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The dark reality behind Trump’s anti-immigrant rants #shorts
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- The dark reality behind Trump’s anti-immigrant rants #shorts
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- The Trump administration is now openly advancing a worldview built by alt-right white nationalists in the 2010s. At a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump railed against Somali immigrants — saying “I don’t want them in our country” because America could “go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage.” This statement mirrors the alt-right idea that immigrants hailing from developing countries cannot under any circumstances adapt to America.
Vox senior correspondent Zack Beauchamp breaks down the alt-right roots of the administration’s immigration policies.
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- Why we need so much lithium
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- 13:15
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Lithium is being called the new “white gold.”
In 2022, the price of this metal soared to nearly $70,000 per metric ton. Fueled by the global rise in electric vehicles and the proliferation of lithium-ion batteries, we now use nearly 28 times more lithium per capita than in the 1990s. After China, the US is the world’s second-largest consumer of lithium, yet it mines less than one percent of the global supply.
To rectify this lack of domestic lithium, the US government approved a $2.26 billion loan in October 2025 to Lithium Americas, a Canadian company developing Thacker Pass in northern Nevada, the largest lithium deposit ever discovered in the United States. But this major investment may have come a little too late.
In this video, we’ll explore how lithium is fueling the “white gold rush” in Nevada, whether or not the government’s investment in Thacker Pass will pay off, and what the history of mining ghost towns can tell us about ...
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- Reporter Extra: What do the people behind ICE think about America?
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- The Department of Homeland Security recently released a spree of ads recruiting for new hires at ICE. And those ads circle around one strange idea: that America is a damsel who needs strong, powerful men to protect her.
In this Reporter Extra, Vox senior culture correspondent Constance Grady unpacks the secret history behind ICE’s iconography. They’re pulling from some old and shameful American archetypes — and those archetypes come with racist and misogynistic baggage. To fully understand the story ICE is telling, we need to go all the way back to The Birth of a Nation, and all the way forward to the present-day trad wives on social media.
ICE is trying to claim the power to decide who gets to be a part of America, and their ads give us a glimpse into who they believe America is.
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- AI data centers: Good, or bad? #shorts
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- The demand for AI infrastructure is driving a boom across the US for new data centers. Built out in converted industrial buildings or on former green space, these new real estate developments can be a mixed bag. On one hand, they create new jobs and bring in significant tax revenue. On the other, they can be unsightly and raise electricity prices. Across the US, including in suburban Philadelphia, locals are protesting these new data centers to bring awareness to how they can hurt their communities and the environment. Vox producer Miles Bryan interviewed locals in Conshohocken to learn more for this week’s episode of Today, Explained. #data #ai #protest #local
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- How is progress measured? | The Gray Area
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- 39:38
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- We’ve never had more wealth, more data, or more ways to be entertained. So why doesn’t it feel like progress?
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Sean’s guest today is Brad DeLong, an economic historian at UC Berkeley and author of Slouching Towards Utopia. They talk about the difference between getting richer and living well, and why the real hinge of the 21st century might be attention rather than growth. DeLong explains how AI could make life easier or simply make us more distracted, why the world’s progress continues even as American politics falters, and what smart policy could do for the people left behind by technological change.
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: J. Bradford DeLong, economic historian and author of Slouching Towards Utopia
This episode was supported by a grant from Arnold Ventures. Vox had full discretion over the content of this reporting.
00:00 Intro
00:43 Wh...
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- Will the Voting Rights Act survive the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais? #shorts
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- The Voting Rights Act of 1965 transformed America, marking the end of the Jim Crow era and effectively banning racial discrimination in elections.
This video explains how, 60 years later, a redistricting case out of Louisiana called Louisiana v. Callais has the potential to upend the Voting Rights Act and political representation for a generation.
