Jonquilyn Hill

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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...

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

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

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...

The end of “college for all” There’s more than one thing to do after high school.

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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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Thanks! Love yours too. The best flower!

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

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...

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.

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

Living the dream*

*reading a book and making a tuna melt

Is our sleep getting worse? And your other urgent sleep questions, answered.

This week on Explain It to Me we talk to Dr. Jade Wu about what’s keeping you up at night – literally.

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Our Explain It to Me podcast team is working on an episode about the sex lives of Gen X women. Has your sex life changed or have you seen depictions of women in their 40s changing in culture? To be featured, leave us a voicemail at 1-800-618-8545.

Surviving 2008 and 2012 has made me impervious to any Kansas City football hate. You’re just gonna have to boo. That was PAIN.

I love HBCU marching bands so much. There’s really nothing like them.

Gotta make some Threepeat Punch (Minute Maid fruit punch and Don Julio)

We're going to do an episode about sleep on Explain It to Me soon. And we want to know what you want to know. Do you have any questions about the way we sleep? What literally keeps you up at night? Call 1-800-618-8545 and we'll get you an answer.

I’m pretty easy to impress when it comes to movies. I walk into a theater ready to clap like a seal at whatever you show me. I really am a simple creature

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