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Today, Explained

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4.4 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The New Yorker’s Susan B. Glasser says Donald Trump’s second inauguration is very different from his first. Vox’s Ian Millhiser explains how the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity has changed executive power. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram and Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Salesmen on Independence Ave in Washington, DC hawking Confederate flags and flags celebrating the 47th president, Donald J. Trump, on his Inauguration Day 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's today explained. I'm Newell King on the National Mall alongside.
0:04.0	Hi, I'm Sean Ramosferam here in Washington, D.C.
0:07.0	It's inauguration day 2025, and Sean, it is cold. What do you see?
0:12.0	I see negative 2025 degrees. I see snow underfoot here on the grass we're standing on.
0:18.0	I see the odd tourists taking a photo with a MAGA hat.
0:22.6	I see the US Capitol.
0:23.6	She's all dressed up.
0:25.6	She's wearing US flags, ad hoc amphitheater. It looks ready for inauguration. But, Noelle, I'm very concerned.
0:31.6	There seems to be no one here.
0:33.6	We are among the very few people on the National Mall at this time.
0:38.1	Where is everybody?
0:39.1	Not sure.
0:39.9	We've got porta-potties for everyone.
0:42.5	Woodstock 99 levels of porta-pottie, but not enough people here to use them.
0:47.5	I'm worried about the porta-potties.
0:49.1	Can we figure it out on today's show?
0:51.1	Let's try and figure it out.
0:52.0	What else are we doing?
0:52.8	We're going to talk about how this year's inauguration is very, very different from 2016. Coming up! It's 2025, so stop struggling
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