Join our community on Patreon to watch the full episode. For every annual membership purchased between now and the end of the year, we’ll gift a free annual membership to someone who can’t afford one. #voting #scotus #elections #votingrightsact #politics #vox #patreon
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- Hypertension is a silent killer. Here’s how to look out for it. #shorts
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Mashed potatoes, turkey, mac and cheese… While these are all delicious Thanksgiving Day foods, they can also be instigators of one of the most prevalent silent killers in the US: hypertension. So, as you get ready to sit down and celebrate with your loved ones, check if you’re at risk and use these tips from Vox senior correspondent Dylan Scott for keeping your blood pressure down. #hypertension #bloodpressure #thanksgiving #health #highbloodpressure
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- Reporter Extra: Chatbots Are Designed to Please You — Here’s Why That’s a Problem
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Vox senior technology correspondent Adam Clark Estes has a cautionary tale about chatbots.
What started as using AI for tedious chores — meal plans, grocery lists, quick research — quietly morphed into hours talking to a chatbot. And Adam isn’t alone. As chatbots get better at flattery, emotional support, and companionship, researchers are seeing more users (including teens) slip into dependency without realizing it.
Adam unpacks how chatbots are designed to keep us coming back, why young people are especially vulnerable, and what happens when adults can’t walk away — in some cases, leading to severe mental health crises.
This is the first episode of Reporter Extras, a new Patreon-exclusive Vox video series that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how our journalists create their work.
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- Call this hotline in case of a Thanksgiving turkey fail #shorts
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line has heard it all: from turkeys catching fire to entire garbage disposal lids being nuked in the oven.
On this week’s episode of our podcast Explain It to Me, Gwen Carlyle of the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line tells host Jonquilyn Hill ways to avoid a chaotic holiday. They also get into how turkey became a Thanksgiving staple in the first place, and how to have a tasty dinner without feeling sick afterward. #thanksgiving #turkey #cooking #butterball
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- MAGA successfully bullied Trump into releasing the Epstein files #shorts
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The Epstein files have united the left and right, forcing President Donald Trump to reverse course and release the documents after months of calling the demands a hoax. Host and editorial director Astead Herndon cuts through the noise to make sense of what led to this U-turn from Trump. #MAGA #Trump #Epstein
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- Having mixed feelings? How to overcome relationship ambivalence. #shorts
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Having mixed feelings about your relationship is very common, and it can come and go in phases. You may move through periods where you feel confident your partner sees you, hears you, understands you, and other times where the connection is strained. Vox correspondent Allie Volpe breaks down how to get out of a period of ambivalence — or when to know it’s time to leave. #Relationships #Ambivalence #Partnership
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- How to make life’s toughest decisions #shorts
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- If you’re relying on a simple pro/con list to make some of the biggest decisions of your life, you’re selling yourself short. As the philosopher Ruth Chang points out, life-altering choices are rarely straightforward, and often neither option is superior. Instead of trying to quantify the unquantifiable, consider who you want to become — and how each path might shape your character, your values, and your future. #philosophy #proscons
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- Should salmon farming be our future? #shorts
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Is it possible to eat meat and still care about this planet? Many have argued that aquaculture — or fish farming — is one of the most sustainable ways we can consume animal protein, since it requires less land use. It’s currently the quickest-growing form of food production in the world. But how exactly does it work? And is it really the best path forward? To find out more, Vox video producer Nate Krieger did a deep dive on salmon aquaculture.
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- What is Friendsgiving? #shorts
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Thanksgiving is arguably one of the yummiest celebrations in the US and one where you’re expected to be home for the holidays. But, what are your options when going home isn’t one? In recent decades, Friendsgiving has emerged as the go-to choice as an additional event or complete alternative to Thanksgiving.
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- Astead Herndon joins Vox!
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Our Vox family just got bigger! 💛 Astead Herndon, the award-winning political journalist and former host of the New York Times’ podcast The Run-up has joined Vox as a host and editorial director. He will be a multi-platform journalist, contributing to Vox’s text, audio, and video journalism to help break down what’s going on in American politics, what the stakes are, and why it matters — all in his voice.
