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The Mind, Explained
Your brain isn't broken. It's running old software. 20 minutes to understand why. 🧠
Who it's for
Short, animated explainers turn abstract psychology into concrete models, which can reduce the fear that comes from not understanding what is happening inside you.
Confused→Clear-Headed
Feelings it meets
What it is
The Mind, Explained is a Netflix documentary series produced by Vox Media, with Season 1 narrated by Emma Stone (2019) and Season 2 by Julianne Moore (2021). Each of its ten roughly 20-minute episodes uses interviews and animation to explain how the human mind works.
Where to find it
Netflix original. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Discussion of anxiety and drug use.
Age: TV-14 (suggested 12+)
Never be afraid of the moments—thus sings the voice of the everlasting.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 59
