Noel King

Paramount Skydance is laying off more than 1,000 employees as the entertainment industry continues to struggle.

These I hate.

Don't know, never been.

I already told you, I don't have any drugs.

All right.

I make Today Explained because the world is a very big and confusing place, Sean Rama's firm, and we want to help people understand it.

Simple as that.

I love that.

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Oil, one of the materials that is making a truly great contribution to our modern civilization.

Yeah.

It's been a wild couple days for Iran developments.

The latest, Ayatollah Khamenei's son will replace him as supreme leader.

President Trump might reinstate the draft.

Then on Sunday, there was this unforgettable tweet from Meghan McCain.

I've known Lindsey Graham since I was a child.

I'm imploring anyone who will listen in the Trump administration to stop sending this man out as a surrogate.

He is scaring people.