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Today, Explained

Why people cheat

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Our fears about infidelity reveal a lot about us. And so do our reasons for cheating. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Jay-Z and Beyonce attend a gala in 2014 in New York. Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage. If you have a question, give us a call at 1-800-618-8545 or email askvox@vox.com. 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

Because you bought your robot vacuum on your Barclay card, you got 0% interest for up to 24 months, which makes watching it, hypnotically sweeping up your crumbs, even more satisfying.

0:11.3

Oh, Mr. Bit.

0:12.8

What you buy is your business.

0:14.7

Helping you pay less interest is ours.

0:17.2

Barkley Card, backing your future.

0:19.6

Subject to financial status, new customers only.

0:22.4

Representative example, 24.9% APR representative variable,

0:25.6

24.9% purchase rate per annum based on 1,200 pound credit limit tees and sees and see.

0:31.2

This program is both dedicated to the faithful and presented to the false target

0:35.5

to encourage their renewal of temperance and virtue.

0:39.5

Something don't feel right because it ain't right.

0:42.9

Because if a man can cheat on Megan the stallion,

0:46.4

what hope do the rest of us have?

0:50.5

A few weeks ago, I was zoning out, scrolling through Instagram, dinner recipes, museum pictures, selfies, and then I saw something that shook me to my core.

1:03.5

Cheating, had me around your whole family playing house, got cold feet, holding you down through all your horrible mood swings and treatment toward me

1:12.4

during your basketball season, and now you don't know if you can be monogamous?

1:16.4

Rapper Megan the Stallion said her boyfriend basketball player Clay Thompson cheated on her.

1:21.6

Bitch, I need a real break after this one. Bye y'all.

1:24.7

Next.

1:25.7

The group chats activated immediately.

1:28.1

My friends and I were stunned, shocked, and then enraged.

1:33.0

The thing is, we don't actually know these people.

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