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  • The Mind, Explained (2019–2021)
  • TV-14
    TV Series | 20 min | Documentary
The Mind, Explained (2019–2021)
TV-14
TV Series | 20 min | Documentary

Ever wonder what's happening inside your head? From dreaming to anxiety disorders, discover how your brain works with this illuminating series.
Seasons
2   |   1   See all
Director
Producers
Adam Cole (producer) | Ora Dekornfeld (producer) | Tanya Lukyanova (producer)
Cinematographers
Cory Popp | Luke De La Nougerede (director of photography)
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Updated Sep 12, 2019

Release date (First episode)
Sep 12, 2019 (United States)

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Cast

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91 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Emma Stone
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
5
Julianne Moore
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
4
Heather Berlin
Self - Neuroscientist Self - Neuroscientist   See fewer
2
Faith Jones
Self - The Improv Project Player Self - The Improv Project Player   See fewer
2
Jewel Jordan
Self - The Improv Project Player Self - The Improv Project Player   See fewer
2
Tina Fey
Self - NBC Evening News (archive footage) Self - NBC Evening News (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ben Schwartz
Self - Actor (archive footage) Self - Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Thomas Middleditch
Self - Actor (archive footage) Self - Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Stephen Colbert
Self - Host, Late Show with Stephen Colbert (archive footage) Self - Host, Late Show with Stephen Colbert (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Donald Trump
Self - 45th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 45th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Jon Stewart
Self - Guest, Late Show with Stephen Colbert (archive footage) Self - Guest, Late Show with Stephen Colbert (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Patricia Hearst
Self - Member of Symbionese Liberation Army (archive footage) Self - Member of Symbionese Liberation Army (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Charles Darwin
Self - Author, The Origin of Species (archive footage) Self - Author, The Origin of Species (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Tucker Carlson
Self - Host, Tucker Carlson Tonight (archive footage) Self - Host, Tucker Carlson Tonight (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Geraldo Rivera
Self - Host, Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground (archive footage) Self - Host, Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Led Zeppelin
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Jimmy Page
Self - Led Zeppelin (archive footage) Self - Led Zeppelin (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Talking Heads
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Albert Einstein
Self - Theoretical Physicist (archive footage) Self - Theoretical Physicist (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Chuck Berry
Self - Musician (archive footage) Self - Musician (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ana Kasparian
Self - Host, The Young Turks (archive footage) Self - Host, The Young Turks (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Brian Eno
Self - Musician / Self - Producer (archive footage) Self - Musician / Self - Producer (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Malcolm X
Self - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ken Kesey
Self - Author (archive footage) Self - Author (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Cenk Uygur
Self - Host, The Young Turks (archive footage) Self - Host, The Young Turks (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Allen Ginsberg
Self - Poet (archive footage) Self - Poet (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Pablo Picasso
Self - Artist (archive footage) Self - Artist (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Søren Kierkegaard
Self - Philosopher (archive footage) Self - Philosopher (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Kate Snow
Self - MSNBC Reporter (archive footage) Self - MSNBC Reporter (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Joe Schimmel
Self - Host, Rock n Roll Sorcerers of the New Age Revolution (archive footage) Self - Host, Rock n Roll Sorcerers of the New Age Revolution (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Robert Hunter
Self - Musician (archive footage) Self - Musician (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Scott Morrison
Self - Australian Prime Minister (archive footage) Self - Australian Prime Minister (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Conrad Schumann
Self - East German Border Guard (archive footage) (as Hans Conrad Schumann) Self - East German Border Guard (archive footage) (as Hans Conrad Schumann)   See fewer
1
Elizabeth Eckford
Self - Member of 'Little Rock Nine' (archive footage) Self - Member of 'Little Rock Nine' (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Unknown Tank Man
Self - Tiananmen Square Protester (archive footage) (as Allegedly Wang Weilin) Self - Tiananmen Square Protester (archive footage) (as Allegedly Wang Weilin)   See fewer
1
Hugo Gernsback
Self - Inventor & Science Fiction Pioneer (archive footage) Self - Inventor & Science Fiction Pioneer (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Jonah Goldberg
Self - Columnist (archive footage) Self - Columnist (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Sandi Gallant
Self - Police Intelligence Officer (archive footage) Self - Police Intelligence Officer (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Velma Orlikow
Self - MK-ULTRA Victim (archive footage) (as Val Orlikow) Self - MK-ULTRA Victim (archive footage) (as Val Orlikow)   See fewer
1
Portia Howe
Self - Mother of Korean War P.O.W. (archive footage) Self - Mother of Korean War P.O.W. (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Chloe Neely
Self - QAnon Supporter (archive footage) Self - QAnon Supporter (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Hugo Ball
Self - Poet (archive footage) Self - Poet (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Self - Buddhist Monk Self - Buddhist Monk   See fewer
1
Ali Mattu
Self - Psychologist Self - Psychologist   See fewer
1
Octavian Mihai
Self - Psychedelic User Self - Psychedelic User   See fewer
1
Robert Stickgold
Self - Neuroscientist Self - Neuroscientist   See fewer
1
Melanie Mignucci
Self - Memory Subject Self - Memory Subject   See fewer
1
David Byrne
Self - Musician Self - Musician   See fewer
1
Greta Thunberg
Self - Most Likely to Piss Off a World Leader Self - Most Likely to Piss Off a World Leader   See fewer
1
Moran Cerf
Self - Former Hacker, Neuroscientist Self - Former Hacker, Neuroscientist   See fewer
1
Srini Pillay
Self - Psychiatrist Self - Psychiatrist   See fewer
1
Michael Pollan
Self - Author, How to Change Your Mind Self - Author, How to Change Your Mind   See fewer
1
Robert Sapolsky
Self - Neuroscientist Self - Neuroscientist   See fewer
1
Elizabeth Phelps
Self - Neuroscientist Self - Neuroscientist   See fewer
1
Richard Davidson
Self - Neuroscientist Self - Neuroscientist   See fewer
1
Gina Poe
Self - Neuroscientist Self - Neuroscientist   See fewer
1
Sohini Alim
Self - Most Likely to Win a Nobel Prize Self - Most Likely to Win a Nobel Prize   See fewer
1
Robert Jay Lifton
Self - Psychiatrist, Author, Thought Reform Self - Psychiatrist, Author, Thought Reform   See fewer
1
Cal Newport
Self - Former Science Professor Self - Former Science Professor   See fewer
1
Maria Bamford
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
1
Mike Birbiglia
Self - Comedian (archive footage) Self - Comedian (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Yanjaa Wintersoul
Self - Memory Champion Self - Memory Champion   See fewer
1
Bhante Saranapala
Self - Buddhist Monk Self - Buddhist Monk   See fewer
1
Arthur King
Self - LSD Trial Subject (archive footage) Self - LSD Trial Subject (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Nick Shirley
Self - Biggest Prankster Self - Biggest Prankster   See fewer
1
Nafees Hamid
Self - Cognitive Scientist Self - Cognitive Scientist   See fewer
1
Casey Schwartz
Self - Author, Attention: A Love Story Self - Author, Attention: A Love Story   See fewer
1
Brenda Milner
Self - Scientist (archive footage) (voice) Self - Scientist (archive footage) (voice)   See fewer
1
Allison McCarthy
Self - Lucid Dreamer Self - Lucid Dreamer   See fewer
1
Peg McGinnis
Self - LSD Trial Subject (archive footage) Self - LSD Trial Subject (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Jerry Cintron
Self - Prison Inmate Self - Prison Inmate   See fewer
1
Willard Wigan
Self - Microsculptor Self - Microsculptor   See fewer
1
Shannon Foley Martinez
Self - Former Neo-Nazi Self - Former Neo-Nazi   See fewer
1
Marc Benioff
Self - CEO, Salesforce (archive footage) Self - CEO, Salesforce (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Henry Molaison
Self - Memory Subject (archive footage) (voice) Self - Memory Subject (archive footage) (voice)   See fewer
1
Albert Kurland
Self - Director of Research, Spring Grove (archive footage) Self - Director of Research, Spring Grove (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Simone Giertz
Self - Inventor Self - Inventor   See fewer
1
Melissa Rein Lively
Self - Former QAnon Supporter Self - Former QAnon Supporter   See fewer
1
Jon Kabat Zinn
Self - UMASS Medical Center (archive footage) Self - UMASS Medical Center (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Donna Addis
Self - Neuroscientist (as Donna Rose Addis) Self - Neuroscientist (as Donna Rose Addis)   See fewer
1
Stanley F. Yolles
Self - Director, National Institute of Mental Health (archive footage) Self - Director, National Institute of Mental Health (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Desmond Napoles
Self - Best Dressed Self - Best Dressed   See fewer
1
The Dalai Lama
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Jennifer Thompson
Self - Attack Victim (archive footage) Self - Attack Victim (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Roland Griffiths
Self - Professor, Johns Hopkins University Self - Professor, Johns Hopkins University   See fewer
1
Timothy Leary
Self - Psychologist (archive footage) Self - Psychologist (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ronald Cotton
Self - Victim of False Rape Accusation (archive footage) Self - Victim of False Rape Accusation (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Duc Quang
Self (as Thich Quang Duc) (archive footage) Self (as Thich Quang Duc) (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Mary P. Cosimano
Self - John Hopkins Researcher & Guide Self - John Hopkins Researcher & Guide   See fewer
1
Albert Hofmann
Self - Inventor of LSD (archive footage) (as Albert Hoffman) Self - Inventor of LSD (archive footage) (as Albert Hoffman)   See fewer
1
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