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This show can be informative, and educational, but some episodes are clearly socially motivated and coercive. A documentary is made to educate, using scientific data and ethical, unbiased reporting. Some of these episodes however, rely on socially motivated testimony, anecdotal evidence, and pop-culture pseudoscience to convince the audience of one point of view or perspective. These episodes are much closer to a coercive essay or even propoganda, leading the audience to believe the opinion of the new-age narrative to be fact, rather than reporting on all perspectives and data leaving the conclusions to the audience. Be weary if you leave the show feeling convinced of something; documentaries should educate and inform an audience, using ethical reporting and unbiased opinions without presenting a conclusion so that the audience can reach conclusions or opinions of their own. A documentary or report should not, however, aim to convince an audience using coercive language, unethical reporting, and motivated testimony to support the conclusion drawn or thesis or presented to be true.

I really enjoy how the topics don't just run on. They are intriguing and straight to the point. You gain the understanding of the topic within 20 minutes or less, which makes it easy to keep your focus. Definitely excited to see how this show continues and developes!

No matter if you agree or disagree with the ideas of what they say, it is bad for a documentary if they only show one side of the idea. This really comes out at the P.C. one episode, where they start it out as a documentary, explaining the history. Then they explain why PC is good, but they fail to represent the counter argument for being PC. And this one is tagged as 'documentary'.

The concept of this show is something I've wanted for a very long time.

It's basically a series of primers to introduce and entice you towards subjects and/or perspectives you may have otherwise overlooked. The production is solid, the format works well, and while the pacing can feel rushed and the focus drift, it always leaves you something to discuss afterwards.

So... why only 2 stars? Well, the show seems pretty biased in places (particularly on social issues), and that's ok. Being introduced to conflicting viewpoints is afterall crucial to understanding these subjects, and a show that does such has value.

But rather than presenting the facts neutrally and then explaining their viewpoint I feel as though they've done the reverse. It's as though the prosecution has planned the defence - passing up effective, prevalent and relevant cases/arguments to make one of the perspectives look inferior by constrast. Skewing the deck with a facade of factuality.

There is nothing more essential for a documentary than the trust that what you are seeing is true or atleast sincere. Unfortunately for Explained, I find myself wondering more about what they've left out than what they've told me.

Surprise! Turns out that condensing decades or even hundreds of years of history into 15-20 minute chunks with poppy editing is not exactly the best way to learn about a topic. This show is wonderfully entertaining and does what VOX does best, make short videos about topics that most people have heard of but don't exactly understand.

When I watched the "K-Pop" episode along with others like "e-sport" or "the stock market" I was absolutely intrigued. They are fiercely interesting 20 minutes that seemingly gave me the gist of what the subject matter was. However, after watching the new episode on "Cricket" I realised that the other episodes I loved so much is to be taken with a huge grain of salt. Almost any cricket fan would watch the Cricket episode and be confused with how the episode focuses on India and Twenty20 cricket to the exclusion of almost everything else. Not even The Ashes, Bodyline, the evolution of batting gear, or any of the million interesting factoids about the games' chess-like gameplay are mentioned.

Vox dishonestly portrays test cricket as a thing of the past, when in every cricket nation (including India) it is still the most prestigious form of the game. But because T20 is flashier, Vox focuses almost exclusively on it, cheekily implying that T20 is what the majority of the fans are fixated on, which is the exact opposite from the truth. It's frustrating that any laymen interested in learning about cricket is instead going to have 5 minutes of the rules explained to them, and then 10 minutes of a narrative pushed on them that is so over simplified and in the end has more to do with business and marketing than it does the actual sport. In a game that is as universally adored as football, VOX focuses almost entirely on the most narrow of stories. It's not about the subject, it's about a fluffed up narrative that covers less than 1% of the actual narrative. It would be as if VOX released a documentary about football that entirely neglected to mention the EPL or the World Cup.

So I've watched the show and found it fun and interesting. However, I am not going to take it as anything more than a superficial look at subjects Vox themselves only have a passing knowledge of. There are a million other documentaries on Netflix you can watch that are more in-depth, honest and intelligent. I admire their attempts to branch out, but until Vox stops caring about visuals over facts, they should stick to their short youtube videos, which is where their best work has been done, the best episodes of this show are just normal Vox videos with a bit of filler in them to get them to the 15-20 minute mark.

