America First (unless Iran...)
Today, Explained23 Jun 2025

America First (unless Iran...)

Vox's Josh Keating and author Vali Nasr explain what bombing Iran won’t accomplish. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact checked by Laura Bullard and Denise Guerra, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Further reading: Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History by Vali Nasr. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Iranians protesting US attacks on nuclear sites in Iran. Photo by Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 What the frack is up with Colorado

What the frack is up with Colorado

Colorado's Proposition 112 is dividing the state. The ballot measure could severely limit oil and gas production, including fracking. Sean Rameswaram speaks with Cody Doane, who's Team Fracking, even though there was a lethal natural gas explosion near his kids' pre-school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

31 Okt 201823min

One week to midterms, 5000 troops to border

One week to midterms, 5000 troops to border

THE CARAVAN IS COMING! DISEASE! MUSLIMS! DANGER! LOCK THE BORDER! Or maybe just listen to this episode in which Vox’s Dara Lind separates truth from fiction about the migrant caravan heading to the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

30 Okt 201822min

Tree of Life

Tree of Life

A mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue has confirmed what many believed to be true: Anti-Semitism is on the rise in America, and it's fueling white nationalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

29 Okt 201824min

The Purge

The Purge

More than 50,000 voters in Georgia have found themselves on a “pending list.” One candidate for governor is responsible for it. The other is fighting it. The outcome could turn Georgia purple and make Stacey Abrams the first black woman to run an American state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

26 Okt 201823min

Bombs in the mail

Bombs in the mail

America’s favorite Democrats are getting pipe bombs in the mail. Who even mails bombs anymore? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

25 Okt 201817min

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Kill the Treaty

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Kill the Treaty

The Trump administration announced it’s throwing out a decades-old arms treaty with Russia. Arms control specialist Alexandra Bell explains why this news pairs well with a stiff drink. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24 Okt 201822min

What the transgender memo means

What the transgender memo means

A leaked Health and Human Services memo has left transgender Americans feeling like the Trump administration wants to define them out of existence. Dominic Holden from BuzzFeed News says the whole situation is much more complicated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23 Okt 201820min

We're gonna need a bigger vote

We're gonna need a bigger vote

A ballot initiative on November 6 might re-enfranchise over a million Floridians. Demetrius Jifunza explains what it would mean to regain the right to vote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22 Okt 201819min

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