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The origin of the ’80s aesthetic
- Published_at:2017-06-26
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
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- tags: vox.com vox explain design memphis memphis milano memphis group peter shire glenn adamson ettore sottsass 80s fashion furniture back to the future aesthetic
- description: The design phenomenon that defined the decade Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Read more about the Memphis Group: https://designmuseum.org/memphis...
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How fan films shaped The Lego Movie
- Published_at:2017-06-15
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
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- tags: vox.com vox explain lego movie fan films hollywood legos toy film animation explained lindsay fleay the magic portal journey to the moon En rejse til månen hassing 2014 lego batman brickfilm brickfilms jack stone
- description: The 2014 film was an animation feat — but it was built on the legacy of homemade fan movies. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When you watch installments of the Warner Bros. line of Lego movies, it's hard not to be struck by how...
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Why people keep watching the worst movie ever made
- Published_at:2017-06-14
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
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- tags: vox.com vox explain tommy wiseau tommy wisseau the room bad movies the worst movies campy movies greg sestero tom bissell midnight screenings midnight movies cult classics cult films oh hi mark lisa you're teaking me apart film movie movies cinema...
- description: Many people consider The Room to be the worst movie of all time. So why do thousands of people flock to midnight screenings of it every month? Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the...
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Why Norway is full of Teslas
- Published_at:2017-06-10
- Category:News & Politics
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- tags: vox.com vox explain Borders Johnny Harris Norway Oslo Tesla Sustainability Renewable Energy Electric Cars Scandinavia
- description: Oslo is the Tesla capital of the world. Follow Johnny for more photos and videos from his travels around the globe. Instagram: https://goo.gl/CduwlO Facebook: https://goo.gl/l0x5cA Subscribe to the Vox Borders newsletter for weekly updates:...
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What happens when you treat health care like a soap opera
- Published_at:2017-06-07
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
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- tags: vox.com vox explain media news criticism carlos maza strikethrough health care trumpcare obamacare congress politics republicans democrats repeal insurance health gop replace bill
- description: Cable news treated a major health care vote like an episode of House of Cards. That kind of coverage might make for entertaining television, but it badly warps the way viewers at home understand what's at stake in the fight over health care. ...
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Why underdogs do better in hockey than basketball
- Published_at:2017-06-05
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
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- tags: vox.com vox explain sports basketball hockey nba nhl baseball football mlb nfl michael mauboussin statistics luck random chance skill stats analytics sabermetrics observatory joss fong
- description: A statistical analysis of luck vs skill in sports. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Sources: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A07FR4W/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1...
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Why Japan has so many vending machines
- Published_at:2017-06-04
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
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- tags: vox.com vox explain Borders Johnny Harris Vending Machines automation robotics Japan Tokyo Macro Economics Supply and Demand labor market robots dispatch travel international
- description: What vending machines can teach you about this country Follow Johnny as he makes the new Vox series, "Borders" Instagram: https://goo.gl/CduwlO Facebook: https://goo.gl/l0x5cA I found a business card vending machines: https://youtu.be/Ogb7FyzQhbk ...
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Donald Trump is destroying his own presidency
- Published_at:2017-05-31
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
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- tags: vox.com vox explain Donald Trump Michael Flynn James Comey FBI Investigation Scandal scandals Special Counsel Special Prosecutor Russia Ezra Klein President Presidency Impeachment Jared Kushner Indepndent Prosecutor Jim Comey Rod Rosenstein
- description: The investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia is serious, but what’s imperiling Donald Trump’s presidency is, well, Donald Trump. Vox's editor-in-chief Ezra Klein explains. Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise...
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Want to save animal lives without going veg? Eat beef, not chicken.
- Published_at:2017-05-27
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
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- tags: vox.com vox explain vegan matt ball one step animal animal liberation peter singer anthony bourdain the simpsons vegetarians kfc peta chicken pigs beef diet animal welfare united states go vegan annoying vegans
- description: You don’t have to eat like a vegan to save animal lives. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO “Go vegan!” and “It’s not food, it’s violence!” are two rallying cries that animal welfare activists have been chanting for years. But for...
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Fox News’ 5 steps for handling a Trump scandal
- Published_at:2017-05-19
- Category:News & Politics
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- tags: vox.com vox explain carlos maza strikethrough coleman lowndes media criticism fox news fox and friends primetime news republicans president trump congress scandal russia comey leaks classified firing white house
- description: In a week full of Trump scandals, Fox News is teaching a masterclass in how to play defense for the president. Fox News has spent the week doing damage control for the Trump White House. Between Trump’s intelligence leak to the Russian ambassador and...