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- Keep your down payment — you may be better off renting #shorts
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- On this week’s episode of the Explain It to Me podcast, host Jonquilyn Hill talks to Jerusalem Demsas, founder of The Argument, who says that homeownership is overhyped, overrated, and that more people should consider renting instead. #americandream #renters #buyers #housingmarket
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- You’re not awkward — the world is | The Gray Area
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- 55:26
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- We all know what awkwardness feels like. It's that jolt of discomfort when the social script breaks down, and no one knows what to do next. But what if awkwardness isn’t a flaw to fix but a window into how we live together?
Sean’s guest today is Alexandra Plakias, associate professor of philosophy at Hamilton College and author of Awkwardness: A Theory. They talk about why awkwardness isn’t a personal problem but a social one, how power and privilege shape who gets to be awkward, and why our fear of discomfort often keeps us from saying what really matters.
This episode originally aired in November of 2024.
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: Alexandra Plakias, associate professor of philosophy and author of Awkwardness: A Theory
0:00 Intro
11:59 It's okay to be uncertain
14:07 What is the difference between awkward and cringey?
19:46 What are the most common awkward experiences?
22:40 Awkwardne...
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- Friendsgiving, explained
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- 6:20
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Thanksgiving is arguably one of the yummiest celebrations in the US and one where you’re expected to be home for the holidays. But, what are your options when going home isn’t one? In recent decades, Friendsgiving has emerged as the go-to choice as an additional event or complete alternative to Thanksgiving.
It can be tough during the holidays with the pressures of trying to get everything just right to present yourself as a well-adjusted adult hosting a Thanksgiving dinner, or to be present with family that may think they know what’s best for you. Friendsgiving has opened the door to do things a little bit differently. The intention is to have a laid-back, low-pressure (or over-the-top, totally up to the host) potluck-style dinner with friends and other people in your chosen community — because as cheesy as it sounds, friends are the new family.
Friendsgiving was seemingly plucked from obscurity in the 2010s. While its exact origins are debated, it...
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- The case that could set us back 60 years (Preview of new exclusive series)
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- 4:13
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- We’re excited to share with you a preview of the first episode of The Docket, a Patreon-exclusive Vox video series covering Supreme Court cases that could alter the fabric of American life. Head over to patreon.com/vox to subscribe and watch the first episode of The Docket, available now.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 transformed America, marking the end of the Jim Crow era and effectively banning racial discrimination in elections. We’ll explain how, 60 years later, a redistricting case out of Louisiana called Louisiana v. Callais has the potential to upend the Voting Rights Act and political representation for a generation.
You’ll continue to find our work here on YouTube, but by supporting us on patreon.com/vox, you get more of the in-depth video storytelling we’re passionate about making.
We’re using Patreon’s tools to introduce great new benefits to Vox Members and give you even more insights into our journalism and the people w...
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- There’s a way to listen to the sounds of space #shorts
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- “In space, no one can hear you scream.” At least according to the movie Alien from 1979.
But there actually is a way to listen to space. Astronomers use things called “sonifications,” where they translate data into sound. This visualization is a sonification made by scientists at NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory of the center of the Milky Way. The piano represents infrared light, the violin represents visible light, and the glockenspiel represents X-ray light. And scientists we spoke to say listening to things like this can sometimes be better than looking at images for noticing new phenomena in space. #sound #space #nasa #violin #piano #glockenspiel #unexplainable #podcast
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- How much effort is too much to keep your romance afloat?
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Relationships are always going to have rough patches that require some mending. But how much work is warranted, and when should you throw in the towel? Vox correspondent Allie Volpe breaks down the things to keep in mind as you evaluate your relationships. #relationships #healthyrelationships #romanticpartner #family #friends
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- The salmon dilemma
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- 7:56
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Earth’s population is growing. We’re expected to have 2 billion more mouths to feed by 2050. But how can we feed all those people in a way that is still sustainable and ethical? Many have argued that aquaculture (or fish farming) is one of the most sustainable ways we can consume animal protein, since it requires less land use. It’s currently the quickest-growing form of food production in the world. But how exactly does it work? And is it really the best path forward?
