Nowhere to go

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Forty-nine Central Americans seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border were granted entry today. They're part of a caravan of around 200 migrants who arrived Sunday and camped in the rain, after traveling 2,000 miles and fleeing gang violence and other dangers in their home countries. Vox’s Dara Lind explains the long road facing asylum seekers, who still might not be able to stay. ************************************** Cambridge Analytica announced it was shutting down today. We explained how that company acquired data from millions of Facebook profiles with the hope of manipulating voting behavior in our March 21 episode: https://art19.com/shows/today-explained/episodes/a0f6735f-2df0-4277-b65e-ff3710dc1d08 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, you might have noticed our show is totally free.
0:04.7	It's paid for through ads and the people who sell the ads for our show find it easier
0:09.5	to do their jobs if they know a little bit about you.
0:12.7	Not like in a creepy way, just stuff like if you drive a car or a truck or how often you
0:17.9	listen or whether you have pets.
0:20.2	It's pretty benign, it's all anonymous and it's a quick way to help the show.
0:24.6	So if you have a moment, go to podsurvey.com slash explained and throw out a couple of
0:29.9	quick clicks.
0:31.2	To sweep and deal, once you get done, you can enter to win a hundred dollar Amazon gift
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0:36.4	Again, it's podsurvey.com slash explained.
0:40.9	Thanks.
0:41.9	Hello, this is Mike.
0:45.7	Hey, this is Mike from Myersville, Maryland.
0:48.5	That's right, yeah, Myersville.
0:50.2	I hear you listen to every episode of today's explained, Mike.
0:53.7	I listen to every second of every episode closely.
0:58.6	I really appreciate that.
1:00.6	Mike, I also hear you might have mattress problems.
1:03.2	I actually do have mattress problems, serious mattress problems, so I haven't had a good
1:07.4	night's sleep in like 10 years.
1:09.0	Oh my God, well, I want to hear all about it.
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