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The fight to rethink (and reinvent) nuclear power
- Published_at:2017-05-17
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
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- tags: vox.com vox explain nuclear nuclear energy nuclear power nuke nuclear pebbles clean energy green jobs climate change renewable power renewable clean power solar university of california climate lab climate science M. Sanjayan sanjayan
- description: New nuclear energy technology has come a long way - but can we get over our fears? This is the fifth episode of Climate Lab, a six-part series produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted by Emmy-nominated conservation...
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The surprising pattern behind color names around the world
- Published_at:2017-05-16
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
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- tags: vox.com vox explain color colors hierarchy linguistics terminology science explained berlin and kay brent berlin paul kay whr rivers homer odyssey william gladstone spectrum categories order language languages words anthropology hanunoo yele speech...
- description: Why so many languages invented words for colors in the same order. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In 1969, two Berkeley researchers, Paul Kay and Brent Berlin, published a book on a pretty groundbreaking idea: that every culture in...
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Why every American graduation plays the same song
- Published_at:2017-05-15
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
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- tags: vox.com vox explain vox almanac almanac phil edwards edward elgar elgar graduation commencement music pomp and circumstance graduation song song song history history britain south africa boer war musical edward vii queen victoria clockwork orange...
- description: We're all familiar with Pomp & Circumstance, the graduation song that's the official soundtrack of almost every commencement. But how did it get so big? In this episode of Vox's Almanac, Phil Edwards investigates and finds diamonds, war, and Dame...
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Why your old phones collect in a junk drawer of sadness
- Published_at:2017-05-03
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
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- tags: vox.com vox explain university of california uc climate lab science environment cellphones cell phones electronics recycling tech technology sustainability renewable energy climate change climate science global warming manufacturing
- description: Smartphones shouldn’t be so disposable. Could fixing the way we make our phones help solve climate change? This is the third episode of Climate Lab, a six-part series produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted by...
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How a melancholy egg yolk conquered Japan
- Published_at:2017-05-01
- Category:News & Politics
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- tags: vox.com vox explain gudetama sanrio hello kitty disney princess kawaii cute explainer japan ww2 japanese gloomy bear rilakkuma kirimichan aggretsuko snow white little mermaid lion king kawaii culture
- description: Gudetama, explained Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Read Alex's original article here: http://www.vox.com/2017/4/3/14685348/gudetama-sanrio-hello-kitty-explained When you think about the cuteness culture in Japan, the word...
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The North Korean nuclear threat, explained
- Published_at:2017-04-26
- Category:News & Politics
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- tags: vox.com vox explain north korea north korea kim kim jong un south korea japan trump nukes nuclear missile missile tests ussr us nuclear warhead korean war threat missle threat ICBM democratic people's republic of korea
- description: Why experts are urging Trump to act now while he still can. 4:25 - Clarification: the US has the largest arsenal of ICBMs, Russia has the largest arsenal of nuclear warheads as of April 1, 2017. https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/269651.pdf...
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Going green shouldn't be this hard
- Published_at:2017-04-26
- Category:News & Politics
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- tags: vox.com vox explain university of california climate lab climate change environment going green green energy recycle renewable energy conservation trash landfill
- description: Going green does not need to be a sacrifice, either for us as individuals or for businesses, governments and the economy. This is the second episode of Climate Lab, a six-part series produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox....
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Why Philadelphia has thousands of murals
- Published_at:2017-04-24
- Category:News & Politics
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- tags: vox.com vox explain jane golden mural arts philadelphia murals mural mural arts philadelphia philly history art culture vox almanac phil edwards painting keith haring shepard fairey meg saligman common threads philadelphia art public art philly murals...
- description: Philly has thousands of murals. How did it happen? In this episode of Vox Almanac, Phil Edwards finds out. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Philadelphia's mural arts program started in the 1980s as an anti-graffiti initiative under...
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Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change
- Published_at:2017-04-19
- Category:Shows
- Channel:Vox
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- tags: vox.com vox explain university of california environment climate change apathy psychology science earth day climate lab sustainability renewable energy UC conservation clean energy Dr. M. Sanjayan behavioral science climate global warming climate march
- description: The biggest problem for the climate change fight isn’t technology – it’s human psychology. This is the first episode of Climate Lab, a six-part series produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted by Emmy-nominated...
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The algorithm that could help end partisan gerrymandering
- Published_at:2017-04-10
- Category:News & Politics
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- tags: vox.com vox explain gerrymandering algorithm wendy tam cho yan liu partisan gerrymandering algorithm wendy cho algorithm redistricting rigged elections political data science geographic sorting seats votes curve symmetry standard partisan bias...
- description: We are living in the age of the algorithm. So why not apply data science to a decades old issue? Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO A full copy of Professor Cho's paper is available here:...
