Why everyone is sick right now

Explain It to Me

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Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.4 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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How this season’s flu got supercharged — and why viruses may make you healthier. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Photo by Elisa Schu/picture alliance via Getty Images. If you have a question, give us a call on 1-800-618-8545 or send us a note here. Listen to Explain It to Me ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Why do growing businesses love working in Slack?
0:02.8	Let's ask Christia Ari Bikes.
0:04.6	Running things in Slack saves me so much time.
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0:10.4	What say you?
0:11.4	Rocks from Gosney.
0:12.4	Slack helps us build community.
0:13.9	It helps us build connection.
0:15.2	Your partners, vendors and customers all in one place.
0:18.3	Take us on home, Ashley from Carraway.
0:20.2	If we did have Slack tomorrow, I would explode.
0:23.4	Well, let's not let that happen.
0:25.1	Visit Slack.com slash podcast to get 50% of Slack Business Plus.
0:31.0	What are the top 10 global risks we should be thinking about for 2026?
0:35.6	Long term, you are giving away the store to countries that operate more effectively in the
0:41.0	law of the jungle.
0:42.2	I'm Preet Bharara, and this week, Ian Bremmer, founder and president of the Eurasia Group,
0:47.3	joins me to discuss his annual risk report and how we can make sense of the U.S. intervention
0:52.0	in Venezuela and the capture of Nicholas Maduro.
0:55.4	The episode is out now.
0:57.3	Search and follow. Stay tuned with Preet, wherever you get your podcasts.
1:05.9	It's been 18 days since I first started getting those symptoms from whatever this super flu is going around.
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