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Why Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett lost the Texas primary #shorts
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- Why Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett lost the Texas primary #shorts
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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
- Runtime
- 9:49
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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.
Read more about British romance on film:
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
- Runtime
- 1:56
- Date posted
- 4 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
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- 35:22
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- “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.
You can watch their full interview wherever you get your podcasts or here on YouTube.
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- How is ADHD different for women and girls? #shorts
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 4 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
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 4 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.
You can read more coverage: https://www.vox.com/politics/481028/us-iran-war-trump-case-israel
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- Rep. Ro Khanna wants Democrats to distance themselves from the “Epstein class” #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:34
- Date posted
- 4 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
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- 25:35
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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
- Runtime
- 0:43
- Date posted
- 4 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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- Why Gen Z men want kids (and women don’t) #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- 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
- Runtime
- 30:53
- Date posted
- 4 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...
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- Casey Means and the no good, very bad month for MAHA #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 4 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
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 4 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
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 4 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
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- 11:02
- Date posted
- 4 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
- Runtime
- 43:46
- Date posted
- 4 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
- Runtime
- 1:44
- Date posted
- 4 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
- Runtime
- 24:20
- Date posted
- 4 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
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 4 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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- How did American immigration turn into law enforcement? #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 4 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?
- Runtime
- 16:36
- Date posted
- 4 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
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 4 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
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 4 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
- Runtime
- 38:12
- Date posted
- 4 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
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 4 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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- Title
- JB Pritzker wants to take down Trump | Today, Explained
- Runtime
- 22:17
- Date posted
- 4 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...
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- Three takeaways from a conversation with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Vox’s Astead Herndon is back in his hometown of Chicago to speak with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker about why the Democrats lost in 2024, Pritzker’s own weight-loss journey, and everything in between.
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- Title
- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks about his weight loss #shorts
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Does Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s recent weight loss point to a potential 2028 presidential run? 👀 He sets the record straight in a conversation with Vox’s Astead Herndon.
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- Title
- Why GLP-1 drugs are a solution for some and a problem for others #shorts
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- GLP-1 drugs seem to be everywhere these days. One in eight adults say they’re taking the drugs. And brands like Wegovy and Ro even ran commercials during the Super Bowl. But are GLP-1s a one-size-fits-all solution? Not exactly.
Clinical psychologist Dr. Sera Lavelle spoke to Today, Explained guest host Jonquilyn Hill about whether GLP-1 drugs are harmful or hurtful, and why the answer to that question is nuanced and dependent on a patient’s history.
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- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker encourages people to protest ICE #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- “They’re shooting moms in the face.”
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told Vox’s Astead Herndon that peaceful protesting is the “least” people can do as ICE maintains a presence in Chicago.
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- Title
- A look inside Australia’s bat hospital #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:35
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- A baby bat getting a bubble bath might be the cutest thing we’ve ever seen 🥹🦇
That’s just a normal day at Tolga Bat Hospital, a treatment center for Australia’s injured and orphaned flying foxes. Vox’s senior environmental correspondent, Benji Jones, recently visited the hospital and met some of its unbearably adorable patients. You can read about his experience and learn more about flying foxes here: https://www.vox.com/climate/478025/australia-flying-fox-tolga-bat-hospital
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- Finland’s failed fascist movement #shorts
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- In the 1930s, a radical conservative faction almost pushed Finland into full authoritarianism. Called the Lapua movement, it was a far-right group of Finns who sought to overthrow the republic, marginalize communists, and install an authoritarian government. But then…something happened. Almost overnight, the Lapua movement collapsed. And democracy in Finland has been stable ever since.
Vox producer Nate Krieger investigated the rise and fall of the Lapua movement to find out exactly how Finland managed to stave off this anti-democratic threat — and what modern democracies can learn from this perilous moment in history.
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- Title
- The biggest Easter eggs in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:49
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Did you catch these nods to Puerto Rican culture and history during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show? 👀🇵🇷
Vox’s deputy editor and Benito aficionado Izzie Ramirez breaks down some of the most important moments. You can read the full analysis here: https://www.vox.com/culture/478480/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-halftime-show-super-bowl-lx
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- Title
- The problem with gamifying life | The Gray Area
- Runtime
- 49:23
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Games are fun. Aren’t they?
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When we play games — board games, video games, any kind of game — something magical happens. Games allow us to explore, to create little worlds where we can be different versions of ourselves. But when we turn life into a game — where we have to get the best grade, or the most money, or the most “likes” — then games stop being fun. Why is that?
This week Sean speaks with philosopher C. Thi Nguyen about what a game really is, the difference between playing for enjoyment and playing to win, and why games lose their magic when the stakes become real.
Thi argues that the things we value in life are increasingly captured by grades and likes and downloads and step counts and a thousand other metrics that quietly rewrite what we want and what we think makes us happy.
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
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- Title
- Rep. Jasmine Crockett speaks on the viral Las Culturistas moment #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:48
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang told their Las Culturistas podcast audience not to donate to Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s campaign.
The Texas representative’s response? Letting it roll off her back.
”With the level of attacks that I face, I mean, this is just kind of part of, unfortunately, kind of what comes with it,” she told Vox’s Astead Herndon.
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- Title
- Without danger, is football still fun? #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- How do the risks that football players face during a game affect how we watch the sport?
Chuck Klosterman, author of Football, explains that football isn’t compelling because people get hurt, but because they could.
