters in 2024 that his policies would be America First. But he went back on that promise with multiple foreign interventions, including the war in Iran. So why does polling of MAGA voters show overwhelming support for this conflict?
Today, Explained host Noel King asks Carlson about this and more on a new episode of the podcast.
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- Title
- How an A note became an A note
- Runtime
- 24:04
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- The Gray Area is taking a short break this week — but we’ve got something special for you.
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We’re dropping an episode from one of our favorite podcasts, Unexplainable. In it, host Emily Siner explores deceptively simple questions: What is a musical note? And how did something as fundamental as the note A become standardized across the world?
It’s a story about science, history, and the hidden complexity behind the sounds we listen to every day.
0:47 The note that the orchestra tunes to
3:05 What is the current standard for the note A?
6:57 Why would we standardize A?
15:16 The history of pitch standards
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- Tucker Carlson tried to talk Trump out of the Iran war #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- President Trump has not made a coherent case for the attacks on Iran.
Now, one of his most loyal allies is making a forceful argument against the war. Tucker Carlson tells Today, Explained host Noel King that he met with Trump several times in the weeks before the conflict began. But his warnings were not heeded.
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- Title
- Tucker Carlson on the conservatives’ Nazi problem #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:53
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Tucker Carlson invited conservative provocateur Nick Fuentes on his show last October. Fuentes is part of a growing number of young, conservative men sharing openly antisemitic, racist, and misogynistic ideas online. But Carlson’s critics say he went easy on Fuentes, which lent his ideas legitimacy.
Today, Explained host Noel King asked Carlson about this emerging type of young conservative, and Carlson points to discrimination against white people as the real problem.
Read more: https://www.vox.com/podcasts/484709/iran-war-tucker-carlson-donald-trump-america-first
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- Title
- The end of birthright citizenship as we know it?
- Runtime
- 9:22
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Is the Supreme Court considering a radical reinterpretation of the 14th amendment?
President Donald Trump has been on a crusade to end birthright citizenship for years. Challenging the long-held legal consensus that anyone born in the United States is granted citizenship, he signed an executive order stripping that right away from the children of undocumented parents and temporary visa holders.
The executive order after returning to the White House set in motion a series of lawsuits challenging Trump’s ability to make sweeping changes to birthright citizenship. And now it’s headed to the Supreme Court in a case called Trump v. Barbara.
The 14th Amendment was passed to guarantee citizenship to freed enslaved people and their children, but was later clarified to apply to anybody born on US soil with a few very specific exceptions. For well over 100 years, birthright citizenship has been enshrined in the Constitution with that understanding.
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- Does eating tofu impact your masculinity? #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Despite what internet trolls might say, eating plant-based protein does not make you any less “manly.” Eating soy foods doesn’t change men’s hormonal makeup, and it’s well-established that soy products are not only safe to eat but also confer a number of health benefits, especially when replacing processed and red meats.
Read more: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/484276/meat-tofu-masculinity-plant-based-carnivore-diet
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- Lindy West's memoir and why people are mad at polyamory #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Millennial feminist Lindy West's new memoir is about her path to polyamory. Cue the backlash — to West, her husband, and the idea of polyamory itself.
Today, Explained host Noel King speaks with Slate culture journalist Scaachi Koul about why so many people are so invested in West’s polyamorous relationship. #LindyWest #news
Read more here: https://www.vox.com/podcasts/484187/lindy-west-adult-braces-memoir-polyamory-controversy
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- Title
- Why humans need to matter
- Runtime
- 44:01
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Why do humans have this deep need to feel like we matter?
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Sean Illing talks with the philosopher Rebecca Goldstein about why “mattering” is not the same thing as being important, how the hunger for validation can go really, really badly, and the different ways we try to justify our lives to ourselves. Love. God. Winning. Greatness. Service.
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: Rebecca Goldstein, author of The Mattering Instinct
Chapter Titles
1:13 Why do we want to matter?
8:39 How important are other people in our quest to matter?
14:48 Why are we so needy?
21:08 What are the different ways to matter?
31:18 What happens when a “mattering project” fails?
32:26 What does it mean to matter in politics?
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- Title
- Yes, we all have accents #shorts
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Whether or not you “pahk the cah in Harvahd Yahd” or refer to a group of people as y’all, you have an accent. In fact, we all do, and we can learn a lot about people from the way they talk.
