Jonquilyn Hill
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You can call me JQ. Howard Alumna. Hosting Explain It to Me for Vox. I like cornbread and collard greens.
Got a question? Call 1-800-618-8545 and I’ll find you an answer.
Got a question? Call 1-800-618-8545 and I’ll find you an answer.
I love free will. Gonna make grits for breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I love free will. Gonna make grits for breakfast.
This week on Explain It to Me, we’re explaining your health insurance: how to pick the best plan for yourself and why no matter what you’re probably paying more in 2026. open.spotify.com/episode/5VIx...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This week on Explain It to Me, we’re explaining your health insurance: how to pick the best plan for yourself and why no matter what you’re probably paying more in 2026. open.spotify.com/episode/5VIx...
You know those job offer spam texts we’ve been getting lately? It may not surprise you that those are scam. But did you know the person on the other side of the phone is likely a victim of an employment scam too? We talk all about it on this week’s episode of Explain It to Me.
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
You know those job offer spam texts we’ve been getting lately? It may not surprise you that those are scam. But did you know the person on the other side of the phone is likely a victim of an employment scam too? We talk all about it on this week’s episode of Explain It to Me.
Between Sinners, Weapons, and One Weapon After Another…….baby I’m having a BALL at the movies
September 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Between Sinners, Weapons, and One Weapon After Another…….baby I’m having a BALL at the movies
This weekend I went for a walk and forgot my water bottle so I bought one for 99 cents. I had cash on me for once so I handed the cashier a dollar and told him to use the change for the take a penny leave a penny and he looked at me like I was crazy. Like omg I guess that is one of The Old Ways.
September 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This weekend I went for a walk and forgot my water bottle so I bought one for 99 cents. I had cash on me for once so I handed the cashier a dollar and told him to use the change for the take a penny leave a penny and he looked at me like I was crazy. Like omg I guess that is one of The Old Ways.
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Fun convo with @jonquilynhill.bsky.social The United States is Southern now lnns.co/wCsAn9GjqlF via @listennotes.com #Podcast
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00:30:10 - From #rushtok to country music, American culture is getting more and more southern.
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September 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Fun convo with @jonquilynhill.bsky.social The United States is Southern now lnns.co/wCsAn9GjqlF via @listennotes.com #Podcast
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Episodes I wish I’d made: The US is Southern Now
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The United States is Southern now
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September 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Episodes I wish I’d made: The US is Southern Now
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I had the pleasure of chatting with @jonquilynhill.bsky.social about #rushtok and southern womanhood and such. megaphone.link/VMP3364097731
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From #rushtok to country music, American culture is getting more and more southern.
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September 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I had the pleasure of chatting with @jonquilynhill.bsky.social about #rushtok and southern womanhood and such. megaphone.link/VMP3364097731
This week’s episode of Explain It to Me link.chtbl.com/explainit
September 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This week’s episode of Explain It to Me link.chtbl.com/explainit
More and more students are heading to big state schools in the South, and we're going to do a show about it. Do you go to an SEC school? Why'd you pick it? Give us a call at 1-800-618-8545
August 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
More and more students are heading to big state schools in the South, and we're going to do a show about it. Do you go to an SEC school? Why'd you pick it? Give us a call at 1-800-618-8545
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The Vox Media Union just delivered our strike pledge to Vox management, showing our unwavering commitment to securing a collective bargaining agreement that is fair. Should we not get a fair contract, we are prepared to strike.
June 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The Vox Media Union just delivered our strike pledge to Vox management, showing our unwavering commitment to securing a collective bargaining agreement that is fair. Should we not get a fair contract, we are prepared to strike.
This week on Explain It to Me: why finding your personal style is so hard. open.spotify.com/episode/5CdR...
Why is personal style so hard?
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May 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This week on Explain It to Me: why finding your personal style is so hard. open.spotify.com/episode/5CdR...
I’ve been working a “China please have mercy I don’t get paid till the end of the week!” tariff joke.
April 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I’ve been working a “China please have mercy I don’t get paid till the end of the week!” tariff joke.