To find out more, Vox video producer Nate Krieger went down the rabbit hole on salmon aquaculture. Salmon is currently the most popular fish in the US: The average American consumes 3.2 pounds of salmon annually. And over 70% of that salmon comes from farms, totalling 3 million tons of salmon a year.
To understand the impact that the salmon industry is having on our planet and our future, and on the salmon themselves, we spoke to industry insiders, marine biologists, and fish welfare exp...
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- Far-right "Groypers" are dividing America's conservatives
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Followers of the antisemitic, racist, misogynist influencer Nick Fuentes, known as Groypers, are dividing conservatives. On one hand, they're young — a demographic that conservatives wish to cultivate; on the other hand, they spread harmful rhetoric that tarnishes the movement’s reputation.
Jonah Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of conservative online publication The Dispatch, spoke with Today, Explained co-host Noel King to discuss conservatives’ Nazi problem.
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- Title
- That ringing sound in your ear might actually be a problem #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:20
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Ever come back from a concert and have a ringing sound in your ears…for days? That sound is often known as tinnitus, and sometimes, it doesn’t go away.
Tinnitus isn’t always detected in a hearing test. Recent studies have shown that it might be a problem called hidden hearing loss. We’re still learning a lot about how our brains process sound, which is why we went deep into this topic with a four-part series called “The Sound Barrier” over on the Unexplainable Podcast. #tinnitus #ears #hearing #hearingloss
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“The noise that isn’t there.”
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- Title
- Here’s how to protect your testicles
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- For Movember, a month when we try to put the focus on men’s health, because men are often reluctant to do that, we should talk frankly about testicular cancer.
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- What 'Orwellian' really means | The Gray Area
- Runtime
- 52:08
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- We use “Orwellian” to describe everything from campus dust-ups to authoritarian crackdowns. But what did George Orwell actually stand for, what did he get wrong, and what can we learn from him about our age of surveillance capitalism and distraction?
Sean’s guest is Laura Beers, historian at American University and author of Orwell’s Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century. They dig into Orwell’s defense of truth over ideology, his crusade against euphemism, his experience with propaganda and persecution in Spain, and why 1984 and Animal Farm only capture part of his project.
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: Laura Beers, historian and author of Orwell’s Ghosts
00:00 Intro
05:52 Truth in political speech
11:01 Doublethink: holding two mutually contradictory ideas in your head
12:35 Orwell did not support the women's movement
17:27 Colonialism and Orwell's essay: Shooting an Elephant
- Title
- Is there a solution for rising health care premiums?
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Open enrollment is here, which means people all over the US are picking and choosing their health care plans. And, with health insurance premiums getting more expensive, many Americans are struggling to choose the plan that protects them the most while costing their wallet the least. Vox senior correspondent Dylan Scott spoke with Explain It to Me host Jonquilyn Hill about some of his recent reporting on the rising cost of health care.
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- Title
- Why Trump’s environmental regulations are raising car prices
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- You don’t have to be in the market for a new vehicle to notice that both buying cars and owning them is getting more expensive. Trump is suddenly rolling back efficiency rules, making it harder for many industries to do business while raising costs for ordinary Americans. And no one knows this better than the US auto industry, which has switched back and forth between competing environmental regulations for over a decade.
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- The Long Game
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- How does the White House handle crises across the world? Former top national security advisers Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer are giving you the inside scoop in their new podcast.
The Long Game is a new show from the Vox Media Podcast Network that will break down how these consequential decisions get made and why they matter. We’re sharing the first few episodes from Vox’s YouTube channel starting this Friday. Check out the trailer below.
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- Title
- How you hear these notes depends on where you’re from #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- How you hear these two tones might depend on if you grew up in California or the United Kingdom. Noam Hassenfeld, host of the Unexplainable podcast, talks to researcher Diana Deutsch about why people from different countries hear tritones differently. This is the first episode of The Sound Barrier, a new limited series on Unexplainable. #music #sound
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https://www.vox.com/unexplainable
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- Title
- Is free will a myth? | The Gray Area
- Runtime
- 59:05
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- We all think of ourselves as authors of our lives. The difference between our happy ending and someone else’s tragic one are the choices we each make. But what if none of that’s true?
