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Explained

Explained (2018)

Full Cast & Crew

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PersonTypeJobRole(s) Episodes

Emily Kassie
CrewDirectingDirector1

Joe Posner
CrewProductionExecutive Producer20

Ezra Klein
CrewProductionExecutive Producer, Creator20

Claire Gordon
CrewProductionExecutive Producer20

Cleo Abram
CrewProductionProducer2

Aasif Mandvi
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

Adolf Eichmann
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Adolf Hitler
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Anderson Cooper
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Bernie Sanders
CastActorSelf1

Big Boi
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Bill Clinton
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Bill Gates
CastActorSelf1

Catherine Oxenberg
CastActressSelf - Mother of NXIVM Cult Member1

Christian Slater
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

Colin Powell
CastActorSelf - First Black Secretary of State (archive footage)1

Connie Britton
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Dan Rather
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Don Lemon
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Donald Trump
CastActorSelf (archive footage)2

Doug E. Fresh
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Ethan Hawke
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

Fidel Castro
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Franklin D. Roosevelt
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

George H. W. Bush
CastActorSelf (archive footage)2

George Stephanopoulos
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

George W. Bush
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Hattie McDaniel
CastActressSelf - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)1

Hector Elizondo
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

Hilary Swank
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Hillary Clinton
CastActressSelf1

J.K. Simmons
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

Jake Gyllenhaal
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

James Baldwin
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Jane Fonda
CastActressSelf (archive footage)1

Jay-Z
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Jerry Springer
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

Jesse Jackson
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Jesse Owens
CastActorSelf - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage)1

Jim Jones
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Joe Biden
CastActorSelf (archive footage)3

John Waters
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

Justin Trudeau
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Kelly Rowland
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Keri Russell
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Kevin Smith
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

Kim Cattrall
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Kristen Bell
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Kyle MacLachlan
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

LeVar Burton
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

Lyndon B. Johnson
CastActorSelf (archive footage)2

Malcolm X
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Maria Bello
CastActressNarrator (voice)2

Martin Luther King Jr.
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Michael Bloomberg
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Michael Jordan
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Mike Wallace
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Muhammad Ali
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Natasha Lyonne
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Nelson Mandela
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Noam Chomsky
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Oprah Winfrey
CastActressSelf (archive footage)1

Princess Margaret
CastActressSelf (archive footage)1

Rachel McAdams
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Rainn Wilson
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

Richard Nixon
CastActorSelf (archive footage)2

Ronald Reagan
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Rosario Dawson
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Sandra Day O'Connor
CastActressSelf (archive footage)1

Sophie Okonedo
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Stephen Colbert
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Tom Brokaw
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Vincent Kartheiser
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

Virginia Woolf
CastActressSelf (archive footage)1

Barack Obama
CastActorSelf (archive footage)4

Boris Johnson
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Elizabeth Warren
CastActressSelf (archive footage)1

Keith Morrison
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Keke Palmer
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Maggie Siff
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Mark Cuban
CastActorSelf1

Nick Kroll
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

Ruth Negga
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Vladimir Putin
CastActorSelf (archive footage)2

Warren Buffett
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Abigail Disney
CastActressSelf1

Alan Greenspan
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Aya Cash
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Cory Booker
CastActorSelf - U.S. Senator1

Francis Collins
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Kim Kardashian
CastActressSelf (archive footage)1

LaKeith Stanfield
CastActorNarrator (voice)1

Mark Zuckerberg
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Michelle Obama
CastActressSelf - First Black First Lady (archive footage)1

Tablo
CastActorSelf1

Yara Shahidi
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Karlie Kloss
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Rachel Bloom
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Samira Wiley
CastActressNarrator (voice)2

Carly Rae Jepsen
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Gigi Hadid
CastActressSelf (archive footage)1

Psy
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Jung Ho-seok
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Jeon Jung-kook
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Park Ji-min
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Kim Nam-joon
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Kim Seok-jin
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Kim Tae-hyung
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Min Yoon-gi
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Park Chung-hee
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Moon Jae-in
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Lee Soo-man
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Peter Jennings
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Brian Williams
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Yang Hyun-suk
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Jackie Robinson
CastActorSelf - First Black MLB Player (archive footage)1

Catherine, Princess of Wales
CastActressSelf (archive footage)2

Thomas Shapiro
CastSelf - Sociologist1

Ted Cruz
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Shirley Chisholm
CastActressSelf (archive footage)1

John Evans
CastSelf - Sociologist1

Kim Dae-jung
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Ta-Nehisi Coates
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Kirsten Gillibrand
CastActressSelf (archive footage)1

Xi Jinping
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Akihito
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

John D. Rockefeller
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Valentine Rugwabiza
CastSelf1

Joss Fong
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Ann Coulter
CastActressSelf (archive footage)1

Cleo Abram
CastActressNarrator (voice)1

Cornelius Vanderbilt
CastSelf (archive footage)1

John Maynard Keynes
CastSelf (archive footage)1

Andrew Carnegie
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Dick Costolo
CastSelf (archive footage)1

Reena Ninan
CastSelf (archive footage)1

Hiram Revels
CastSelf - First Black Senator (archive footage)1

Emmanuelle Charpentier
CastSelf (archive footage)1

Mehrsa Baradaran
CastSelf - Author1

Beth Jacobson
CastSelf - Foreclosure Specialist1

Edward A. Bouchet
CastSelf - First Black Ph.D Recipient (archive footage)1

Bessie Coleman
CastSelf - First Black Licensed Pilot (archive footage)1

Robert L. Johnson
CastActorSelf - First Black Billionaire (archive footage)1

Dennis Kucinich
CastSelf (archive footage)1

Alain Leroy Locke
CastSelf - First Black Rhodes Scholar (archive footage)1

Joseph Rainey
CastSelf - First Black Congressperson (archive footage)1

Rick Santelli
CastSelf (archive footage)1

William Tecumseh Sherman
CastSelf (archive footage)1

Ruth Simmons
CastActressSelf - First Black Ivy League President (archive footage)1

Edwin M. Stanton
CastSelf (archive footage)1

Neville Sanjana
CastSelf - Biologist1

Jennifer Doudna
CastSelf - CRISPR Pioneer1

Hank Greely
CastSelf - Law Professor1

Rebecca Cokley
CastSelf - Disability Rights Activist1

John Franklin Stephens
CastSelf (archive footage)1

Abraham Lincoln
CastSelf (archive footage)1

Mithra Jin
CastActorSelf1

DJ Tukutz
CastActorSelf1

Primary
CastActorSelf1

Seo Tai-ji
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1

Doja Cat
CastActressSelf (archive footage)1

Naruhito
CastSelf (archive footage)1

Jackie Speier
CastActressSelf1

Leo J. Ryan
CastActorSelf (archive footage)1
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