I'm working on an episode of Explain It to Me about the economy and how it will affect people who are retired or are about to retire. Is that you or your parents? Do you have questions about 401ks or Social Security? Maybe Medicare? Call 1-800-618-8545 or email [email protected]
April 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I'm working on an episode of Explain It to Me about the economy and how it will affect people who are retired or are about to retire. Is that you or your parents? Do you have questions about 401ks or Social Security? Maybe Medicare? Call 1-800-618-8545 or email [email protected]
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April 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Explain it to Me has been nominated by The Webby Awards for best Advice & How To podcast! You can get us across the finish line by voting today. Voting is open until Thursday, April 17th. vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
For the past couple decades, we've seen "college for all" – high schools pushing most if not all their students to higher education. But what are your options if you decide that college isn't for you? That's this week on Explain It to Me. open.spotify.com/episode/13zd...
What if college isn't for everyone?
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April 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
For the past couple decades, we've seen "college for all" – high schools pushing most if not all their students to higher education. But what are your options if you decide that college isn't for you? That's this week on Explain It to Me. open.spotify.com/episode/13zd...
So much of my 30s is learning new line dances?
April 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
So much of my 30s is learning new line dances?
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HARK DAILY: Today's best podcast moments in one playlist, featuring:
- Trump's third term is impossible... right? @thebulwark.bsky.social
- Can you be deported for writing an op-ed? @lindsaycnash.bsky.social
- Are headlights getting brighter? @jonquilynhill.bsky.social
- Trump's third term is impossible... right? @thebulwark.bsky.social
- Can you be deported for writing an op-ed? @lindsaycnash.bsky.social
- Are headlights getting brighter? @jonquilynhill.bsky.social
April 2, 2025
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HARK DAILY: Today's best podcast moments in one playlist, featuring:
- Trump's third term is impossible... right? @thebulwark.bsky.social
- Can you be deported for writing an op-ed? @lindsaycnash.bsky.social
- Are headlights getting brighter? @jonquilynhill.bsky.social
- Trump's third term is impossible... right? @thebulwark.bsky.social
- Can you be deported for writing an op-ed? @lindsaycnash.bsky.social
- Are headlights getting brighter? @jonquilynhill.bsky.social
If it feels like headlights are brighter lately, you aren't imagining it. There are lots of reasons for it: LED technology, a brightness arms race between car companies, even headlight alignment. That's on the latest episode of Explain It to Me. open.spotify.com/episode/6fPv...
Blinded by the headlights
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April 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
If it feels like headlights are brighter lately, you aren't imagining it. There are lots of reasons for it: LED technology, a brightness arms race between car companies, even headlight alignment. That's on the latest episode of Explain It to Me. open.spotify.com/episode/6fPv...
There's a pair of mourning doves that have been hanging out on my patio and I get a little emo when I think about the fact that they think it's a nice place to create a little life for themselves.
March 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
There's a pair of mourning doves that have been hanging out on my patio and I get a little emo when I think about the fact that they think it's a nice place to create a little life for themselves.
if you want to accidentally add me to a group chat where you talk about state secrets you can
March 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
if you want to accidentally add me to a group chat where you talk about state secrets you can
On the latest episode of Explain It to Me I talk with @abdallahfayyad.bsky.social about whether or not DEI ever did what it was supposed to.
March 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
On the latest episode of Explain It to Me I talk with @abdallahfayyad.bsky.social about whether or not DEI ever did what it was supposed to.
If you take anti-blackness seriously your life will be so much more pleasant. I stopped paying attention to ***** after he said slavery was a choice.
March 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If you take anti-blackness seriously your life will be so much more pleasant. I stopped paying attention to ***** after he said slavery was a choice.
If you want a 51st state, I know of a district that may interest you.
March 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
If you want a 51st state, I know of a district that may interest you.
I do not watch those Jubilee videos I lived in a Craigslist house in DC during the 2010s
March 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I do not watch those Jubilee videos I lived in a Craigslist house in DC during the 2010s