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- Title
- Jasmine Crockett isn’t backing down | Today, Explained
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- 24:51
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Rep. Jasmine Crockett wants you to know she comes by her controversies and clap-backs honestly. The representative from Texas has served just two terms in Congress, but is already a rising political star and a bona fide internet sensation. She’s also become a political lightning rod for Democrats as well as Republicans. Crockett has built her brand on coining phrases that are almost President Donald Trump-like in their virality. She goes after the president and the administration relentlessly, and says it's the only way to stay relevant and gain voters’ trust in the Trump era.
But if Democrats are less than thrilled with her performance, that’s due more to style than substance, at least, according to her. This week on Today, Explained, Vox’s Astead Herndon travels to Washington, DC, to meet with Crockett and finds her unwilling to back down from her most controversial statements, including comments about some Latino voters having a “slave mentality” and that sh...
- Title
- Does Rep. Jasmine Crockett ever feel that she goes too far? #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:25
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Rep. Jasmine Crockett isn’t afraid to stand by what she’s said.
In speaking with Vox’s Astead Herndon, the representative from Texas confirms she’s not willing to give an inch to the Trump administration.
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- Title
- The House of Representatives is stuck at 435 seats. That’s a problem. #shorts
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- For more than a century, the size of the House of Representatives has been frozen at 435 seats — and in that same period, the US population has tripled. This means that today, the average representative is responsible for more than 750,000 constituents. Scholars and politicians argue this imbalance helps explain why many Americans feel disconnected from Congress.
Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) has introduced a bill that would expand the House, aiming to restore a vision closer to what the founders intended: a House that expanded with the population. Supporters say more seats could improve representation, but the idea raises a key question: Would a larger House function better — or just add to the gridlock? Vox explores the math, history, and future of a “bigger” American democracy.
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- Title
- The House of Representatives is too small. Here is one way to fix it.
- Runtime
- 8:04
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- For more than a century, the size of the House of Representatives has been frozen at 435 seats; in that same period, the US population has tripled. This means that today, the average representative is responsible for more than 750,000 constituents. Scholars and politicians say this imbalance is why many Americans feel like Congress is disconnected from them.
So what if we…added more seats? That’s what Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) is proposing in a new bill because he believes it’s closer to what the country’s founders originally envisioned. While expanding Congress could make our ratio of voters to representatives smaller, it also raises a difficult question: Can a larger, more crowded legislature actually govern, or are we just adding more voices to the gridlock? Vox dives into the math, the history, and the potential future of a "bigger" American democracy.
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- Title
- The social media reckoning might finally be here #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- On this episode of Today, Explained guest host Jonquilyn Hill talks to Washington Post reporter Naomi Nix about a wave of landmark lawsuits that are attempting to hold tech companies accountable for teen social media addiction. This moment may force a reckoning for platforms that shape young people’s lives. Listen to the full episode of Today, Explained wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Title
- Trump is losing his base #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Trump is doing what he said he would — but voters don’t like his methods.
President Donald Trump has been historically unpopular — and his approval ratings are still dropping. Poll after poll shows Americans turning against Trump’s second act, dissatisfied with his handling of the economy and immigration. In this Reporter Extra, Vox host and editorial director Astead Herndon looks beyond the polls, drawing on focus groups and reporting from Minnesota to understand what’s changed.
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- AI bots have made their own Reddit: Moltbook #shorts
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Moltbook — an “AI-only” social network where AI agents post and reply to each other — has caused a flood of discourse over whether it’s the first harbinger of the end of humanity, a giant hoax, or something in between. The bots have started their own religion, are having existential conversations, and are even complaining about their humans. So, what exactly does Moltbook mean for the future of AI? Vox’s Bryan Walsh explains the Reddit-lookalike platform and its implications.
You can read more here: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/477661/moltbook-artificial-intelligence-chatbot-ai-agent-reddit
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- How to not be ashamed of your social media #shorts
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- “ If your goal is to have a social media presence where you never regret anything, then truly don't be online,” says Wall Street Journal technology journalist Alexandra Samuel.
Samuel spoke with Explain It to Me host Jonquilyn Hill about what to do with all of the cringey things you may have online right now. You can listen to more of their conversation wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Title
- Are Trump voters changing their minds about immigration? #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Americans around the country have expressed outrage following the killings of two US citizens in Minnesota at the hands of ICE agents. But have the incidents in Minneapolis changed how Trump voters feel about immigration?
Sarah Longwell, founder and publisher of conservative-leaning publication the Bulwark, told Vox’s Astead Herndon that, while she doesn’t think voters have changed how they view immigration, they have become critical of the ways in which ICE is enforcing immigration policy.
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- Trump voters left frustrated by Epstein files #shorts
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- “It’s the biggest mistake he’s made.”
One year into the Trump administration, John Fredericks — host of the right-wing MAGA radio program The John Fredericks Show — shared his frustrations about the handling of events in Minnesota and the delayed release of the Epstein files with Vox’s Astead Herndon. On Friday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that the Justice Department was releasing another 3 million pages of the files, including 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.
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- Title
- Even Trump voters are mad | Today, Explained
- Runtime
- 23:08
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Trump’s approval rating is one of the lowest in recorded history. And it’s fallen to new lows in recent weeks, as the nation reels from the recent killings of two anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota. Yet, the Trump White House shows no signs of backing off its agenda or moderating to reflect public opinion.
This week, Today, Explained is taking a pulse check on MAGA. We’ve looked at focus groups, talked to pollsters, and checked in with some of the voters from the 2024 presidential campaign trail. In this episode we ask whether MAGA is still defending the president. Host Astead Herndon brings that question to two people who follow Trump’s base closely: John Fredericks, the host of the right-wing radio show The John Fredericks Show, and Sarah Longwell, the founder and publisher of the conservative-leaning publication The Bulwark.
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