Sean’s guest today is Robert Sapolsky, a biologist and neuroscientist at Stanford University and author of Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will. They dig into Sapolsky’s claim that free will is an illusion and discuss what the science says about genes, stress, culture, and how all this research might reframe the way we think about meritocracy, blame, punishment, and even hatred.
This episode originally aired in November of 2023.
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: Robert Sapolsky, biologist and neuroscientist at Stanford University and author of Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will.
00:00 Intro
07:12 What is determinism?
24:47 Can you choose to change?
36:37 Are we just responding to stimuli?
- Title
- Where those annoying spam texts are coming from #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Have you been getting texts offering you $1,000 an hour for a remote job? Or even texts from the head of your company asking you to purchase Amazon gift cards? These text scams are getting increasingly common, and it’s all thanks to a Chinese crime syndicate that’s bigger than we can even imagine. Explain It to Me host Jonquilyn Hill talked to Wired technology reporter Matt Burgess to understand what exactly is going on. #scam #phish #texts #sms
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- Title
- How therapy-speak can be more harmful than helpful #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:13
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Gaslighting. Narcissist. You’ve probably heard these terms used a lot more frequently in recent years. They’re pop psychology terms, also known as therapy-speak, and they’ve become increasingly common in our mainstream vernacular. But oftentimes, people misuse the terminology and let it serve as a blanket term for more complex thoughts and feelings, making it more difficult to receive proper mental health support for clinical diagnoses. Vox correspondent Allie Volpe explains why therapy-speak is so alluring, and how to use more words, not fewer, to describe a situation.
The limits of therapy-speak by Allie Volpe, Vox:
https://www.vox.com/even-better/23769973/limits-therapy-speak-narcissist-gaslighting-trauma-toxic
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- Title
- The messy truth about free speech
- Runtime
- 10:09
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- On September 15, Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show opening monologue included comments about the shooting of right-wing media figure Charlie Kirk, and how the "Maga gang" was "desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.”
Soon after, Brendan Carr, the chair of the FCC and an appointee of President Donald Trump, appeared on a conservative podcast and threatened to act against ABC and its parent company, Disney, for Kimmel’s remarks. On September 17, ABC and Disney suspended “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Kimmel’s suspension launched a national debate and protest around freedom of speech and satire. From celebrities like Wanda Sykes to Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz, people from across the spectrum weighed in on the decision. The show returned days later on September 23, but the FCC’s actions left many questioning whether Kimmel’s First Amendment rights were violated.
This incident is...
- Title
- Can these unusual underwater pyramids help save the ocean? #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- A critical food source in southwestern Madagascar is quickly disappearing. Could these underwater pyramids help? Vox reporter Benji Jones goes diving in Madagascar to find out. #environment #climate #climatechange #reef #ocean
Read more reporting from Madagascar from reporter Benji Jones:
• Most animals on this island nation are found nowhere else on Earth. And now they’re vanishing.
https://www.vox.com/climate/464953/madagascar-lemurs-chameleons-endangered-animals
• Scientists are testing a surprising approach to fighting hunger in one of the poorest places on Earth
https://www.vox.com/climate/465060/madagascar-military-coup-environmental-problems-fishery-coral-reef
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- Title
- Should you bring your health questions to ChatGPT? #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:52
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Have you noticed AI being used at your doctor’s office? These days, it’s becoming more and more common. On this week’s episode of our podcast Explain It to Me, host Jonquilyn Hill talks to Dr. Dhruv Khullar, a physician at Weill Cornell, about the growing use of AI in medicine to diagnose patients and understand symptoms. Khullar sheds light on how to best use these AI tools to your advantage and what to avoid. #AI #ChatGPT #medicine #tech
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- Title
- The sea creatures in Madagascar are amazing — but can they survive? #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:17
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Overfishing in southwest Madagascar is causing the region’s incredible coral reefs — and the human life they sustain — to collapse. But the problem is more complicated than it seems. Vox reporter Benji Jones talks to local fishers and goes diving to learn about what’s happening to the country’s sea life. #madagascar #fishing #octopus #shorts
Read more reporting from Madagascar from reporter Benji Jones:
Most animals on this island nation are found nowhere else on Earth. And now they’re vanishing.