Host Jonquilyn Hill talks with experts about how we get our accents in the latest episode of the Explain It to Me podcast. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Will the stock market decide the outcome of the Iran war? #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:44
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, does not think the president has thought through the implications the war in Iran will have on the economy.
He told Vox’s Astead Herndon that the Trump administration seems to be “scrambling after the fact.” You can watch their full interview wherever you get your podcasts or here on YouTube.
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- Was there an imminent threat from Iran? #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- “How soon could Iran get nuclear weapons? About 72 hours by sending a wire transfer to the central bank in Pyongyang, North Korea, and having North Korea deliver one of their warheads,” said John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser.
He spoke with Vox’s Astead Herndon about whether or not there was an imminent threat from Iran ahead of the war for this week’s Saturday episode of Today, Explained.
You can watch their full interview wherever you get your podcasts or here on YouTube.
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- John Bolton says Trump has lost the Iran war hawks | Today, Explained
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- 27:05
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Ambassador John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, pushed for war with Iran for 20 years — but not like this. For years, even decades, John Bolton has argued for regime change in Iran and for America to take a proactive military role to make that happen. Bolton served as the US ambassador to the United Nations under George W. Bush and, later, as national security advisor to Donald Trump during his first term.
The partnership with Trump was fleeting, however. He did not leave the administration on good terms and has been a critic of Trump since. He’s even been indicted by Trump’s Department of Justice for the mishandling of classified documents. Despite that back story, it is still a bit confusing to hear one of America’s foremost Iran critics break with the Trump administration on this war. How did Trump lose the Republican party’s biggest Iran War Hawk? And why?
Today, Explained publishes video episodes every Saturd...
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- How Trump is mishandling the war in Iran #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, has been advocating for military action to topple Iran’s regime for decades. But he didn’t want it to go like this.
Bolton sat down with Vox’s Astead Herndon to explain why he has become critical of Trump’s war with Iran, and what he wished the president had done differently.
You can watch their full interview on Saturday, here on YouTube.
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- Title
- Is moving in together overrated? #shorts
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Is moving in with your significant other overrated?
For generations, we’ve been taught that after you meet someone and fall in love, you eventually have to move in together. — because moving in is a signal that the relationship is serious.
But a growing number of couples are opting out of that last step. Meet Mike and Susan. They’ve been together for 23 years but have never lived together… and they don’t plan to.
This arrangement has a name: living apart together, or LAT, and it’s more common than you might think. Watch the full video here on YouTube to learn about Mike and Susan’s love story.
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- Title
- A brief update on the AI apocalypse
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- 40:29
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Something is definitely happening in the AI world, but how seriously should we take it? Is this another hype cycle or a genuine inflection point?
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Sean Illing talks with journalist Kelsey Piper (formerly of Vox, now at The Argument) about what’s changed, why AI “agents” are a different beast than yesterday’s chatbots, and why the debate is stuck between two lazy positions: total panic or total shrug. They get into the incentives driving the labs, what “alignment” even means, and why the real fear isn’t Terminator-style robots, but powerful systems sliding into everything before we’re ready.
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: Kelsey Piper (@KelseyTuoc)
2:39 Recent changes to AI
6:35 AI models and blackmail in a controlled setting
14:36 AI agents versus LLMs
19:33 Are we building machines that will surpass us?
23:30 Who’s responsible for re...
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- Why some couples are happier living apart
- Runtime
- 7:51
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- For generations, we’ve been taught that if you want to move a relationship forward, you have to follow a specific set of steps: Meet someone, fall in love, and eventually, move in together. Because moving in is a signal that the relationship is serious.
But a growing number of couples are opting out of that last step. Mike and Susan have been together for 23 years, but they’ve never lived together…and they don’t plan to.
This arrangement has a name: “living apart together” (or LAT), and it’s more common than you might think. Between 2000 and 2019, the number of married couples living separately rose by more than 25 percent. And it’s particularly popular with couples later in life, generally people in their 50s or 60s who are retired.
So if sharing a home is the ultimate sign of love and commitment, why are some couples deciding not to do it at all? And is living together actually the best model for every relationship? Or is it jus...
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- Could AI actually be an antidote for social media misinformation? #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Social media has fractured the public discourse, shepherding us into our own bespoke streams of information, tailored to maximize our attention and reinforce our prejudices. Many think that AI will only accelerate these trends. But what if AI is, in some respects, the antidote to social media?
