YouTube Originals Announces Next Installment of Vox and Vox Media Studios’ Series ‘Glad You Asked’

YouTube Originals today revealed the official trailer for the next installment of season two episodes for the Emmy-nominated series “Glad You Asked.” The episodic series from Vox and Vox Media Studios will premiere five new topical episodes examining the intersection between health and social issues more broadly, for free weekly beginning Wednesday, July 28th on the Vox YouTube channel. YouTube Premium subscribers will have access to all five episodes on July 28th.

“Glad You Asked” is an ensemble-led exploration of topics driven by our curiosity about the world around us. Using Vox’s signature explainer format, the next five episodes for season two examine a broad range of timely topics such as, Do I want kids?, Why can’t we sleep?, Is city noise making us sick?, Is therapy for everyone?, and How should doctors consider race?. Season two’s hosts Fabiola Cineas, Lee Adams, Cleo Abram, Joss Fong and Christophe Haubursin are back with the world’s foremost experts to offer an experiential journey that will empower audiences to better understand their world while demonstrating various social experiments.

The first five episodes of season two, which premiered earlier this year, investigated questions around racial justice and the impact of systemic racism in our communities and daily lives. Topics including implicit bias, how our neighborhoods determine our futures, race and A.I., education inequity and the impact of racism on our bodies, were all analyzed by the five hosts and experts. Season two, episodes one through five can be viewed on the Vox YouTube channel.

“Glad You Asked” is executive produced by Joie Jacoby, Emily Anderson, Joe Posner, Chad Mumm and Mark W. Olsen for Vox and Vox Media Studios. Dana J. Olkkonen and Mona Lalwani are co-executive producers for Vox and Vox Media Studios. The series is produced by Vox Media Studios and YouTube. Susanne Daniels is Global Head of Original Content for YouTube. Nadine Zylstra, Head of Family, Learning and Impact for YouTube Originals, and Zoe Di Stefano and Amina Wilson, Development Executives for YouTube Originals, oversee the project for the global platform.

About Christophe Haubursin:

Christophe Haubursin is a Brooklyn-based senior video producer at Vox.com. Before hosting and producing Vox’s Emmy-nominated YouTube Original series “Glad You Asked,” he was a producer on Vox’s Netflix show “Explained” and created the series “By Design” on Vox’s YouTube channel. Born and raised in the Bay Area, he studied journalism and political science at Northwestern University.

About Cleo Abram:

Cleo Abram is an Emmy-nominated host and video producer at Vox. Before “Glad You Asked,” Cleo was a producer on Vox’s Netflix show, “Explained.” She was also the host and a senior producer on Vox’s first ever daily show, “Answered.” In her stories, Cleo decodes complex topics in technology, culture, and economics, revealing how underlying systems work to help people better understand and find wonder in the world around them. For fun, you can find Cleo on TikTok, where she answers tech questions, or on YouTube, where she makes a personal vlog series called “Hey Kid” for her future kid(s?). She was born in Washington DC, and received her BA from Columbia University.

About Joss Fong:

Joss Fong is a senior video producer and one of the founding members of the video team at Vox.com. She’s been making Vox videos and helping to shape Vox’s approach to video journalism since June 2014. She has a master’s degree in science journalism from NYU and won a AAAS Kavli Science Journalism award for an episode she produced about gene editing for Vox’s Netflix show “Explained.” in addition to hosting and producing “Glad You Asked,” she’s worked on “Vox Observatory,” “Shift Change,” and “False Positive,” a 3-part documentary about flawed forensic science. She’s originally from Arizona and now resides in New York City.

About Lee Adams:

Born and raised in Virginia, Lee Adams is a Brooklyn based documentary filmmaker and journalist. He is currently a Host and Producer on Vox’s “Glad You Asked” YouTube Originals series, along with the VICE documentary series “Minority Reports.” In addition, he is also the creator and host of “Let Lee Explain,” a bi-weekly digital explainer series averaging 250K views an episode on both YouTube and IGTV. His work behind the camera includes, producing and directing the Emmy-nominated VICELAND series “Weediquette,” the award winning sports docu-series “Red Cards,” along with films at the Tribeca and Venice International Film Festivals.

About Fabiola Cineas:

Fabiola Cineas is a staff writer at Vox.com where she covers race, politics & policy, and culture and is a host of Vox’s Emmy-nominated YouTube Original series “Glad You Asked.” Cineas was previously a senior editor at Philadelphia magazine, where she led the publication’s coverage of the city’s innovation scene. She regularly interviewed CEOs through her monthly live event series Secrets From the C-Suite. Before covering the local economy, she covered education in Philadelphia and in her hometown of New York City. And before launching her career in journalism, she taught seventh-graders in Camden, New Jersey through Teach for America. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Dickinson College.

About YouTube Originals:

YouTube Originals are award-winning, creative and engaging scripted and unscripted series and films across music, personalities, and learning for fans all over the world. Spotlighting both YouTube creators alongside Hollywood’s biggest stars, YouTube Originals provide an experience that only YouTube can offer. By tapping into the platform’s growing global community, fan engagement product capabilities, and innovative content mixed with pioneering live-streamed specials, there is truly something for everybody. Fans experience YouTube Original content through ad-supported YouTube as well as YouTube Premium, a subscription service that offers access to YouTube Original series and movies, a streaming music platform, and an uninterrupted, ad-free experience across all of YouTube. YouTube Originals are available in nearly 80 countries worldwide.

About Vox:

Vox: Understand the News

Vox, the news network from Vox Media, explains the news. Vox goes deeper into the stories defining the world today, empowering our audience with the context they need to understand what matters, and why. Vox is home to influential verticals including Recode, The Goods, Future Perfect, and The Highlight; a robust podcast network of shows including Today, Explained, The Weeds,Primetime, Recode Decode, Recode Media, Pivot and more; as well as award-winning video production including the Vox Video Lab on YouTube and Explained on Netflix.

About Vox Media Studios:

Vox Media Studios is one of the leading independent studios producing premium non-fiction and scripted programming for television, OTT, podcasts, films, and brand partners. Vox Media Studios is an Emmy-nominated full-service production studio that works both independently and in partnership with Vox Media’s category-leading editorial networks—Curbed, The Cut, Eater, Grub Street, Intelligencer, New York Magazine, Polygon, Recode, SB Nation, The Strategist, The Verge, Vox, and Vulture—to extend the company’s storytelling capabilities to the most relevant modern platforms including Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV+, YouTube Originals, HBO, and CNN. Vox Media Studios is also home to the award-winning Vox Media Podcast Network and the Academy Award winning storytelling powerhouse, Epic.

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