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Today, Explained

2025-11-07

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The government shutdown is making flying even worse. And maybe more dangerous. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. A security checkpoint line at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • You always think flying can't get worse, and you are always wrong.

  • If you have traveled out of Houston's Bush Airport within the last week,

  • please tell me what is actually going on.

  • Who stuck at the airport in three-hour lines just to get through TSA?

  • Child, this is crazy.

  • Insane.

  • Always, always wrong.

  • Tomorrow, the government is going to cut flight capacity at some of the country's busiest airports.

  • Here's the transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, and his prediction.

  • You will see.

  • Mass chaos, you'll see mass flight delays, you'll see mass cancellations,

  • and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace

  • because we just cannot manage it because we don't have air traffic controllers.

  • Because no one coming to work, because no one getting paid, because shut down.

  • Coming up on Today Explained, your flight's been canceled.

  • Defenders in cyber security are always there when we need them.

  • They should get a parade every time they block a novel threat and have streets,

  • sandwiches, and babies named in their honor.

  • But most of all,

  • they deserve AI cybersecurity that can stop novel threats before they become breaches across email,