Jonquilyn Hill
Podcast host
Jonquilyn Hill is the host of Explain It to Me, your hotline for all your unanswered questions. She joined Vox in 2022 as a senior producer and then as host of The Weeds, Vox’s policy podcast.
Before joining Vox, she was a senior producer for WAMU and NPR’s 1A, where she helped launch the show and oversaw the team that adapted the broadcast into a daily podcast. While at WAMU, she also created and hosted Through The Cracks, a podcast that examined the systems in place that led to the disappearance of 8-year-old Relisha Rudd from a Washington, DC, homeless shelter. She previously worked at NPR, NY1, and NBC’s Washington bureau.
Latest articles by Jonquilyn Hill
There are other ways to invest in yourself besides homeownership.
It’s not just in the movies. Gen X women are having the best sex of their lives.
Why the pendulum swung on DEI — and how that could be a good thing.
Here’s the story of the 9/11-era law that still hasn’t been enacted.
And your other urgent sleep questions, answered.
Is the holiday season also cuffing season?
Who decides what can and can’t be in food in the US?
An expert on Black voting explains what’s really happening with Black support for Donald Trump.
Explain It to Me gets to the bottom of those pesky appeals for cash — and how to stop them.
A financial expert explains why you can invest wisely and still take that trip.