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Explain It to Me

Battling brain rot

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.48K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Bland colors, AI summaries, and declining literacy rates have lots of us worried that we’re losing our intelligence to the modern world. Can we get it back? This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Photo By BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images.  If you have a question, give us a call on 1-800-618-8545 or send us a note here.  Listen to Explain It to Me ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Support for this show comes from Odu.

0:03.0

Running a business is hard enough, so why make it harder with a dozen different apps that don't talk to each other?

0:09.7

Introducing Odu, it's the only business software you'll ever need.

0:13.9

It's an all-in-one fully integrated platform that makes your work easier, CRM, accounting, inventory, e-commerce, and more.

0:22.1

And the best part, O-DU replaces multiple expensive platforms

0:25.6

for a fraction of the cost.

0:27.8

That's why over thousands of businesses have made the switch.

0:31.1

So why not you?

0:31.9

Try O-D-O-4-free at O-D-O-O-O-O.com. That's ODOO.com.

0:41.4

Support for the show comes from Deal.

0:44.5

Let's be honest, most HR platforms are stitched together, using several different services

0:49.8

and softwares all at once.

0:52.4

Of course, the problem is when there's multiple programs at use,

0:55.7

your AI can have trouble navigating across all of them. Deal's different. It's a single

1:01.0

AI-native system for HR, IT, and payroll built from the ground up. That's why AI and side deal

1:07.3

can actually run real work, onboarding, compliance, payroll, approvals, all under your rules.

1:13.9

Whether you're five people or 50,000, deal scales with you.

1:18.3

See it in action at deal.com slash audio.

1:21.4

That's d'eel.com slash audio.

1:31.6

When I'm talking, I feel dumb. We were never, and I mean never, ever meant to hear the thoughts of this many stupid people in one day.

1:39.1

Like, we all know we're getting dumber, right?

1:40.9

Like, you feel it, I feel it, we all feel it.

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