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Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The prices of all kinds of things have stayed stubbornly high even as inflation has cooled. And a spate of lawsuits point to algorithmic price fixing as the culprit. Just look at frozen potatoes. This episode was produced by Peter Balanon-Rosen with help from Devan Schwartz, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Bpyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Chef Jay Murray at Grill 23 in Boston shows off a dish of tater tots. Photo by MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

On the show today, we're going to talk about potatoes.

0:03.0

Oh, potato.

0:05.0

Frozen potatoes in particular.

0:08.0

Prevance forecast.

0:09.0

A freeze is coming.

0:12.0

We're going to talk about frozen potatoes because they actually have a lot to say about where the country's at right now.

0:18.0

Brickston's baked potatoes mascot. You see it there.

0:22.0

It's the Tater Trump.

0:23.8

Frozen potatoes can tell us a lot about why things cost what they cost, about why it

0:29.7

sometimes feels like the odds are stacked against consumers, about why it sometimes feels

0:33.7

impossible to find an apartment to rent in the United States about how our government

0:39.0

has failed to do much to regulate big tech and why it's high time we hash it all out.

0:47.4

Good luck. Live in peace. Go ahead, please. Tater bots coming up on Today Explained.

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