Explained (2018)
Explained (2018)



Plot.
Where to Watch.


Currently Explained is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Streaming in:πΊπΈ United States
Cast & Crew.

Ezra Klein
Creator / Executive Producer

Emily Kassie
Director / Producer

Claire Gordon
Executive Producer

Joe Posner
Executive Producer

Joss Fong
Narrator (voice)

Maria Bello
Narrator (voice)

Christian Slater
Narrator (voice)

Estelle Caswell
Narrator (voice)

LeVar Burton
Narrator (voice)

Nick Kroll
Narrator (voice)

Aasif Mandvi
Narrator (voice)

Kevin Smith
Narrator (voice)

Coleman Lowndes
Narrator (voice)

Yara Shahidi
Narrator (voice)

Kristen Bell
Narrator (voice)

Rachel Bloom
Narrator (voice)

Jerry Springer
Narrator (voice)

Rachel McAdams
Narrator (voice)

Kyle MacLachlan
Narrator (voice)

Carly Rae Jepsen
Narrator (voice)

Tablo
Self

Jimin
Self (archive footage)

Suga
Self (archive footage)

V
Self (archive footage)

Jin
Self (archive footage)

RM
Self (archive footage)

Jung Kook
Self (archive footage)

j-hope
Self (archive footage)

Park Chung-hee
Self (archive footage)

Yang Hyun-suk
Self (archive footage)

DJ Tukutz
Self

Mithra Jin
Self

Lee Soo-man
Self (archive footage)

Kim Dae-jung
Self (archive footage)

Psy
Self (archive footage)

Hillary Clinton
Self

Valentine Rugwabiza
Self

Elizabeth Warren
Self (archive footage)

Kirsten Gillibrand
Self (archive footage)

Sandra Day O'Connor
Self (archive footage)

Anderson Cooper
Self (archive footage)

Hilary Swank
Narrator (voice)

Maggie Siff
Narrator (voice)

Abigail Disney
Self

Michael Jordan
Self (archive footage)

Mark Cuban
Self

LaKeith Stanfield
Narrator (voice)

J.K. Simmons
Narrator (voice)

Bill Gates
Self

Vincent Kartheiser
Narrator (voice)

Natasha Lyonne
Narrator (voice)

Cleo Abram
Narrator (voice) / Producer

Andrew Carnegie
Self (archive footage)

Warren Buffett
Self (archive footage)

John D. Rockefeller
Self (archive footage)

Cornelius Vanderbilt
Self (archive footage)

John Maynard Keynes
Self (archive footage)

Mehrsa Baradaran
Self - Author

Cory Booker
Self - U.S. Senator

Thomas Shapiro
Self - Sociologist

Beth Jacobson
Self - Foreclosure Specialist

James Baldwin
Self (archive footage)

Edward A. Bouchet
Self - First Black Ph.D Recipient (archive footage)

Shirley Chisholm
Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)

Ta-Nehisi Coates
Self (archive footage)

Stephen Colbert
Self (archive footage)

Bessie Coleman
Self - First Black Licensed Pilot (archive footage)

Alan Greenspan
Self (archive footage)

Jesse Jackson
Self (archive footage)

Robert L. Johnson
Self - First Black Billionaire (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)

Dennis Kucinich
Self (archive footage)

Abraham Lincoln
Self (archive footage)

Alain Leroy Locke
Self - First Black Rhodes Scholar (archive footage)

Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)

Thurgood Marshall
Self - First Black Supreme Court Justice (archive footage)

Hattie McDaniel
Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)

Michelle Obama
Self - First Black First Lady (archive footage)

Jesse Owens
Self - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage)

Colin Powell
Self - First Black Secretary of State (archive footage)

Joseph Rainey
Self - First Black Congressperson (archive footage)

Hiram Revels
Self - First Black Senator (archive footage)

Jackie Robinson
Self - First Black MLB Player (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)

Rick Santelli
Self (archive footage)

William Tecumseh Sherman
Self (archive footage)

Ruth Simmons
Self - First Black Ivy League President (archive footage)

Edwin M. Stanton
Self (archive footage)

George Stephanopoulos
Self (archive footage)

Brian Williams
Self (archive footage)

Neville Sanjana
Self - Biologist

Jennifer Doudna
Self - CRISPR Pioneer

John Evans
Self - Sociologist

Hank Greely
Self - Law Professor

Rebecca Cokley
Self - Disability Rights Activist

Emmanuelle Charpentier
Self (archive footage)

Francis Collins
Self (archive footage)

Dick Costolo
Self (archive footage)

Don Lemon
Self (archive footage)

Keith Morrison
Self (archive footage)

Reena Ninan
Self (archive footage)

Bernie Sanders
Self

John Franklin Stephens
Self (archive footage)

Keri Russell
Narrator (voice)

John Waters
Narrator (voice)

Karlie Kloss
Narrator (voice)

Aya Cash
Narrator (voice)

Adolf Eichmann
Self (archive footage)

Big Boi
Self (archive footage)

Jane Fonda
Self (archive footage)

Noam Chomsky
Self (archive footage)

Mike Wallace
Self (archive footage)

Jay-Z
Self (archive footage) / Self (voice)

Rosario Dawson
Narrator (voice)

Samira Wiley
Narrator (voice)

Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)

Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)

Nelson Mandela
Self (archive footage)

Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)

Ann Coulter
Self (archive footage)

Peter Jennings
Self (archive footage)

Dan Rather
Self (archive footage)

Tom Brokaw
Self (archive footage)

Ethan Hawke
Narrator (voice)

Boris Johnson
Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)

Jake Gyllenhaal
Narrator (voice)

Rainn Wilson
Narrator (voice)

Sophie Okonedo
Narrator (voice)

Keke Palmer
Narrator (voice)

Hector Elizondo
Narrator (voice)

Kim Cattrall
Narrator (voice)

Kelly Rowland
Narrator (voice)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Narrator (voice)

Connie Britton
Narrator (voice)

Ruth Negga
Narrator (voice)

Doja Cat
Self (archive footage)

Moon Jae-in
Self (archive footage)
Media.









Details.
Release DateMay 23, 2018
StatusEnded
Seasons3
Episodes44
Running Time20m
Content RatingTV-MA
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
Explained is an American documentary television series on the streaming service Netflix. The show is produced by Vox Media and is based on Vox's previous YouTube video series which followed a similar format. The show's episodes averaged between 16 and 24 minutes, with each focusing on a different topic. Each episode is voiced by a different guest narrator. The series premiered on Netflix on May 23, 2018 with episodes released on a weekly basis. The second season premiered on September 26, 2019 and the third season on July 16, 2021.
The show has also spawned five spin-off series. On September 12, 2019, Netflix released the first season of The Mind, Explained, a series focused specifically on topics related to the human brain. On January 4, 2020, a follow-up titled Sex, Explained was released, with episodes centered around the theme of sex. On April 26, 2020, the 3-episode miniseries Coronavirus, Explained was released, which focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 28, 2020, the 3-episode miniseries, Whose Vote Counts, Explained was released, which details this history and current context of voting in the United States. Money, Explained, a 5-episode miniseries released on May 11, 2021, focused on financial scams, credit cards, student loans, retirement and gambling. On November 9, 2021, a second season of The Mind, Explained was released.
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