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Jonquilyn Hill

@jonquilynhill.bsky.social

You can call me JQ. Howard Alumna. Hosting Explain It to Me for Vox. I like cornbread and collard greens. Got a question? Call 1-800-618-8545 and I’ll find you an answer.

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Between Sinners, Weapons, and One Weapon After Another…….baby I’m having a BALL at the movies

24.09.2025 02:20 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This weekend I went for a walk and forgot my water bottle so I bought one for 99 cents. I had cash on me for once so I handed the cashier a dollar and told him to use the change for the take a penny leave a penny and he looked at me like I was crazy. Like omg I guess that is one of The Old Ways.

22.09.2025 12:34 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The United States is Southern now - Explain It to Me (podcast) 00:30:10 - From #rushtok to country music, American culture is getting more and more southern. This episode was produced by Denise Guerra, edited by Miranda K…

Fun convo with @jonquilynhill.bsky.social The United States is Southern now lnns.co/wCsAn9GjqlF via @listennotes.com #Podcast

10.09.2025 17:10 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The United States is Southern now Podcast Episode · Explain It to Me · 09/07/2025 · 30m

Episodes I wish I’d made: The US is Southern Now

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07.09.2025 12:53 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks so much for joining us!

08.09.2025 17:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The United States is Southern now by Explain It to Me From #rushtok to country music, American culture is getting more and more southern.

I had the pleasure of chatting with @jonquilynhill.bsky.social about #rushtok and southern womanhood and such. megaphone.link/VMP3364097731

07.09.2025 20:48 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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This week’s episode of Explain It to Me link.chtbl.com/explainit

07.09.2025 12:11 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

More and more students are heading to big state schools in the South, and we're going to do a show about it. Do you go to an SEC school? Why'd you pick it? Give us a call at 1-800-618-8545

25.08.2025 20:00 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1
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The Vox Media Union just delivered our strike pledge to Vox management, showing our unwavering commitment to securing a collective bargaining agreement that is fair. Should we not get a fair contract, we are prepared to strike.

03.06.2025 19:01 — 👍 317    🔁 69    💬 1    📌 18
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Why is personal style so hard? Explain It to Me · Episode

This week on Explain It to Me: why finding your personal style is so hard. open.spotify.com/episode/5CdR...

05.05.2025 15:51 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’ve been working a “China please have mercy I don’t get paid till the end of the week!” tariff joke.

17.04.2025 11:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm working on an episode of Explain It to Me about the economy and how it will affect people who are retired or are about to retire. Is that you or your parents? Do you have questions about 401ks or Social Security? Maybe Medicare? Call 1-800-618-8545 or email askvox@vox.com

16.04.2025 14:44 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Vote for the best of the internet I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.

Explain it to Me has been nominated by The Webby Awards for best Advice & How To podcast! You can get us across the finish line by voting today. Voting is open until Thursday, April 17th. vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

15.04.2025 15:08 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The end of “college for all” There’s more than one thing to do after high school.

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14.04.2025 16:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What if college isn't for everyone? Explain It to Me · Episode

For the past couple decades, we've seen "college for all" – high schools pushing most if not all their students to higher education. But what are your options if you decide that college isn't for you? That's this week on Explain It to Me. open.spotify.com/episode/13zd...

14.04.2025 16:13 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

So much of my 30s is learning new line dances?

08.04.2025 12:09 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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April 2, 2025

HARK DAILY: Today's best podcast moments in one playlist, featuring:
- Trump's third term is impossible... right? @thebulwark.bsky.social
- Can you be deported for writing an op-ed? @lindsaycnash.bsky.social
- Are headlights getting brighter? @jonquilynhill.bsky.social

02.04.2025 12:15 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Blinded by the headlights

If it feels like headlights are brighter lately, you aren't imagining it. There are lots of reasons for it: LED technology, a brightness arms race between car companies, even headlight alignment. That's on the latest episode of Explain It to Me. open.spotify.com/episode/6fPv...

01.04.2025 16:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There's a pair of mourning doves that have been hanging out on my patio and I get a little emo when I think about the fact that they think it's a nice place to create a little life for themselves.

25.03.2025 20:47 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

if you want to accidentally add me to a group chat where you talk about state secrets you can

24.03.2025 18:56 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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On the latest episode of Explain It to Me I talk with @abdallahfayyad.bsky.social about whether or not DEI ever did what it was supposed to.

17.03.2025 13:52 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

If you take anti-blackness seriously your life will be so much more pleasant. I stopped paying attention to ***** after he said slavery was a choice.

17.03.2025 13:43 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you want a 51st state, I know of a district that may interest you.

12.03.2025 15:36 — 👍 102    🔁 13    💬 5    📌 0

I do not watch those Jubilee videos I lived in a Craigslist house in DC during the 2010s

11.03.2025 19:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks! Love yours too. The best flower!

08.03.2025 02:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh y’all were NOT PLAYING about episode 7 of Paradise

08.03.2025 02:06 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why you still don’t need a REAL ID…yet Here’s the story of the 9/11-era law that still hasn’t been enacted.

On the latest episode of Explain It to Me, Tessa wants to know what's the deal with REAL ID. Will the deadline ever come? Or will we keep kicking the can down the road? Why still try? Her question takes us on a journey 25 years in the making. www.vox.com/explain-it-t...

07.03.2025 16:02 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

People have become bad at consuming and interpreting art in all kinds of mediums and it bums me out. I hope I never lose that skill.

06.03.2025 13:01 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Shannon Sanders and Sarai Johnson respectively ate Company and Grown Women right on up

21.02.2025 02:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Living the dream*

*reading a book and making a tuna melt

20.02.2025 01:01 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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