The Weeds
Hosted by Jonquilyn Hill · Vox
4.4from 7,816 ratings
- 823
- Episodes
- 124
- Transcribed
- 7,816
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
- 4B
- YouTube views
About The Weeds
Should I buy a house? Why do I say “like” so much? Should Gen Z bother to save for retirement? Explain It to Me is the hotline for the issues that matter to your life. Send us your questions about health, personal finance, relationships, and anything else that matters to you. Host Jonquilyn Hill will take you on a journey to find the answers, whether it's to the halls of Congress or the local bar. You’ll get the answers you were looking for, and sometimes ones you didn't expect — and always with a dose of humor. New episodes every Sunday. Part of Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
- Publisher
- Vox
- Category
- education · news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Oct 2015
- Latest episode
- 1 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
124 of 823 episodes have a transcript.
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When hobbies take over your life
Published 1 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Instead of working at home and perhaps having a business relationship with somebody far away, people began to work in factories. And so work became more intense. And that led workers to want to reduce the time that they were expected to be at work. And that's one of the reasons why you have the eight-hour day. […]
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- YouTube views
- 3,727,324,628
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 7,816 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 87 / 100
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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Who hosts The Weeds?
Jonquilyn Hill host the show. Published by Vox.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Weeds take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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