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Today, Explained

Trump country

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.4 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump won. Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains how and Semafor’s Shelby Talcott explains what comes next. Today’s show was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Miles Bryan with help from Avishay Artsy, Victoria Chamberlin and Eliza Dennis, edited by Amina Al-Sadi with help from Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Rob Byers, hosted by Sean Rameswaram and Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The very first thing Vox published this year was an article titled 24 Things We Think Will Happen in 2024.

0:07.2

And the very first prediction in that article was that Donald J. Trump would win the presidency.

0:13.1

We asked Dylan Matthews, who wrote that prescient blurb, about his hunch this morning.

0:18.4

Biden was incredibly unpopular. People seemed really mad about inflation,

0:22.3

and that seemed to have sort of a lagging, enduring effect

0:25.9

that was lasting into the election year.

0:29.4

Now, a lot happened over the next 11 months,

0:31.6

a lot more than even Dylan predicted.

0:33.7

But in the end, he was right,

0:35.8

at least about Trump.

0:37.7

The other thing I got wrong was that I underestimated how many cyber trucks would sell.

0:43.0

So I think one of my takeaways is that I bet against Elon Musk and lost.

0:49.0

And I'm going to be thinking about that for a while.

0:51.3

Guess there's no accounting for taste.

0:53.6

There sure is. And how Trump won and what comes next on today, Explained.

0:57.0

Hello, I'm Esther Perel, psychotherapist and host of the podcast, Where Should We

1:05.6

Begin, which delves into the multiple layers of relationships, mostly romantic.

1:11.4

But in this special series, I focus on our relationships with our colleagues, business partners and managers.

1:18.6

Listen in as I talk to coworkers facing their own challenges with one another and get the real work done.

1:25.6

Tune into Housework, a special series from Where Should We Begin, sponsored by Clavio.

1:33.9

Support for the show comes from Alex Partners.

1:37.1

In business, disruption brings not only challenges, but opportunities.

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