Here you will find the scientific cardinal sin of arriving at a conclusion first, and then distort or cherrypick facts to support your conclusion. This series is one that explain according to Vox. For scientific consensus or objectivity you should look elsewhere. For a peek at ideological distortion, enjoy.

Apart from weird choice of topics. Trying to condense them topics into 20 minutes. Biased opinions. Not working. Mediocre.

Unabashedly biased. Misleading title, this is more op-ed than "explaniation"

A SIGNIFICANT portion of information is missing in the very first Episode titled "Tattoo"

Africa is the birthplace of all civilization; however, the tattoo/scarification traditions to distinguish tribes wasn't mentioned within the first 15-20min. I fast-forwarded to see that the only pigmented male in episode 1 discussed his choice of tattoos while imprisoned.

Definitely now wasting anytime watching any more episodes. The information is readily available elsewhere. No thanks.

Not very factual in 60% of the "opinions". Clearly uber-left in many cases. The hard science episodes are good, but the Hillery one and the racial one are tripe. Maria Bello should be ashamed of it. I thought better of her.

"A documentary series that looks to explore the big questions of today."

More like a propaganda piece that seeks to paint the world with their own bias. Its your typical "right bad, left good" trash cobbled together by left wing media in order to push their agenda.

At least Soros payed them well.

Joe Posner and Ezra Klein are the writers/producers of this series. Ha! Biased much? Don't believe me check out their twitter and social media pages. The first 2 episodes weren't terrible. After the 3rd and 4th episodes I had to stop watching. Too many one sided political plugs & opinions. No thanks.

5/24/18. I like Vox's news coverage online, so obviously I had to check this new series out. Vox always tries to provide comprehensive all-sides coverage of the latest issues online. Vox continues its tradition by providing a balanced look at the biggest issues of today, in 18-minute segments, which isn't really long in today's world where anything more than 5 minutes is 4 minutes too long. I look forward to new episodes. You can at least develop a more well-rounded perspective on what's going on in the real world than just what's on your Facebook feed.

I love this show because it touches upon issues I either didn't know about or have never seriously thought about. I enjoyed seeing how K-pop came into being, and I had no idea that water scarcity is such a growing concern for our planet. As a black woman, I felt a bit vindicated seeing the racial wealth gap and the gender pay gap discussed seriously on TV, and I sincerely hoped that other viewers would look into those subjects more. I wasn't interested in cricket, and as a person with an English degree, I've heard quite enough about explanation points, so I yawned through those episodes. But that's the beauty of 'Explained'--each subject is different, and there is something for everyone. Some of them are fascinating and will grab your attention and have you clicking through a Google vortex for the rest of the night. Some of them will bore you, but the episodes are so short that you won't feel like you wasted your time (and you'll still probably learn a little something). Whether it's good or bad, you won't be able to wait to see what they cover next week.

I've seen a lot of other reviewers complain that this show a) is too biased, and b) attempts to condense too much information into 20 minutes, thereby making the information it shares too incomplete to be meaningful.

'Explained' is not a book or a full-length documentary. It's meant to provoke your interest in the subjects it covers, to give you a summary explanation of them, and to prompt you to become more engaged with your world and go out and learn more about it, not to magically give you years' worth of knowledge through televised osmosis. If you actually think that can be accomplished in 20 minutes, then the problem isn't the show; it's you. 'Explained' offers a brief perspective based on the statistics and facts available. Could its interpretations be seen as biased? Sure. But, again, I'm not sure what else you expect to gain from 20 minutes. They pick an angle, and they run with it. If you don't agree with that angle, at least you've been exposed to it. And what's more--you'll be introduced to something completely different next week, anyway! Hopefully, either way, you'll be motivated to learn more about these issues on your own time.

Watch 'Explained' to get a crash course in a variety of subjects, some of which you've likely never thought about before. Take the show with a grain of salt. And most importantly, don't expect it to replace the work of doing research for yourself.

Should you choose to watch this series, please do so with an open mind (but not so open that your brain falls out). This is one of the most biased one-sided ducumentary series made in the last 10 years. Scientific studies are non existent; 3/4 of the points are simply 'belief systems' and there is almost NO DATA to back up any of the ridiculous claims made. In my humble opinion, the entire planet would be better off without this series. I would be ashamed if any future life forms or civilisations look at these series and take them for actual reality... which it is certainly NOT! There's more available concrete evindence for Area 51 than presented in this 'docu-series'

This series is good enough to make you aware of some changes happening in the world right now, as well as some trends that begin to get noticed about. However, in certain themes, it feels biased.

