TV series
Explained
Overview
This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.
Details
- First air date
- 2018-05-23
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 3 seasons
- Episodes
- 44 episodes
- Genres
- Documentary
- Network
- Netflix
- Production
- Vox Entertainment, Vox Media Studios
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Barack Obama as Self (archive footage)
- Estelle Caswell as Narrator (voice)
- Joe Biden as Self (archive footage)
- Maria Bello as Narrator (voice)
- JAŸ-Z as Self (archive footage)
- Samira Wiley as Narrator (voice)
- George H. W. Bush as Self (archive footage)
- Donald Trump as Self (archive footage)
- Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage)
- Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage)
- Vladimir Putin as Self (archive footage)
- Joss Fong as Narrator (voice)
Creators and crew
- Ezra Klein - Creator
- Claire Gordon - Executive Producer
- Joe Posner - Executive Producer
- Ezra Klein - Executive Producer
- Cleo Abram - Producer
- Emily Kassie - Producer
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