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Today, Explained

Raw milk is having a mooment

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Lawmakers around the country are trying to make it easier to access raw milk. Our co-host Sean takes a sip. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. A cow gets acquainted with Today, Explained’s Sean Rameswaram at Prigel Family Creamery in Glen Arm, Maryland. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today, explained from Vox, Sean Ramosferam, here at the historic old town farmers market in Alexandria, Virginia,

0:07.5

on a quest to find something that is not totally legal here across these United States, raw milk.

0:12.9

Mom, have you ever seen raw milk here at this market?

0:15.9

No.

0:16.5

Have you ever seen it anywhere?

0:18.1

Yes, in California and in Sri Lanka. You drank raw milk in Sri Lanka?

0:22.6

Yes, from the day I was born till I left Sri Lanka.

0:25.6

So you're not impressed with my search for raw milk?

0:27.6

No.

0:28.6

Not at all.

0:30.6

Okay, mom's not impressed, but I'm still looking for raw milk because more and more people are drinking it,

0:35.6

and something like 18 states are currently trying to make it easier to drink right now. Let me see if I can find some.

0:41.9

Sir, do you know where I can find raw milk? I do not. I don't. Not here. Nobody is

0:48.3

that stupid here. Okay, so my farmer's market thing was a bit of a bust but we're

0:52.8

not giving up. We're moving on to Google and and we're going to find that raw milk on the show today.

1:00.3

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