Explained (2018)

Explained

This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.

Explained

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
as Self (archive footage)
Estelle Caswell
Estelle Caswell
as Narrator (voice)
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
as Self (archive footage)
Maria Bello
Maria Bello
as Narrator (voice)
Jay-Z
Jay-Z
as Self (voice) as Self (archive footage)
Samira Wiley
Samira Wiley
as Narrator (voice)
George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
as Self (archive footage)
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
as Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
as Self (archive footage)
Joss Fong
Joss Fong
as Narrator (voice)
Christian Slater
Christian Slater
as Narrator (voice)
LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton
as Narrator (voice)
Nick Kroll
Nick Kroll
as Narrator (voice)
Aasif Mandvi
Aasif Mandvi
as Narrator (voice)
Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith
as Narrator (voice)
Coleman Lowndes
Coleman Lowndes
as Narrator (voice)
Yara Shahidi
Yara Shahidi
as Narrator (voice)
Kristen Bell
Kristen Bell
as Narrator (voice)
Rachel Bloom
Rachel Bloom
as Narrator (voice)
Jerry Springer
Jerry Springer
as Narrator (voice)
Rachel McAdams
Rachel McAdams
as Narrator (voice)
Kyle MacLachlan
Kyle MacLachlan
as Narrator (voice)
Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen
as Narrator (voice)
Tablo
Tablo
as Self
Jimin
Jimin
as Self (archive footage)
Suga
Suga
as Self (archive footage)
V
V
as Self (archive footage)
Jin
Jin
as Self (archive footage)
RM
RM
as Self (archive footage)
Jung Kook
Jung Kook
as Self (archive footage)
j-hope
j-hope
as Self (archive footage)
Park Chung-hee
Park Chung-hee
as Self (archive footage)
Yang Hyun-suk
Yang Hyun-suk
as Self (archive footage)
DJ Tukutz
DJ Tukutz
as Self
Mithra Jin
Mithra Jin
as Self
Lee Soo-man
Lee Soo-man
as Self (archive footage)
Kim Dae-jung
Kim Dae-jung
as Self (archive footage)
Psy
Psy
as Self (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
as Self
Valentine Rugwabiza
Valentine Rugwabiza
as Self
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
as Self (archive footage)
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
as Self (archive footage)
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor
as Self (archive footage)
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper
as Self (archive footage)
Hilary Swank
Hilary Swank
as Narrator (voice)
Maggie Siff
Maggie Siff
as Narrator (voice)
Abigail Disney
Abigail Disney
as Self
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
as Self (archive footage)
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban
as Self
LaKeith Stanfield
LaKeith Stanfield
as Narrator (voice)
J.K. Simmons
J.K. Simmons
as Narrator (voice)
Bill Gates
Bill Gates
as Self
Vincent Kartheiser
Vincent Kartheiser
as Narrator (voice)
Natasha Lyonne
Natasha Lyonne
as Narrator (voice)
Cleo Abram
Cleo Abram
as Narrator (voice)
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
as Self (archive footage)
Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett
as Self (archive footage)
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
as Self (archive footage)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
as Self (archive footage)
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes
as Self (archive footage)
Mehrsa Baradaran
Mehrsa Baradaran
as Self - Author
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
as Self - U.S. Senator
Thomas Shapiro
Thomas Shapiro
as Self - Sociologist
Beth Jacobson
Beth Jacobson
as Self - Foreclosure Specialist
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
as Self (archive footage)
Edward A. Bouchet
Edward A. Bouchet
as Self - First Black Ph.D Recipient (archive footage)
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm
as Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
as Self (archive footage)
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
as Self (archive footage)
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
as Self (archive footage)
Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman
as Self - First Black Licensed Pilot (archive footage)
Alan Greenspan
Alan Greenspan
as Self (archive footage)
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
as Self (archive footage)
Robert L. Johnson
Robert L. Johnson
as Self - First Black Billionaire (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
as Self (archive footage)
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
as Self (archive footage)
Alain Leroy Locke
Alain Leroy Locke
as Self - First Black Rhodes Scholar (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
as Self (archive footage)
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
as Self - First Black Supreme Court Justice (archive footage)
Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel
as Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
as Self - First Black First Lady (archive footage)
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
as Self - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage)
Colin Powell
Colin Powell
as Self - First Black Secretary of State (archive footage)
Joseph Rainey
Joseph Rainey
as Self - First Black Congressperson (archive footage)
Hiram Revels
Hiram Revels
as Self - First Black Senator (archive footage)
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
as Self - First Black MLB Player (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
as Self (archive footage)
Rick Santelli
Rick Santelli
as Self (archive footage)
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman
as Self (archive footage)
Ruth Simmons
Ruth Simmons
as Self - First Black Ivy League President (archive footage)
Edwin M. Stanton
Edwin M. Stanton
as Self (archive footage)
George Stephanopoulos
George Stephanopoulos
as Self (archive footage)
Brian Williams
Brian Williams
as Self (archive footage)
Neville Sanjana
Neville Sanjana
as Self - Biologist
Jennifer Doudna
Jennifer Doudna
as Self - CRISPR Pioneer
John Evans
John Evans
as Self - Sociologist
Hank Greely
Hank Greely
as Self - Law Professor
Rebecca Cokley
Rebecca Cokley
as Self - Disability Rights Activist
Emmanuelle Charpentier
Emmanuelle Charpentier
as Self (archive footage)
Francis Collins
Francis Collins
as Self (archive footage)
Dick Costolo
Dick Costolo
as Self (archive footage)
Don Lemon
Don Lemon
as Self (archive footage)
Keith Morrison
Keith Morrison
as Self (archive footage)
Reena Ninan
Reena Ninan
as Self (archive footage)
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
as Self
John Franklin Stephens
John Franklin Stephens
as Self (archive footage)
Keri Russell
Keri Russell
as Narrator (voice)
John Waters
John Waters
as Narrator (voice)
Karlie Kloss
Karlie Kloss
as Narrator (voice)
Aya Cash
Aya Cash
as Narrator (voice)
Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann
as Self (archive footage)
Big Boi
Big Boi
as Self (archive footage)
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda
as Self (archive footage)
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace
as Self (archive footage)
Rosario Dawson
Rosario Dawson
as Narrator (voice)
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
as Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
as Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
as Self (archive footage)
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
as Self (archive footage)
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
as Self (archive footage)
Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings
as Self (archive footage)
Dan Rather
Dan Rather
as Self (archive footage)
Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw
as Self (archive footage)
Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke
as Narrator (voice)
Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal
as Narrator (voice)
Rainn Wilson
Rainn Wilson
as Narrator (voice)
Sophie Okonedo
Sophie Okonedo
as Narrator (voice)
Keke Palmer
Keke Palmer
as Narrator (voice)
Héctor Elizondo
Héctor Elizondo
as Narrator (voice)
Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall
as Narrator (voice)
Kelly Rowland
Kelly Rowland
as Narrator (voice)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
as Narrator (voice)
Connie Britton
Connie Britton
as Narrator (voice)
Ruth Negga
Ruth Negga
as Narrator (voice)
Doja Cat
Doja Cat
as Self (archive footage)
Moon Jae-in
Moon Jae-in
as Self (archive footage)
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
as Self (archive footage)
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
as Self (archive footage)
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
as Self (archive footage)
Seo Tai-ji
Seo Tai-ji
as Self (archive footage)
Primary
Primary
as Self
Jim Jones
Jim Jones
as Self (archive footage)
Catherine Oxenberg
Catherine Oxenberg
as Self - Mother of NXIVM Cult Member
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg
as Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage)
Doug E. Fresh
Doug E. Fresh
as Self (archive footage)
Gigi Hadid
Gigi Hadid
as Self (archive footage)
Leo J. Ryan
Leo J. Ryan
as Self (archive footage)
Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier
as Self
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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    The racial wealth gap

