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https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_podcast_imgs.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_podcast_imgs.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_podcast_imgs.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_podcast_imgs.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400 2400w" src="https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_podcast_imgs.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400"/></a></div></div></div><div class="duet--media--caption _1j8uwxb xptnl10"><figcaption class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup xkp0cg2 xptnl12">Vox Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unexplainable/id1554578197">Unexplainable,</a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gray-area-with-sean-illing/id1081584611">The Gray Area,</a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/today-explained/id1346207297?mt=2">Today Explained</a> and <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weeds/id1042433083">Recode Media</a></figcaption></div></div></div></div><div><div style="position:relative"><div class="_1agbrixj _1j8uwx2"><div class="_1j8uwx3"><div style="background-image:none" class="duet--media--content-warning licp6k0"><div class="duet--article--image-gallery-image _1j8uwx0 _1agbrixv" id="dngyOmltYWdlOjc4"><a class="_1j8uwx1" href="https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_column_imgs-1.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0.44117647058823,100,99.117647058824" data-pswp-height="674" data-pswp-width="674" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img alt="Vox’s Even Better and Future Perfect columns Vox’s Even Better and Future Perfect columns" data-chromatic="ignore" loading="lazy" 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https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_column_imgs-1.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.44117647058823%2C100%2C99.117647058824&w=540 540w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_column_imgs-1.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.44117647058823%2C100%2C99.117647058824&w=640 640w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_column_imgs-1.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.44117647058823%2C100%2C99.117647058824&w=750 750w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_column_imgs-1.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.44117647058823%2C100%2C99.117647058824&w=828 828w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_column_imgs-1.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.44117647058823%2C100%2C99.117647058824&w=1080 1080w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_column_imgs-1.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.44117647058823%2C100%2C99.117647058824&w=1200 1200w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_column_imgs-1.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.44117647058823%2C100%2C99.117647058824&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_column_imgs-1.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.44117647058823%2C100%2C99.117647058824&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_column_imgs-1.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.44117647058823%2C100%2C99.117647058824&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_column_imgs-1.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.44117647058823%2C100%2C99.117647058824&w=2400 2400w" src="https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_column_imgs-1.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.44117647058823%2C100%2C99.117647058824&w=2400"/></a></div></div></div><div class="duet--media--caption _1j8uwxb xptnl10"><figcaption class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup xkp0cg2 xptnl12">Vox’s Even Better and Future Perfect columns</figcaption></div></div></div></div><div><div style="position:relative"><div class="_1agbrixj _1j8uwx2"><div class="_1j8uwx3"><div style="background-image:none" class="duet--media--content-warning licp6k0"><div class="duet--article--image-gallery-image _1j8uwx0 _1agbrixv" id="dngyOmltYWdlOjc2"><a class="_1j8uwx1" href="https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_video_imgs.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.08620689655173,0,99.827586206897,100" data-pswp-height="579" data-pswp-width="579" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><img alt="Vox Shorts and Atlas on YouTube" data-chromatic="ignore" loading="lazy" 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1200w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_video_imgs.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.08620689655173%2C0%2C99.827586206897%2C100&w=1440 1440w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_video_imgs.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.08620689655173%2C0%2C99.827586206897%2C100&w=1920 1920w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_video_imgs.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.08620689655173%2C0%2C99.827586206897%2C100&w=2048 2048w, https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_video_imgs.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.08620689655173%2C0%2C99.827586206897%2C100&w=2400 2400w" src="https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/sandbox_video_imgs.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.08620689655173%2C0%2C99.827586206897%2C100&w=2400"/></a></div></div></div><div class="duet--media--caption _1j8uwxb xptnl10"><figcaption class="duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup xkp0cg2 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