The Oscars were bordering on irrelevancy until Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Victoria Chamberlin, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained
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Feb 4
Trouble at TikTok
TikTok has new owners in the US. With claims of censorship, widespread outages, and possible algorithm changes on the way, the reboot has been rocky so far. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Jolie Myers, fact checked by Andrea López-Cruzado, engineered b ... Show More
25m 50s
Jun 2022
ConGRADulations, fellow kids
Hey, Weeds listeners: Today, we are bringing you an episode of Today, Explained that originally aired in early June.
Ten months ago, the faculty of Cramer Hill Elementary set out to get their kids back on track after a year of mostly remote learning. Today, Explained’s Miles Br ... Show More
26m 40s
Mar 2022
Oscars Special 2022 - CODA, Megan, and THAT slap
Welcome to a special episode of Backstage, the film and TV podcast from Sky News.
Katie Spencer and Claire Gregory join Stevie Wong from the Blue Carpet, at the Vanity Fair party in LA, to discuss a rather eyebrow raising Oscars 2022!
There's plenty to talk about, including: • CO ... Show More
26m 3s
Mar 2023
Chris Rock’s Live Special, ‘The Last of Us’ Episode 8, and ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’
Chris and Andy talk about Chris Rock’s live stand-up special on Netflix, which aired on Saturday, and discuss whether or not this format worked (1:00). Then they talk about the penultimate episode of ‘The Last of Us’ (11:34) before discussing ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ and the diffi ... Show More
1h 4m