A video blog for curious people
Complicated stuff, explained way too simply.
One big subject at a time, boiled down to a single sentence and a short video. Then we tell you exactly what we left out.
MoneyInflation, explained simply“When there’s more money chasing the same amount of stuff, each dollar buys a little less.”The one-sentence versions
Every episode starts with the whole idea in a single line. If that’s all you needed, you’re done.
- MoneyInflationWhen there’s more money chasing the same amount of stuff, each dollar buys a little less.
- MoneyThe stock marketA share is a tiny slice of a company, and the stock market is just a very busy place for swapping slices.
- ScienceBlack holesA black hole is so much stuff squeezed into so little space that nothing that falls in, not even light, can climb back out.
- ScienceThe greenhouse effectSome gases act like a blanket around the Earth: sunlight gets in easily, but the heat finds it harder to get back out.
- TechnologyHow the internet worksEverything you send gets chopped into tiny numbered parcels, passed hand to hand between computers, and glued back together at the other end.
- The BodyHow vaccines workA vaccine shows your immune system a harmless “wanted poster” of a germ, so it knows what to fight before the real thing turns up.
How every episode works
Same four parts, every time, so you always know where you are.
- 1
One big subject
Something you keep hearing about and nodding along to. Inflation. Black holes. The internet.
- 2
One sentence
The whole idea in a single line, right at the top. Stop there if you like.
- 3
One short video
A few minutes of drawings that turn the sentence into a picture you’ll remember.
- 4
What we left out
The honest part. Every shortcut we took, so you know where the real story goes next.
Pick a topic
- MoneyWhere it comes from, why it shrinks, and what everyone on the news is shouting about.2 episodes
- ScienceThe universe, the weather and the rest of it, with most of the maths taken out.2 episodes
- TechnologyThe machines you use every day, and what they’re actually doing in there.1 episode
- The BodyThe squishy machine you live in, and how it keeps itself running.1 episode
One complicated thing a week, made simple.
The newest episode by email, with the one-sentence version at the top.