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Blinded by the headlights

30 Mar 2025

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Drivers and passengers are right: Car headlights are brighter now. And the solutions aren't simple. If you have a question for us, please give a call at 1-800-618-8545 or send a note at vox.com/askvox. This episode was produced and sound designed by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by Patrick Boyd and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Photo by zhen li for Getty Images.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1.098 - 22.451 Megan Rapinoe

Megan Rapinoe here. This week on A Touch More, we are launching our much-anticipated book club, and we're doing it with Abby Wambach and Glennon Doyle, who will introduce their upcoming book, We Can Do Hard Things, Answers to Life's 20 Questions. Plus, we've got some fun and important updates from The W and the NWSL, and of course, we've got a new Are You a Megan or Are You a Sue?

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22.711 - 26.554 Megan Rapinoe

Check out the latest episode of A Touch More wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube.

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28.772 - 31.314 Mark Baker

Nobody likes LED headlights.

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31.414 - 36.758 John Bullough (Lighting Scientist)

Their intensity, the maximum intensity that they produce actually has increased.

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37.178 - 44.304 Automotive Industry Expert

When they sell cars, they really want a good safety rating, which is more easy to attain with a super bright light.

49.457 - 56.3 Jonquilyn Hill

Hey there, I'm John Glenn Hill, and this is Explain It To Me, where we answer the questions that matter to you most.

56.68 - 57.981 Listener/Caller

What the heck is going on?

58.881 - 60.042 Nate Rogers

I wish I understood.

60.062 - 78.712 Jonquilyn Hill

Can somebody please just explain it to me? And these days... I only really get behind the wheel when I'm out of town. So when I noticed a change in cars on the road, I thought it was just me. But then we got a call from Reed and he also worried it was just him.

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