Explained(2018)
series - first aired/released 2018-05-23 - audience 7.4
Documentary
Directed by Emily Kassie
This enlightening series from Vox digs into a wide range of topics such as the rise of cryptocurrency, why diets fail, and the wild world of K-pop.
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Cast
Joss FongNarrator (voice)
Maria BelloNarrator (voice)
Christian SlaterNarrator (voice)
Estelle CaswellNarrator (voice)
LeVar BurtonNarrator (voice)
Nick KrollNarrator (voice)
Aasif MandviNarrator (voice)
Kevin SmithNarrator (voice)- Coleman LowndesNarrator (voice)
Yara ShahidiNarrator (voice)
Kristen BellNarrator (voice)
Rachel BloomNarrator (voice)
Jerry SpringerNarrator (voice)
Rachel McAdamsNarrator (voice)
Kyle MacLachlanNarrator (voice)
Carly Rae JepsenNarrator (voice)
TabloSelf
JiminSelf (archive footage)
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SUGASelf (archive footage)
VSelf (archive footage)
JinSelf (archive footage)
RMSelf (archive footage)
Jung KookSelf (archive footage)
j-hopeSelf (archive footage)
Park Chung-heeSelf (archive footage)
Yang Hyun-sukSelf (archive footage)
DJ TukutzSelf
Mithra JinSelf
Lee Soo-manSelf (archive footage)
Kim Dae-jungSelf (archive footage)
PSYSelf (archive footage)
Hillary ClintonSelf- Valentine RugwabizaSelf
Elizabeth WarrenSelf (archive footage)
Kirsten GillibrandSelf (archive footage)
Sandra Day O'ConnorSelf (archive footage)
Anderson CooperSelf (archive footage)
Hilary SwankNarrator (voice)
Maggie SiffNarrator (voice)
Abigail DisneySelf
Michael JordanSelf (archive footage)
Mark CubanSelf
LaKeith StanfieldNarrator (voice)
J.K. SimmonsNarrator (voice)
Bill GatesSelf
Vincent KartheiserNarrator (voice)
Natasha LyonneNarrator (voice)
Cleo AbramNarrator (voice)- Andrew CarnegieSelf (archive footage)
Warren BuffettSelf (archive footage)
John D. RockefellerSelf (archive footage)- Cornelius VanderbiltSelf (archive footage)
John Maynard KeynesSelf (archive footage)- Mehrsa BaradaranSelf - Author
Cory BookerSelf - U.S. Senator- Thomas ShapiroSelf - Sociologist
- Beth JacobsonSelf - Foreclosure Specialist
James BaldwinSelf (archive footage)- Edward A. BouchetSelf - First Black Ph.D Recipient (archive footage)
Shirley ChisholmSelf (archive footage)
Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)
Ta-Nehisi CoatesSelf (archive footage)
Stephen ColbertSelf (archive footage)- Bessie ColemanSelf - First Black Licensed Pilot (archive footage)
Alan GreenspanSelf (archive footage)
Jesse JacksonSelf (archive footage)
Robert L. JohnsonSelf - First Black Billionaire (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage)- Dennis KucinichSelf (archive footage)
Abraham LincolnSelf (archive footage)- Alain Leroy LockeSelf - First Black Rhodes Scholar (archive footage)
Malcolm XSelf (archive footage)- Thurgood MarshallSelf - First Black Supreme Court Justice (archive footage)
Hattie McDanielSelf - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)
Michelle ObamaSelf - First Black First Lady (archive footage)
Jesse OwensSelf - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage)
Colin PowellSelf - First Black Secretary of State (archive footage)- Joseph RaineySelf - First Black Congressperson (archive footage)
- Hiram RevelsSelf - First Black Senator (archive footage)
Jackie RobinsonSelf - First Black MLB Player (archive footage)
Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)- Rick SantelliSelf (archive footage)
- William Tecumseh ShermanSelf (archive footage)
- Ruth SimmonsSelf - First Black Ivy League President (archive footage)
- Edwin M. StantonSelf (archive footage)
George StephanopoulosSelf (archive footage)- Brian WilliamsSelf (archive footage)
- Neville SanjanaSelf - Biologist
- Jennifer DoudnaSelf - CRISPR Pioneer
- John EvansSelf - Sociologist
- Hank GreelySelf - Law Professor
- Rebecca CokleySelf - Disability Rights Activist
- Emmanuelle CharpentierSelf (archive footage)
Francis CollinsSelf (archive footage)- Dick CostoloSelf (archive footage)
Don LemonSelf (archive footage)
Keith MorrisonSelf (archive footage)- Reena NinanSelf (archive footage)
Bernie SandersSelf- John Franklin StephensSelf (archive footage)
Keri RussellNarrator (voice)
John WatersNarrator (voice)
Karlie KlossNarrator (voice)
Aya CashNarrator (voice)
Adolf EichmannSelf (archive footage)
Big BoiSelf (archive footage)
Jane FondaSelf (archive footage)
Noam ChomskySelf (archive footage)
JAŸ-ZSelf (voice), Self (archive footage)
Mike WallaceSelf (archive footage)
Rosario DawsonNarrator (voice)
Samira WileyNarrator (voice)
Fidel CastroSelf (archive footage)
George H. W. BushSelf (archive footage)
George W. BushSelf (archive footage)
Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
Donald TrumpSelf (archive footage)
Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
Nelson MandelaSelf (archive footage)
Barack ObamaSelf (archive footage)
Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)
Ann CoulterSelf (archive footage)
Peter JenningsSelf (archive footage)
Dan RatherSelf (archive footage)
Tom BrokawSelf (archive footage)
Ethan HawkeNarrator (voice)
Boris JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
Jake GyllenhaalNarrator (voice)
Rainn WilsonNarrator (voice)
Sophie OkonedoNarrator (voice)
Keke PalmerNarrator (voice)
Héctor ElizondoNarrator (voice)
Kim CattrallNarrator (voice)
Kelly RowlandNarrator (voice)
Joseph Gordon-LevittNarrator (voice)
Connie BrittonNarrator (voice)
Ruth NeggaNarrator (voice)
Doja CatSelf (archive footage)
Moon Jae-inSelf (archive footage)
Vladimir PutinSelf (archive footage)
Xi JinpingSelf (archive footage)
Joe BidenSelf (archive footage)
Justin TrudeauSelf (archive footage)
Ted CruzSelf (archive footage)
Michael BloombergSelf (archive footage)
Seo Tai-jiSelf (archive footage)
PrimarySelf
Jim JonesSelf (archive footage)
Catherine OxenbergSelf - Mother of NXIVM Cult Member
Mark ZuckerbergSelf (archive footage)
Muhammad AliSelf (archive footage)
Doug E. FreshSelf (archive footage)
Gigi HadidSelf (archive footage)
Leo J. RyanSelf (archive footage)
Jackie SpeierSelf
Jacob Collins DoddSam
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