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Today, Explained

Optimism in 2020

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Being an optimist can seem ridiculous right now, but in the inaugural episode of The Cut podcast, host Avery Trufelman is searching for some well-grounded positivity. She finds it in conversation with Cheer’s La’Darius Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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1:04.2

It's today explained I'm Sean Ramos for him. Optimism has taken a beating this year. We kicked

1:10.5

2020 off with the world on fire. Australia was burning. Now it's California. Between the two,

1:17.9

a global pandemic, an economic downturn, the killing of George Floyd protests that were

1:23.4

sometimes brutally suppressed, people are struggling to pay rent to feed their families,

1:28.7

to find inspiration people are worried about the post office, and they're still a good part

1:34.9

of the year to go. How do we find the good when there's so much bad? Maybe ask a cheerleader.

1:43.5

That's what Avery Trouffleman decided to do. She's the host of a new podcast from the Vox Media

1:48.4

Podcast Network. It's called The Cut. For those of you who don't know, the cut is like a stylish,

1:54.8

sexy, culturally cool subdivision of New York magazine. Now there's a new podcast to compliment

2:01.7

the text version. New episodes come out every Wednesday, and since it's Wednesday,

2:06.8

we thought we'd share the very first episode of The Cut with you. It's all about finding positivity.

2:13.0

In a very bad year. Listen, enjoy, subscribe, and maybe you'll start to feel hopeful again,

2:20.4

even for a fleeting moment. The Cut. The Cut. The Cut. The Cut. The Cut.

2:31.1

Never is just telling everybody they were making fun of me, but my coronavirus hobby is going to be,

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