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Explain It to Me

Living in a winter bummerland

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Education, News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.48K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The days are shorter and colder, and can leave us feeling listless and drained of energy. When do the winter blues tip over into seasonal affective disorder, and how do we make the most of the season? This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Avishay Artsy, it was also edited by Avishay alongside Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Photo by Thomas Warnack/picture alliance 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

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0:00.0

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0:41.2

Why have the ICE operations in Minneapolis struck a nerve unlike anything else in the Trump era?

0:46.5

It's really important to understand that this is a radical administration. It is not a conservative

0:50.8

administration. I'm Preet Barrara. In this week, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Atlantic staff writer Anne Applebaum joins me to unpack what's happening in Minneapolis

0:59.9

and why she argues this moment reflects a radical governing project, not traditional conservatism.

1:06.0

The episode is out now.

1:08.0

Search and follow. Stay tuned with Preet, wherever you get your podcasts.

1:14.9

Just less daylight get you down. It just gets really, really dark, and it can get really depressing.

1:22.5

I should be in a bikini on a beach with a meurkito in hand somewhere.

1:30.7

Yep. in a bikini on a beach with a meokito in hand somewhere. Yep, it's that time of year.

1:33.6

Here in D.C., it's dark.

1:36.0

The snow on the ground is dirty,

1:38.5

and this cold weather will not let up.

1:42.7

It feels so blah.

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