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Syria's war: Who is fighting and why [Updated]
- Published_at:2017-04-07
- Category:News & Politics
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- tags: vox.com vox explain who is fighting in syria syrian war syria war syria syrian civil war war in syria war syria syrian conflict groups in syria assad Bashar al-Assad isis kurds syrian rebels syrian war timeline syrian troops syrian protestors free...
- description: Watch how the Syrian civil war became the mess it is today. After four-plus years of fighting, Syria's war has killed at least hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions. And, though it started as a civil war, it's become much more than...
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Why Drake uses a Jamaican accent
- Published_at:2017-04-05
- Category:News & Politics
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- tags: vox.com vox explain Drake jamaican accent drake patois fake patois drake accent patois canadian jamaican OVO drake jamaican drake dancehall statistics canada one dance jamaican caribbean dancehall drake toronto dancehall drake toronto degrassi...
- description: Drake employs a Jamaican accent when it's convenient for him. So we investigated the origin of his patois. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Note: An earlier version of this video incorrectly stated that Boi-1da produced One Dance. It...
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Comedians have figured out the trick to covering Trump
- Published_at:2017-04-03
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
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- tags: vox.com vox explain carlos maza strikethrough media donald trump samantha bee stephen colbert seth meyers comedians satire news criticism coleman lowndes president ridiculous funny comedy late night
- description: While major news networks have struggled to figure out the right way to cover the Trump administration, political satirists like Samantha Bee, John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, and Seth Meyers have demonstrated why comedy can be such a powerful antidote...
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Why knights fought snails in medieval art
- Published_at:2017-03-29
- Category:News & Politics
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- tags: vox.com vox explain vox almanac almanac art art history medieval art middle ages medieval middles ages art snails knights knight snail history margins marginal art manuscripts illuminated manuscripts illuminated texts text illuminated medieval artists...
- description: Look in the margins of medieval books and you'll find an unusual theme: knights vs. snails. Vox's Phil Edwards investigated why in this episode of Vox Almanac... Lillian Randall's paper is here:...
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From spy to president: The rise of Vladimir Putin
- Published_at:2017-03-23
- Category:News & Politics
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- tags: vox.com vox explain russia vlad vladimir putin putin trump president spy USSR cold war KGB FSB kremlin Soviet union usa russia medvedev military ukraine georgia chechnya yeltsin boris yeltsin russian history cold war russian protests 2012 election nato
- description: Putin’s intent on pushing back against the Western world order... and it appears to be working. Sources: 2:42 "Russian Hell" https://archive.org/details/RussianHell_MPEG Further reading: Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia? By Karen Dawisha ...
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China's panda diplomacy, explained
- Published_at:2017-03-22
- Category:News & Politics
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- tags: vox.com vox explain pandas china panda diplomacy zoo trade deals bao bao bei bei tai shan tian tian mei xiang cub politics history national zoo chengdu diplomacy dalai lama malaysia scotland norway united states washington baby panda
- description: China's best diplomats are the ones that sit around and eat bamboo all day. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the...
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Bad typography has ruined more than just the Oscars
- Published_at:2017-03-21
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Vox
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- tags: vox.com vox explain design typography oscars oscar academy awards steve harvey warren beatty ben bannister benjamin medicine bottle prescription target cvs clear rx rx clear health explained news designer designed type font typeface readability...
- description: How bad design changed award shows, elections, and your medicine cabinet. The 2017 Oscars ended with a pretty shocking mix-up. Announcer Warren Beatty incorrectly named La La Land as the Best Picture winner, and the mistake wasn't revealed until crew...
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The economics of beard popularity in the US
- Published_at:2017-03-17
- Category:News & Politics
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- tags: vox.com vox explain beard beards economics facial hair mustaches mustache shaving shaved capitalism anarchy anarchists steven mihm cat beard cat beards dean peterson animation animated explainer stache stubble socialism socialist communism communist...
- description: We may have reached "peak beard". Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up...
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Meet the designer cats with wild blood
- Published_at:2017-03-13
- Category:News & Politics
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- tags: vox.com vox explain bengal cat bengal cats bengals toyger toygers toyger cat savannah cat f1 savannah f1 bengal hybrid cat hybrid cat species hybrid cat breeding hybrid cat breeds house cats designer house cats wild house cats hybrid domestic cats...
- description: Bengals, Savannahs, and Toygers, explained. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com...
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How to impeach a president
- Published_at:2017-03-10
- Category:News & Politics
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- tags: vox.com vox explain impeachment trump impeached impeachment explained watergate nixon clinton monica lewinsky paula jones politics how impeachment works house judiciary committee michael gerhardt impeach how to impeach trump trump impeachment trump...
- description: What we can learn from Reconstruction, Watergate, and the Clinton saga. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO [2:31] CORRECTION: A previous version of this video misstated the year of Andrew Johnson's impeachment. He was impeached in 1868,...
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