Eric Levitz discusses how LLMs could be an antidote to social media madness and give us a small push towards a shared, fact-based reality. Why? It’s not because Sam Altman and other AI CEOs are more ethical than social media moguls. Rather, it’s that AI companies have business incentives to facilitate the spread of accurate information, while social media platforms just don’t.
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- Title
- Robot umpires are here — so how long do human umpires have? #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:19
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- MLB just introduced robot umpires. It looks like the perfect compromise, but tennis tried the same thing, and human line judges are already gone. Is baseball next? Bryan Walsh breaks it down in his Future Perfect newsletter: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/483730/major-league-baseball-umpires-ai-robot-work
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- Title
- The origins of the carrot vision myth actually lie in World War II #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:46
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- We all heard the myth while growing up: Carrots are good for your eyesight. Or maybe even: Carrots can make you see in the dark. But where did this myth come from? And is there any basis in science?
It turns out that carrots are chock-full of vitamin A, which is necessary for vision. But most people today get enough vitamin A in their normal diet, and eating an excess of the orange vegetable won’t boost your eyesight or grant you night vision. In fact, consuming more vitamin A than your body can handle (via supplements instead of natural fruits and vegetables) can be detrimental to your health.
The origins of this common myth actually lie in World War II.
Vox producer Nate Krieger spoke to an ophthalmologist and a World War II propaganda historian to uncover the surprising origins of the carrot vision myth.
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- How we fell for carrot propaganda
- Runtime
- 7:54
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- We all heard the myth while growing up: Carrots are good for your eyesight. Or maybe even: Carrots can make you see in the dark. But where did this myth come from? And is there any basis in science?
It turns out that carrots are chock-full of vitamin A, which is necessary for vision. But most people today get enough vitamin A in their normal diet, and eating an excess of the orange vegetable won’t boost your eyesight or grant you night vision. In fact, consuming more vitamin A than your body can handle (via supplements instead of natural fruits and vegetables) can be detrimental to your health.
The origins of this common myth actually lie in World War II.
During the Blitz (the German Luftwaffe’s bombing campaign against London and other British cities), the British government had several important reasons to persuade both its citizens and the wider world that eating carrots improved eyesight. The Ministry of Information and Ministry of Food...
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- The biggest peach myth in America #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:47
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Peaches are one of America’s most recognizable fruits. In the US, hundreds of thousands of tons are produced each year, and the fruit is closely tied to one place in particular: Georgia.
The Georgia peach is on license plates, road signs, and even county names. But today, the state doesn’t grow the most peaches — not even close.
Head over to YouTube.com/Vox to watch the full video and learn about how peaches became a state symbol, how that reputation spread through active mythmaking, and why the Georgia peach identity has lasted even as the industry changed.
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- Title
- Why Rep. Nancy Pelosi opposes the Save Act
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi explains why she “absolutely, totally, completely” opposes the Save America Act.
In front of a live audience on stage at SXSW in Austin, Rep. Pelosi answers a Vox audience member’s question about whether or not she supports the Save America Act. She tells host Astead Herndon that the Save Act will make it more difficult for all Americans – including Republicans – to vote.
You can watch their full interview on Saturday at 8 am here on YouTube.
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- Nancy Pelosi explains her optimism | Today, Explained
- Runtime
- 25:30
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Nancy Pelosi's record of impact is undeniable. Over more than three decades in Congress, she is frequently cited among the effective legislative operators of her generation. Pelosi held together the votes for the Affordable Care Act, twice ascended to the speaker's chair, and built a fundraising machine that reshaped how her party competes.
Last week, at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, Vox’s Astead Herndon spoke with Pelosi about that record. In front of a packed crowd of innovators at the Vox Media Podcast Stage, he asked Pelosi about key moments in her career, her unshakable faith in the American electorate, and the outlook for November's midterm elections.
Pelosi is preparing to leave Congress at the end of this term, and it comes at a time of profound uncertainty for the Democratic Party. Republicans control the White House. Her party's polling favorability has reached historic lows, and a once solid liberal majority seems to be fraying on lines of...
- Title
- Why is Nancy Pelosi so optimistic?
- Runtime
- 1:25
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi maintains her optimism about America, even in times of political violence and chaos.
