Peter Balanon-Rosen
Person
Peter Balanon-Rosen is a podcast and audio producer known for producing episodes of Vox Media’s explanatory news podcast Today, Explained.
Discussed alongside Peter Balanon-Rosen
- Jolie Myers
Person · 9 episodes together · 1 show
- Bridger Donegan
Person · 6 episodes together · 1 show
- Gabriel Donatov
Person · 9 episodes together · 1 show
- Sean Ramos
Person · 8 episodes together · 1 show
- Patrick Boyd
Person · 7 episodes together · 1 show
- Amina El-Sadi
Person · 7 episodes together · 1 show
- David Tadishore
Person · 4 episodes together · 1 show
- David Tataschor
Person · 4 episodes together · 1 show
11 episodes featuring Peter Balanon-Rosen
Today, Explained
AI’s real risks arrive before extinction
The episode weighs speculative catastrophe against present harms from concentrated power, infrastructure expansion, criminal misuse, and medical systems that can make consequential errors.
Sep 22, 2026 · 29 min
Today, Explained
Older women claim glamour, ambition and desire on screen
The episode examines how iconic, complicated women are reshaping assumptions about aging, sexuality and acceptable femininity.
Sep 18, 2026 · 27 min
Today, Explained
AI safety enters Washington’s power struggle
The episode shows how existential AI warnings are colliding with geopolitical competition, industry incentives, partisan politics, and the limits of international coordination.
Sep 15, 2026 · 28 min
Today, Explained
Republicans revive Islamophobia as a 2026 turnout strategy
The episode connects election-season anti-Muslim rhetoric to post-9/11 policy, MAGA media, and a broader fight over religious pluralism.
Sep 14, 2026 · 28 min
Today, Explained
How online irony turned 9/11 into recurring content
The episode examines how memes and real-time social media recreations reshape public memory while testing the ethical limits of depicting trauma online.
Sep 11, 2026 · 29 min
Today, Explained
Farm costs test Republicans’ hold on rural America
Economic pain is forcing a test of whether conservative farmers will punish Republican policies or remain wary of Democrats.
Sep 3, 2026 · 29 min
Today, Explained
Dolly Parton turns nonpartisanship into political influence
The episode examines whether meaningful social advocacy can retain broad appeal without becoming attached to parties, candidates, or partisan language.
Aug 28, 2026 · 29 min
Today, Explained
Medicare for All tests its political moment
The episode examines whether frustration with expensive care can turn renewed support for universal coverage into policy rather than rhetoric.
Aug 24, 2026 · 27 min
Today, Explained
Why heartbreak became summer’s defining pop sound
The episode connects a country chart breakthrough and a wave of melancholy pop to the cultural meanings audiences attach to music.
Aug 21, 2026 · 27 min
Today, Explained
Creators chase meaning as the influencer economy tightens
The episode examines whether audiences’ hunger for education and offline life can offer creators an alternative to an increasingly commercial, saturated internet.
Aug 14, 2026 · 28 min
Today, Explained
AIPAC turns congressional races into tests of political power
The episode examines how campaign spending, criticism of Israel, and changing public opinion are reshaping Democratic politics.
Aug 11, 2026 · 28 min