Chicago's NPR News Source
Should the Winter Olympics exist? An Olympic worker in protective gear poses in front of a snowman resembling the Olympic mascot, a panda.

An Olympic worker has her photograph taken in front of a snowman resembling the Beijing Olympic mascot outside a hotel at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

David J. Phillip

Should the Winter Olympics exist?

Hosts of Vox’s Today Explained podcast, Noel King and Sean Rameswaram, drill down on the big news of the week from the Olympics to the trucker protests in Canada.

Everyone could use some feel-good TV when it’s cold outside. So, we talk to Hannah Bos, one of the executive producers of HBO’s Somebody Somewhere. The show is loosely based on the life of its star, Bridget Everett, and takes place in her home state of Kansas. It explores grief, community and friendship.

And we have another installment of our nerdy jobs series! We talk to someone who literally binges television for work. Sherrie Gulmahamad is an editorial insights strategist at Netflix.

More From This Show
Peter Sagal and co-host emeritus Tricia Bobeda play Burden or Delight!