It’s our the fifth Explainathon, the semi-biannual challenge when Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood try to answer as many of your questions as possible. This one has everything: Privacy regulation! Social Security! 5G! The college admissions scandal! The dark web! We tackle it all.

… And why that’s not so bad, even if it feels that way.

In its new season, The Uncertain Hour is trying to find out.

The United Kingdom voted for Brexit almost three years ago, but there’s still no deal in place to politically and economically untangle itself from Europe. The BBC’s Ros Atkins tells us why we should care about Brexit.

The scandal made us think differently about Facebook. Here’s what to do about it.

What’s the size of a refrigerator, prefers -460 degrees Farenheit and has nations racing to master it? Starts with Q …

NPR’s Sam Sanders on democratic socialism and his time reporting on Sen. Bernie Sanders (no relation). He spent much of 2015 and 2016 embedded in the Bernie Sanders campaign.

It’s more about the political climate. It’s an ambitious plan to de-carbonize the American economy while adding new jobs in infrastructure and alternative energy.

New York Times critic-at-large Wesley Morris helps us make sense of it.