Andrew ManganelliHost[upbeat music] I'm Astead Herndon, and this week on Today Explained, I traveled to Minneapolis to speak with Attorney General Keith Ellison, who is suing the Trump administration over ICE descending on his state.
It would mean that, uh, that we had federal active duty troops patrolling our streets, which is concerning, because the way ICE does its business has been proven over and over again to be deeply problematic.
New episodes of Today Explained drop every day of the week wherever you get your podcasts, and you can now watch our Saturday interviews at youtube.com/vox.
Are we dumber than we used to be? Maybe.
[upbeat music] Or maybe we're just wrong about what it means to be smart.
Our brains evolved for social interactions.
You know, so when you're, like, talking to your friend next to you in, in the math class, that is actually what our brains are for.
This week on Explain It to Me from Vox, our crisis of stupid and how to get our brains back.
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[upbeat music] I'm Astead Herndon, and this week on Today Explained, I traveled to Minneapolis to speak with Attorney General Keith Ellison, who is suing the Trump administration over ICE descending on his state.
It would mean that, uh, that we had federal active duty troops patrolling our streets, which is concerning, because the way ICE does its business has been proven over and over again to be deeply problematic.
New episodes of Today Explained drop every day of the week wherever you get your podcasts, and you can now watch our Saturday interviews at youtube.com/vox.
Are we dumber than we used to be? Maybe.
[upbeat music] Or maybe we're just wrong about what it means to be smart.
Our brains evolved for social interactions.
You know, so when you're, like, talking to your friend next to you in, in the math class, that is actually what our brains are for.
This week on Explain It to Me from Vox, our crisis of stupid and how to get our brains back.
New episodes Sundays wherever you get your podcasts.