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An oily climate deal

Semafor’s Tim McDonnell says what made COP28 successful was the same thing that made climate activists skeptical about the conference: its host was an oil executive. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin and Isabel Angell, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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  The TikTok “ban” is law

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  Columbia’s free-speech fight

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  Florida man wants immunity

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  Just in: Trudeau’s plan to fight populism

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  Feeling Bluey

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  The great American squatter panic

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  How car ownership got so expensive

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  Florida man’s first criminal trial begins

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  Why Iran attacked Israel

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  America at war, now in theaters

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  Speaker Johnson's next test

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  Prosecuting parents

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  The man with a pig kidney

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  Is college still worth it?

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  The Sephora kids

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  Israel’s attack on World Central Kitchen