Introduction

5min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

This week end, did you notice that the march for our lives returned? We're going to ask a couple of people who 've been studying and participating in this movement for decades. I can say without any doubt that the movement is no longer missing. And it's arguably more successful than at any time in history. But why do things feel so hopeless to so many americans? She had an answer for that too.

You might look at school shootings and think “Yes, obviously.” But two people who have been studying and participating in the movement for decades explain how its success isn’t obvious.

This episode was produced by Jillian Weinberger, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited by Sean Rameswaram, who also hosted.

Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained

Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices