Glad You Asked

Overview

YouTube Originals presents Vox’s Glad You Asked, an ensemble-led exploration of topics driven by our curiosity about the world around us. Producers Cleo Abram, Alex Clark, Joss Fong, and Christophe Haubursin share in their reporting as they discover why we cry, how the internet works, and if we'll ever survive on mars. Their intersecting journeys reveal unexpected answers.

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Episodes

Will We Survive Mars?

S01E01 Will We Survive Mars?

October 8, 2019 8.0 23 min
NASA says the first humans will set foot on Mars in the mid-2030’s. It will be the most dangerous mission any human has ever taken. Glad You Asked host Cleo Abram wants to know: What...
Why Do We Cry?

S01E02 Why Do We Cry?

October 8, 2019 7.0 20 min
Glad You Asked host Joss Fong has been fascinated by crying her entire life. She’s even kept a spreadsheet of every time she cries to figure out what patterns lie in the triggers. This episode...

S01E03 What Happens When We Die?

October 8, 2019 6.0 20 min
Death has changed dramatically in the last century. From the changing definition of death to near death experiences, Alex Clark embarks to answer arguably humanity’s biggest question: What happens when we die? While looking into...

S01E04 Why Do Memes Matter?

October 8, 2019 7.0 19 min
Memes are the language of the internet. At some point in the last decade, they became the secret ingredient for advertising, political messaging, and disinformation all across the world. Glad You Asked host Christophe Haubursin...

S01E05 Why Spend Money In Video Games?

October 8, 2019 6.0 15 min
Glad You Asked host Alex Clark has been a gamer for most of his life. And in all his years of playing, he's spent a great deal of money buying and selling virtual items in...

S01E06 Is It Wrong To Fly?

January 8, 2020 21 min
Air travel is a quintessential product of the fossil fuel era: It’s both highly convenient and difficult to replace with alternatives. Now as the impacts of climate change are becoming more urgent, a growing “flight...

S01E07 Is Beauty Culture Hurting Us?

January 8, 2020 8.0 20 min
The internet has transformed beauty culture from an exclusive domain of models and magazines to the broad, accessible world of social media. In recent years, research shows that more and more women are saying that...

S01E08 Why Are We So Lonely?

January 8, 2020 7.0 21 min
We often make assumptions about the things that make us lonely. But research shows that the amount of time you spend with other people, and the quality of our social skills don't really make a...

S01E09 How Does the Internet Work?

January 8, 2020 7.0 20 min
For most of us, the internet is virtual, made of Instagram posts, emails and YouTube videos. And, access to the vital utility isn’t guaranteed across the world. Glad You Asked host Cleo Abram wants to...

S01E10 Should We Be Worried About GMOs?

January 8, 2020 8.0 20 min
At the current rate, we'll have to grow as much food in the next 30 years as we have in all of human history. And many experts argue that to do that, we’ll have to...

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