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Today, Explained

DIY or don’t?

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

YouTube has advice for how to do everything from plumbing to electrical work. Should you take it? This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Isabelle Lichtenstein, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Home improvement DIY-er Imani Keal painting her Washington, DC apartment. If you have a question, give us a call at 1-800-618-8545 or email askvox@vox.com. 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

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0:00.0

Support for this show comes from Deal.

0:05.2

Let's be honest, most HR platforms are stitched together.

0:09.5

That's why AI barely helps.

0:11.7

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0:13.1

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0:18.6

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0:24.8

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0:29.7

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0:31.6

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0:34.9

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0:40.9

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0:44.2

But without visibility, it's just chaos.

0:47.4

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0:53.0

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0:56.7

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1:03.2

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1:12.3

Oh, what did you watch a YouTube video and then try it yourself?

1:15.8

And he said, actually, I did.

1:17.9

That kind of gives me a purpose personally to be able to fix these things for our home.

1:23.4

So I opened up the front of the dryer and I used my hair dryer on it and a week later it broke down.

1:33.6

I love a home improvement video. Like, you decided to install an entire IKEA kitchen by yourself?

1:40.6

And we're having to deal with 210 packages, and we have to put it all together

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