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Today, Explained

Your accent… explained

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

How you talk reveals where you’re from and who you’d like to be. This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. A still from the movie "Clueless". Photo by CBS via Getty Images. 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

Megan Rapino here.

0:02.0

This week on a Touchmore, we've got two insiders to help us unpack the WMBA's new CBA,

0:08.4

three-time champion and WMBPA Vice President Alicia Clark, aka AC, and ESPN basketball analyst Andrea Carter.

0:16.8

We're also going to take a look at our NCAA brackets and check out what's next in March Madness.

0:22.0

Check out the latest episode of a touch more wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube.

0:29.5

When is the AI bubble going to burst? How do you AI proof your job? How should colleges handle

0:36.3

AI and prepare students for a shifting job market?

0:39.7

I'm Henry Blodgett, and on my show, Solutions, I've been exploring all of those questions

0:44.9

and more with experts who have actual answers. We hear enough about our problems. Let's solve them.

0:51.4

Follow Solutions with Henry Blodgett.

0:56.5

Can I come home saying, oh yeah, my dad and I took the boat out this weekend.

1:00.6

I really do say I park my cat and have a yard.

1:04.2

I speak four languages fluently, Italian, French, Spanish and English, but my Italian accent never went away.

1:13.5

So a couple weeks ago, I asked you for a favor.

1:17.6

We want your help with a show we're working on about accents.

1:20.7

Have you lost your accent?

1:22.0

Or maybe you absolutely love yours?

1:24.7

Give us a call and tell us about it.

1:26.4

And oh my gosh, y'all showed out.

1:30.1

I'm calling from St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. I am from a very small town in rural

1:36.1

Appalachia, the Chicago area. Central Iowa. Miami, Florida, Alabama. I kid you not,

1:41.6

we've received the most calls we've ever gotten with your questions and stories about accents.

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