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Today, Explained

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Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

It's blockbuster season, but low-budget horror films from YouTubers — like Iron Lung, Obsession, and Backrooms — are what's got Hollywood talking. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. A still from the movie Backrooms. Courtesy A24 Films. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What are you up to this weekend? There's a new Spielberg out that's supposed to be nuts.

0:04.0

What are you going to do?

0:06.0

Full disclosure to the whole world. All at once.

0:15.0

If the Mandalorian and his little buddy Grogu didn't already do it,

0:19.0

Disclosure Day will officially kick off a big blockbuster summer for the movies.

0:24.2

No one could stand between my men.

0:26.4

We've got Sir Noan.

0:27.8

And home.

0:29.3

We've got Woody and Buzz.

0:30.8

We're finding more abandoned toys each day.

0:32.9

We're dumped!

0:34.9

We've got Spider-Man Supergirl. We've got one with Anne Hathaway and Dinosaur's.

0:39.2

But all those big ones aren't necessarily what's got Hollywood a buzz.

0:45.3

People are talking about movies with much smaller budgets, in particular, Iron Lung, obsession,

0:50.8

and backrooms.

0:51.8

Because they all have one thing in common.

0:53.8

And if you don't know what it is,

0:55.1

we'll tell you on today, Explain from Vox.

1:00.3

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1:05.0

for the moments you plan. Still, and the ones you don't, still. They're there for those late-night

1:09.7

study sessions when you get to the cafe and there's no outlets, all that stuff.

1:13.0

Dell is built to adapt to you.

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