Apocalypse Not Now

世界末日尚未来临

Today, Explained

2026-04-09

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President Donald Trump moved from an existential threat to a very tentative ceasefire. This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. President Donald Trump mimics a Iranian protester being shot during a news conference about the war in Iran. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc 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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  • On Tuesday, the president more or less threatened Iran with a genocide.

  • We got a full range of reactions.

  • CNBC had questions.

  • Deadline that President Trump has set, 8pm, has threatened to destroy a civilization.

  • How does an investor process that?

  • Is it a bigger upside risk or downside risk?

  • A lady in Georgia interviewed by MS Now had answers.

  • It's giving war crime.

  • We don't just annihilate people because we can.

  • Tucker Carlson took a stand.

  • If you work in the White House or in the U.S. Military, now it's time to say no, absolutely not.

  • And Democrats, of course, said the president should be removed from office.

  • Even the American pope weighed in. Attacks on civilian infrastructure is against international law.

  • But that it is also a sign of the hatred, the division, the destruction the human being is capable of.

  • But then it maybe worked?

  • Apocalypse Not Now on Today Explained.

  • Where does President Trump's speech leave us with regard to where the war is headed?

  • And it really was, to me, the story of the commander-in-chief who,

  • weeks into this war, is deeply uncertain about how it ends.

  • I'm John Feiner, co-host of The Long Game podcast.