Explained (2018) | Full Cast

Joe Posner

WRITER

Joss Fong

WRITER

Claire Gordon

WRITER

Ezra Klein

WRITER

Estelle Caswell

Self - Narrator

Samira Wiley

Self - Narrator

Maria Bello

Self - Narrator

Rachel McAdams

Self - Narrator

Kristen Bell

Self - Narrator

Christian Slater

Self - Narrator

Rachel Bloom

Self - Narrator

Kyle MacLachlan

Self - Narrator

Kevin Smith

Self - Narrator

Nick Kroll

Self - Narrator

Yara Shahidi

Self - Narrator

LeVar Burton

Self - Narrator

Aasif Mandvi

Self - Narrator

Carly Rae Jepsen

Self - Narrator

Jerry Springer

Self - Narrator

Joss Fong

Self - Narrator

Coleman Lowndes

Self - Narrator

Natasha Lyonne

Self - Narrator

J.K. Simmons

Self - Narrator

Hilary Swank

Self - Narrator

LaKeith Stanfield

Self - Narrator

Aya Cash

Self - Narrator

Maggie Siff

Self - Narrator

Vincent Kartheiser

Self - Narrator

John Waters

Self - Narrator

Karlie Kloss

Self - Narrator

Cleo Constantine Abram

Self - Narrator

Jake Gyllenhaal

Self - Narrator

Ethan Hawke

Self - Narrator

Connie Britton

Self - Narrator

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Self - Narrator

Sophie Okonedo

Self - Narrator

Rosario Dawson

Self - Narrator

Keri Russell

Self - Narrator

Keke Palmer

Self - Narrator

Ruth Negga

Self - Narrator

Kim Cattrall

Self - Narrator

Rainn Wilson

Self - Narrator

Hector Elizondo

Self - Narrator

Kelly Rowland

Self - Narrator

Stephen Fry

Self - Actor

Michael Pollan

Self - Author, The Botany of Desire

Dan Savage

Self - Relationship Advice Columnist

Ezekiel Emanuel

Self - Professor of Medical Ethics

Chani Nicholas

Self - Astrologer

Christopher Gardner

Self - Lead Researcher, Stanford Dietfits Study

Lars Krutak

Self - Tattoo Anthropologist

Amina Mohammed

Self - Deputy Secretary General, United Nations

Heidi Kitrosser

Self - Law Professor

Neville Sanjana

Self - Biologist

Mehrsa Baradaran

Self - Author

Elizabeth Margulis

Self - Music Cognition Researcher

Jackson Palmer

Self - Inventor of Dogecoin

Lynn Stout

Self - Corporate Law Professor

Barry Komisaruk

Self - Behavioral Neuroscientist

Gyu Tag Lee

Self - K-Pop Expert

Valentine Rugwabiza

Self - Rwandan Ambassador to the UN

Eric Weiskott

Self - Professor, Medieval English Literature

Kate Hudson

Self - Founder, Fabletics

Catherine Oxenberg

Self - Mother of NXIVM Cult Member

Mark Cuban

Self - Billionaire Entrepreneur

Bill Gates

Self - Gates Foundation, Co-Chair

Zaynep Tufekci

Self - Sociologist

Frans de Waal

Self - Primatologist

Karen Smit

Self - Geochemist

Steve Price

Self - Domino Artist

Paul Rozin

Self - Food Psychologist

Lauren Benton

Self - Historian

Hikaru Nakamura

Self - Grandmaster, Streamer

Clive D.L. Wynne

Self - Author, Dog is Love

Darria Long

Self - Creator, SugarFIX

Katharine Hayhoe

Self - Climate Scientist

Tania Rosario

Self - Executive Director, Taller Salud

Tommy Chong

Self - America's Sweetheart of Cannabis

Hillary Clinton

Self - Former Secretary of State

W. Kamau Bell

Self - Comedian

Cory Booker

Self - U.S. Senator

Remy Kassimir

Self - Comedian

Seth Shostak

Self - Astronomer

Robert Shiller

Self - Nobel Prize Winning Economist

Geoff Nunberg

Self - Linguist

Joan Richards

Self - Science Historian

Jarrod Kimber

Self - Journalist, ESPN

Nir Barzilai

Self - Aging Researcher

Primary

Self - Record Producer

Jennifer Doudna

Self - CRISPR Pioneer

Stephanie Coontz

Self - Author, Marriage, a History

Lana Swartz

Self - Researcher, Money and Communication

Betsy Otto

Self - Water Resources Analyst

Jeanne Nicholas

Self - Low-Carb Diet Participant