https://www.vox.com/climate/464953/madagascar-lemurs-chameleons-endangered-animals
Scientists are testing a surprising approach to fighting hunger in one of the poorest places on Earth
https://www.vox.com/climate/465060/madagascar-military-coup-environmental-problems-fishery-coral-reef
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- Title
- We’re not doomed by climate change. We’re just confused. | The Gray Area
- Runtime
- 47:56
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- The story we tell about climate change is mostly a story about loss. But look to the data, and that story starts to fall apart. Emissions are peaking in key sectors. Clean energy is scaling faster than anyone predicted. Real progress is happening. It’s just not happening in the way we imagine it.
Sean’s guest today is Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor at Our World in Data and author of Clearing the Air: A Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change. They discuss why our picture of the planet is so distorted, why despair can be as dangerous as denial, and what a truly energy-abundant, livable future could look like.
Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling)
Guest: Hannah Ritchie, author of Clearing the Air
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262052740/clearing-the-air/
00:00 Intro
00:38 We know how to solve big problems
12:10 The cost of renewables has plummeted
28:58 Contested topics in the climate world
38:55 There's too much focu...
- Title
- Can we save Madagascar’s wildlife? #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Madagascar has some of the world’s most unique animals, like lemurs, chameleons, and tenrecs. Yet many of them are now struggling to survive, amid years of climate extremes and political unrest. Watch as Vox reporter Benji Jones explores what’s driving an environmental crisis in one of the planet’s most famous biodiversity hot spots — and what might work to fix it. #madagascar #lemurs #ocean #climate #climatechange
Read more reporting from Madagascar from reporter Benji Jones:
Most animals on this island nation are found nowhere else on Earth. And now they’re vanishing.
https://www.vox.com/climate/464953/madagascar-lemurs-chameleons-endangered-animals
Scientists are testing a surprising approach to fighting hunger in one of the poorest places on Earth
https://www.vox.com/climate/465060/madagascar-military-coup-environmental-problems-fishery-coral-reef
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- Title
- Leaked Young Republicans group chat exposes antisemitism #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Just how serious of an antisemitism problem does the American right have — and what, if anything, should they do about it? A group chat leaked by Politico found leaders of Young Republicans praising Adolf Hitler and using offensive antisemitic language. It’s only one example of how normalized bigotry has become among the right wing. #republicans #youngrepublicans #politico #antisemitism
- Title
- How viral ICE videos are dividing — and shaping — reality #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- There’s a growing number of viral videos showing federal agents — usually from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and US Border Patrol — using force and aggression to control crowds, disperse protesters, and seize immigrants. But these videos, and the reactions to them, also point to a widening gap between red and blue America. #ice #immigration #timcast #trump
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- Title
- Why everything on the internet is getting worse | The Gray Area
- Runtime
- 43:29
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Open a browser and you can feel it instantly: everything online just feels … worse.
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Search results that look like ads. Social feeds that you don’t control. Streaming platforms that are packed with ads. Services that used to be free, but are now behind paywalls. It’s not your imagination — it’s enshittification, the process by which good platforms turn bad … and it’s starting to happen outside the internet as well.
Sean’s guest today is Cory Doctorow, author of Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It. They discuss how the web became enshittified, why monopolies are the true engine behind our digital decay, and what it would mean to build a freer, fairer, and more human internet.
Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling)
Guest: Cory Doctorow (https://x.com/doctorow), author of Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and Wha...
- Title
- How close is America to civil conflict? | The Gray Area
- Runtime
- 54:47
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Is America at a tipping point?
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Sean Illing talks with Barbara Walter, one of the world’s leading experts on violent extremism and domestic terror. She’s the author of How Civil Wars Start, about how democracies unravel from within, and a professor at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy.