It's a cool docuseries dealing with current topics affecting us as society. While it doesn't go deep into the subject, it brings a brief and interesting debate about each topic.

I've been watching this show for a while now, and I love it! Some reviewers have complained about the show's gaps in information and sometimes biased viewpoints, but if you really want an in depth and objective overview of a specific subject, just look it up. The internet is there to help you. If you want to get a quick understanding of lots of different topics, then this is a great show for you! It is extremely well put together and brings up some very interesting points to think about. I look forward to watching it every week!

I Absolutely Loved This Doc as It Explains the Modern Day Cricket Really Really well.. If You Want Explaination of Modern Day Cricket this is the Way To Go for You. I have Read a Reviewer Over that this Only Shows T20 Cricket and Not Test Cricket so let me tell you one thing...T20 Cricket is the Most Popular Format of Cricket Currently with 97% of Cricket fans Liking The Format and The Biggest Reason is It Last Only 3 hours and Provides Great Show of Skills , Athleticism & Entertainment...Whereas Test Cricket is a 5 Day Long Boring Sport & Is the Least Popular format In Cricket with only 57% Liking.. The Reviewer also Claimed that Test Cricket is Pinnacle and Etc etc...But NO... Test Cricket is Nearly Dead in South Asia , Carribean Nations , South Africa, Zimbabwe & New Zealand... The Stadiums are Empty And Very few Watch it on TV whereas T20 Cricket is on Its Rise with Jam Packed Stadiums And Extremely High Viewership.. The Indian T20 League Garnered 420 million viewers for the 2018 final... Test Cricket is Only Popular in England & A Lil Bit in Australia... And Due to the Oldies Obsession with Test Cricket the sport of Cricket is almost Dead in English Teens and Because of the The England Board is Coming up with New T20 Tournament.. That Reviewer was Just A Test Cricket fan and He just wanted his Fav. format to be there But the Real Story is very Different...T20 Cricket is the future as this is Format which is Gonna be played in 2028 Olympics.. Netflix and Vox have done a Great Job of Explaining Cricket as This Is 2018 and U don't want to Explain a Format of Colonial Period.. Anyways Great Doc and a Must Watch

If you're even semi familiar with any of the subjects that this show covers then don't expect to find any new information.

I like watching documentaries on Netflix and I really enjoyed this serie's of condensed episodes mixing more serious subjects with pop culture. Following the journalists while covering a story from start to finish. Translating a news article into film makes a story come to life much more than any carefully typed letters can. This is especially true for the episodes "Intersex" and "Mens Rights", with some powerful scenes and good journalism ond display.

Tight, well edited, with ease and warmth! I hope to see much more of this kind of serie on my screen this winter.

I was surprised that this show had some bad ratings but then it hit me that it is because some people are big mad about the first episode: "Racial wage gap" lmao

Being available on Netflix, i had a feeling this was going to be another cringy documentary. Watched the exclamation point episode thinking this couldn't go political. They still managed to find a way to talk about how women are seen as b**** if they don't soften their writing with exclamation points... pathetic!!!

This is one of my favorite series on Netflix... I'm really glad they decided to produce this and i hope they stick with this...

Essentially, each episode is like a 20-minute factual dive into a topic of interest and in some cases, some intricacy... The content tends to be fun, informative, factual and concise....

I was surprised to see the low rating for such an awesome show... Then I saw what the problem was for the people... Most people were giving it a low rating owing to a perceived bias...

To this, I would like to quote a comedian who once said, "Reality has a well-known liberal bias"....

It's factual, so check it out for yourself... And in case you happen to be a fan of informative content, like the stuff produced by Neil Shubin, Carl Sagan or Neil deGrasse Tyson, I'm fairly certain you'll enjoy this...

The show is very biased to left wing ideas which isn't necessarily a bad thing if that's your preferred view on the world but it can be obviously omitting details and sides to the argument that wouldn't be consistent in their narrative. Regardless the show does educate on both important and just interesting issues and topics with good production and some scientific backing. Worth a watch if you don't mind it not being 100% objective.