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Today, Explained

“The greatest night in the history of television”

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Oscars were bordering on irrelevancy until Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Victoria Chamberlin, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

And the Oscar goes to...

0:07.1

I've been watching the Academy Awards for as long as I can remember.

0:10.8

And the Oscar goes to...

0:12.5

It was the thing we did as a family when I was a kid.

0:14.8

And the Oscar goes to...

0:16.7

Then it was the thing I did with roommates and college.

0:19.4

The Oscar goes to...

0:21.0

Then as an adult in my 20s we throw Oscar parties, but over the years the Oscars have begun

0:26.6

to feel less and less relevant.

0:29.1

There's a mistake.

0:30.1

They get so much wrong.

0:31.8

This is not a joke, I'm afraid they read the wrong thing.

0:34.2

It's not as funny as they used to be zero hosts, three hosts.

0:38.2

And so, as I made time to sit down for hours on Sunday after my friends made fun of me

0:42.5

for watching the Oscars, I asked myself, why am I still doing this?

0:47.0

And then something happened.

0:48.0

Greatest night in the history of television.

0:50.4

Okay.

0:51.4

And I said to myself, this is why I watched the Oscars.

0:53.8

From Sean Rommes from...

0:54.8

It's today explained.

1:01.9

In a world where change is accelerating, how do we find meaning, comfort and connection?

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