In front of a live audience on stage at SXSW in Austin, Rep. Pelosi (D-CA) spoke with Vox’s Astead Herndon about how the vision of America’s founders continues to drive her hope in the United States. Even after a mob came after her threatening to “put a bullet in my f-word head,” she said, she still continues to believe in the essential goodness of the American people.
You can watch their full interview on Saturday at 8am ET here on YouTube.
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- Title
- How joining a sports team later in life could be the secret to living longer #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- For more than 20 years, the Granny Basketball League has showcased the 1920s women's 6-on-6 game of basketball complete with the classic rules and “bloomer” uniforms.
From humble beginnings in Iowa, the league has gone national with over 50 teams and an annual tournament. It provides fierce competition and fun for players and fans, but it’s also redefining how retirees find purpose. Research shows it might even be helping them live longer.
Our lifestyles evolve as we get older, but we’re always seeking connection, better health, and forward momentum. For the ladies of the Granny Basketball League, being on a team checks all these boxes.
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- Are team sports the secret to living longer?
- Runtime
- 6:26
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- For more than 20 years, the Granny Basketball League has showcased the 1920s women's 6-on-6 game of basketball complete with the classic rules and “bloomer” uniforms.
From humble beginnings in Iowa, the league has gone national with over 50 teams and an annual tournament. It provides fierce competition and fun for players and fans, but it’s also redefining how retirees find purpose. Research shows it might even be helping them live longer.
Our lifestyles evolve as we get older, but we’re always seeking connection, better health, and forward momentum. For the ladies of the Granny Basketball League, being on a team checks all these boxes.
Read more about the Granny Basketball League and the health benefits of team sports:
Visit the official Granny Basketball League website: https://www.grannybasketball.com/
Read the US surgeon general’s 2023 Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community: htt...
- Title
- The biggest peach myth in America
- Runtime
- 6:54
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Peaches are one of America’s most recognizable fruits. In the US, hundreds of thousands of tons are produced each year, and the fruit is closely tied to one place in particular: Georgia.
The Georgia peach is on license plates, road signs, and even county names. But today, the state doesn’t grow the most peaches. Not even close.
This video explores how peaches became a state symbol, how that reputation spread through active mythmaking, and why the Georgia peach identity has lasted even as the industry changed.
Read more about the history of the Georgia peach:
The Georgia Peach Culture, Agriculture, and Environment in the American South, William Thomas Okie https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/georgia-peach/714FA4E59376F142CD71F9E2742E6C61
“The Georgia Peach: A Labor History,” JSTOR Daily https://daily.jstor.org/the-georgia-peach-a-labor-history/
“The Un-Pretty History Of Georgia's Iconic Peach,” NPR htt...
- Title
- Consciousness is a mystery
- Runtime
- 39:03
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- 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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- 21:43
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- 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’...
- Title
- Why Democrats are pushing for a wealth tax on billionaires #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- 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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- Title
- The banana is under threat #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- 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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- Title
- The architecture of aging well
- Runtime
- 6:21
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- 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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- Title
- Sen. Bernie Sanders wants to pull the “financial plug” on the war in Iran #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- 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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- Title
- The end of world order as we know it
- Runtime
- 34:23
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- 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...
- Title
- Why AI should benefit more than billionaires #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- 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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- Title
- Why Trump’s new DHS pick appeals to MAGA #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- 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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- Title
- The banana is under threat
- Runtime
- 9:20
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- 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]
- Runtime
- 3:15
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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™
Learn more at http://www.verizon.com/FIFAWorldCup
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- Title
- These platypuses are helping heal an iconic Australian ecosystem #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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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- Title
- Bravo’s Heavenly Kimes casts her dream political reality show #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:40
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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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- Title
- You've been lied to about addiction | The Gray Area
- Runtime
- 47:15
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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...
- Title
- Did Netanyahu lead President Trump into war with Iran? #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:53
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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...
- Title
- A pro-Israel case against Israel | Today, Explained
- Runtime
- 25:05
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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...
- Title
- Was there a genocide in Palestine? #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:15
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- “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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- Title
- Why are we at war with Iran? | The Gray Area
- Runtime
- 36:35
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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...
- Title
- Why Trump’s war in Iran is “wartime jazz” #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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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- Title
- Maybe you shouldn’t own small pets #shorts
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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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- Title
- Breaking down that very uncomfortable episode of America’s Next Top Model #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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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