Walter talks to Sean about the warning signs she’s seeing in the US, why polarization and party identity become combustible, and what lessons we can draw from other countries. They also discuss what an American civil war might look like in the 21st century, the social and informational dynamics that accelerate breakdown, and whether America still has a path away from the brink.
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: Barbara Walter, professor at UC San Diego and author of How Civil Wars Start
00:00 Intro
01:23 Our political leaders are reacting differently t...
- Title
- Maybe kids should have smartphones #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- On this week’s episode of our podcast Explain It to Me, host Jonquilyn Hall talks to Adam Clark Estes, Vox’s technology correspondent, who says that there may be a few good reasons for introducing your young ones to #tech early on. #smartphones #screentime
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- Title
- This song you know but also don’t #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:37
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- From The Who to The Velvet Underground to your favorite disco music, one mysterious song ties them all together. The melody and rhythm may seem familiar, yet every time you hear it, something about it changes. On the latest episode of Vox’s podcast, Unexplainable, host Noam Hassenfeld explores the song “In C” to understand how music gets created out of randomness and chaos.
🎧 Listen to this episode of Unexplainable, wherever you get your podcasts:
https://www.vox.com/unexplainable
#music #inc #thewho #velvetunderground #disco #techno
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- Title
- How Your Memory Can Remake the Past | The Gray Area
- Runtime
- 54:52
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- We like to think of memory as a record of the past. But that’s not really what it is. Memory doesn’t keep the past — it can also remake it. It stitches fragments into stories, and those stories — true or not — are what we end up calling our life, and sometimes, our collective history.
Sean’s guest today is Charan Ranganath, a neuroscientist and author of a book called Why We Remember. The two discuss the strange alchemy of remembering and how the stories our minds create end up creating us.
Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling)
Guest: Charan Ranganath, neuroscientist and author of Why We Remember
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- Title
- You can be more empathetic (if you want to be)
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- It feels like empathy is having a weird moment right now, with some even arguing that empathy can be morally wrong. So what’s going on with empathy? Who are its critics, and is there some truth to the idea that empathy can be harmful?
Explain It to Me’s host, Jonquilyn Hall, talks to a therapist, a religion reporter, and a psychologist to understand the different forms of empathy, why it’s being criticized, and how to get better at practicing the beneficial aspects of it.
#empathy #toxicempathy
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- Title
- More Americans see the declining birth rate as a problem #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:05
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- In a recent Pew survey, over half of Americans now say that if fewer people have kids, it would negatively impact the US. This includes not just Republicans, but also more Democrats, Democratic-aligned independents, and women, since 2024.
And yet, most Americans don’t think the government should play a role in encouraging people to have more kids. However, among the 44% who do, they believe the government should provide more tax credits for parents and require businesses to offer paid leave.
Senior policy correspondent Rachel Booth looks at the new data and its relationship to the pronatalism movement.
Read more:
- The movement desperately trying to get people to have more babies (Vox):
https://www.vox.com/policy/363543/pronatalism-vance-birth-rates-population-decline-fertility
- Growing share of Americans say fewer people having kids would negatively impact the U.S. (Pew)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2...
- Title
- The surprising origins of Sober October #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:38
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- It’s Sober October, during which manosphere influencers like Joe Rogan and cancer research advocates abstain from alcohol — for very different reasons. One group wants to raise awareness about alcohol’s health risks. The other is all about short-term gains. But together, they represent one of the most remarkable cultural trends of the moment: Americans are drinking less alcohol.
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- Title
- Nevada is home to more than 600 ghost towns #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:13
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Vox producer Dolly Li road tripped through northern Nevada to try and find some of these hidden ghost towns and learn about the real history behind the boom and bust cycles of mining in the state. Along the way, she stops by a town that many call a ghost town, but is still home to a dozen residents.
Through visiting a few abandoned places and speaking to historians about the technology and infrastructure that made mining a key industry of the state, we piece together a rich and fascinating story of Nevada’s development. #nevada #ghost #ghosttowns
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