A new way to listen

Hey, it's Sean Illing. I wanted to tell you some exciting news and ask for your help. Okay, the exciting part first. Fox members now get ad-free podcasts. That's right.

Think of all the time you can save. It's just one of the great benefits you get for directly supporting our work. Fox members also get unlimited reading on our website, member exclusive newsletters, and more special perks as a thank you. Now I want to ask for your help.

Vox is an independent publication. That means we rely on support from listeners like you to produce journalism that the world really needs right now. At Vox we strive to help you understand what really matters in our world. That's why we report on the most important issues shaping our world and also on truly essential stories that others neglect. We can only do that because of support from people like you.

We already have this episode, so unlocking it is cheap and permanent: the full transcript (1 minutes, 177 words), segment and word-level timestamps, and .txt, .srt, .vtt and word-level JSON downloads, as many times as you like, forever.

No account needed, we create one from your checkout email. With credits it is 1 credit; packs start at 5 episodes for $3.49, and monthly plans are cheaper still.