Gothamist’s Brittany Kriegstein explains who police just arrested. STAT News’s Bob Herman explains the anger resonating against UnitedHealthcare. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Rob Byers, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, in an Altoona Police Department handout photo. Photo by Altoona Police Department via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On Wednesday of last week, a man was shot in the United States.
But this was not your average shooting.
Almost immediately people were celebrating his death.
And not just the people you'd expect.
There were moms on Facebook making jokes about it.
There were several of those horny copypasta text messages circulating around.
There was a United Healthcare Shooter lookalike contest over the weekend in Manhattan.
At least one person got a tattoo of the suspect.
On Monday, Luigi Mangioni got arrested.
And then things really got nuts.
He went from a few dozen Twitter followers to 300,000 overnight.
People are thirsting for his six pack.
Luigi Mangione is brat.
The McDonald's where he was arrested has been review bombed.
People are saying there are rats behind the counter.
People are saying Popeyes employees would have helped him get rid of the gun.
Someone's got some explaining to do and it's us.
It's today explained 2025 is going to be a huge year for the tech industry.
AI is either going to take over or maybe kind of start to go away.
Regulation is going to continue and change the tech industry, or maybe a new president is going to change his mind about how all that is supposed to work.