  • 1x2

    Designer dna

  • 1x3

    Monogamy

  • 1x4

    K-pop

  • 1x5

    Cryptocurrency

  • 1x6

    Why diets fail

  • 1x7

    The stock market

  • 1x8

    Esports

  • 1x9

    Extraterrestrial life

  • 1x10

    !

  • 1x11

    Cricket

  • 1x12

    Weed

  • 1x13

    Tattoo

  • 1x14

    Astrology

  • 1x15

    Can we live forever ?

  • 1x16

    The female orgasm

  • 1x17

    Political correctness

  • 1x18

    Why women are paid less

  • 1x19

    The world's water crisis

  • 1x20

    Music

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Cults

  • 2x2

    Billionaires

  • 2x3

    Animal intelligence

  • 2x4

    Athleisure

  • 2x5

    Coding

  • 2x6

    Pirates

  • 2x7

    The next pandemic

  • 2x8

    The future of meat

  • 2x9

    Beauty

  • 2x10

    Diamonds

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    Sugar

  • 3x2

    Royalty

  • 3x3

    Flags

  • 3x4

    Dogs

  • 3x5

    The end of oil

  • 3x6

    Chess

  • 3x7

    Your skin

  • 3x8

    Apologies

  • 3x9

    Hurricanes

  • 3x10

    Plastic surgery

  • 3x11

    Dance crazes

  • 3x12

    Time

  • 3x13

    Country music

  • 3x14

    Fairy tales

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