Explain It to Me
Episodes
Why health premiums rise, and how partisans discriminate
11 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ezra, Sarah, and Matt are reunited at last for a deep dive into why patients in and out of Obamacare are paying more for health insurance, the rising ...
Dietary fat and climate change
04 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Matt is joined by special guest stars Julia Belluz and Brad Plumer to discuss the science of eating fat, the Paris climate conference, and the public ...
Childbirth, retirement, and terror in between
20 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Ezra, Sarah, and Matt discuss the flaws in the DC elite's favorite idea: raising the retirement age, consider how to respond to terrorist a...
We know how to eliminate poverty. So why don't we?
13 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of the Weeds, fellow Vox editor Dylan Matthews joins Sarah and Matt for what is certainly the most in-depth discussion of basic...
How politics is making us stupid
06 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Facts rarely seem to win any political debate — and on this episode of the Weeds, Matt, Ezra, and Sarah use political science research to explain wh...
Are we counting poverty all wrong?
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Ezra, Sarah, and Matt finally deliver the equivocal takes on gerrymandering that America has been waiting for, dive into the weeds of the b...
Want to fix inequality by taxing the rich? Good luck.
23 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of the Weeds, Ezra, Matt, and Sarah dive head first into a new Brookings white paper about income inequality (and how to not to...
The Weeds: Can the government trick you into dieting?
16 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode, Ezra, Sarah, and Matt debate a little known Obamacare program, learn all about Nordic economies, and take on a new white paper...
Arthur Brooks on think tanks, happiness, and management
15 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In a special edition of The Weeds, Ezra interviews Arthur Brooks —head of the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, a New York Times columnis...
Would single payer health care work in America?
09 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of the Weeds, Ezra, Sarah, and Matt debate whether nationalized health care could work in America, what solutions are really nee...
Ezra, Matt and Sarah Try to Podcast
02 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of the new Vox.com podcast the weeds, Ezra Klein, Sarah Kliff, and Matthew Yglesias look at why Hillary Clinton is trying to gut...