With President Trump’s renewed promise to make public all files related to the JFK assassination, our producer Alex followed up with investigative journalist and author Jefferson Morley to find out if the world will finally find out who killed John F. Kennedy.
2025-02-24 20:14:29 +0000 UTC View Post
From the Story Producer:
Our latest video explores the rising tensions in the South China Sea and the competing claims over these vital waters. We dug deep into why China and its neighbors are so invested in this territory, uncovering the historical narratives and geopolitical motivations that fuel this conflict. It's not just about land—it’s about control, resources, and power on the global stage.
Tell us what you think!
As always, you can ...
2025-02-20 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all - this month's script is from our video, Every CIA Prison Mapped. Hope you enjoy!
2025-02-10 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy New Year! Here's a behind the scenes look at our month of January at our studio.
2025-01-30 18:24:04 +0000 UTC View Post
From the Story Producer:
We were really excited to speak with Shashank Joshi of the Economist for this video. He’s one of the foremost thinkers writing about how AI is changing the world and the future of war and we couldn’t have done this piece without him.
Make sure to check out these articles from The Economist for more on AI Warfare:
AI Will Transform the Character of Warfare: 2025-01-30 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all - this month's script is from our video, How Humans Invented Nationalism. Hope you enjoy!
2025-01-13 20:30:58 +0000 UTC View Post
As promised, here's the December BTS vlog — enjoy!
2025-01-07 19:30:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends! We got a bit busy at the end of the year with all of the projects we were working on, so we're posting both the November and December BTS vlogs now. Get ready for a double feature!
2025-01-07 19:29:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends -
We’re very excited to share this documentary with you all — we’ve been working on it for months. The story of the Bedouin is really interesting and worth learning about, and we hope you find it just as compelling as we did.
Even more exciting - we also did a collab with Christophe Haubursin on a Tunnel Vision episode about how Saudi Arabia is turning its deserts into massive farms. Make sure to check it out as well!
Hope you enjoy our final video of 2024 ...
2024-12-18 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
From the Story Producer:
2024-12-12 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a video we’ve wanted to make for a long time and finally felt like it was time to tackle. If you want to know more about this CIA program, be sure to check out the excellent research at The Rendition Project, including their flights database, which was essential data in helping us make the maps in this video.
- Trevor
Hi friends -
We announced last week that we’re launching a new channel with my friend Christophe Haubursin!
It’s called Tunnel Vision and the first episode is LIVE NOW - you can watch it here. In this first episode, Christophe sets out to find out exactly what is going on with all these Whatsapp scammers.
Tunnel Vision will document Christophe's journey into uncoveri...
2024-12-04 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends -
In this video, we explore a series of 'AI Nightmare Scenarios' across six different fields and examine the efforts of legislators around the world working to prevent this dystopian future.
We hope you find it insightful.
~ Johnny
2024-11-27 13:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends -
While doomscrolling, I found a very weird map with the continents moved around. In the center, there was one massive continent labeled “Atlantis.” It opened the flood gates to conspiracy theories dating back to the late 1800s and still persistent today.
Atlantis was always fictional. Yet it somehow became the center of a religion. The heart of conspiracy theories today. And even the motivation behind an occult Nazi hunt, right before the onset of WWII.
Make...
2024-11-21 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi friends -
Another exciting drop for you today!
You said you wanted maps... we listened.
We've created a premium Atlantis Map Print showcasing William Scott Elliot's collection of maps tracing the legendary rise and fall of the lost civilization Atlantis. Made from scans of the...
2024-11-21 11:36:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends -
For most of history, borders were just lines showing who was in charge of a certain area, whether it was a lord or an emperor. People usually only felt connected to their own village or town. But at some point, things changed, and the idea of countries as unified nations was born. This shift completely reshaped the world we know today. And as a team that’s obsessed with maps and borders, this video was a blast to make. We’d love to hear what you think.
~ Johnny 2024-11-14 13:01:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends -
Wanted to give you all the first look and first dibs on our brand new World Map shirts, going live on sale tomorrow!We created this vintage-inspired shirt after we all got so jealous of the one Nick found at a garage sale and wore around the studio all the time. It features the infamous Mercator map projection, and comes in a super comfy white or tie dye option.
Get the white World Map Shirt: 2024-11-13 21:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a little behind the scenes look at what we were up to in the month of October!
2024-11-08 18:09:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends -
For this story we wanted to get beyond the rhetoric of Kamala Harris and assess her accomplishments. What we found is a savvy prosecutor and politician who has managed to walk a tightrope between progressive ideology and status quo institutions.
As always, you can check out all my sources for this video here.
Make sure y...
2024-10-28 12:08:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Even if you thought you knew everything about Trump, there always seems to be more to find out about. At least that’s how we felt working on this for the past few months. He has one of the biggest digital footprints of anyone we’ve reported on, which made this a challenging gold mine. We had to leave out quite a lot, but think we hit on some pretty big points. Let us know what you think!
2024-10-24 12:01:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Understanding the Lebanese Civil War and the rise of Hezbollah is so important to understanding the modern middle east and the current conflict in Gaza. We tried really hard to simplify the conflict while unpacking the grievances and motivations of Hezbollah, trying to understand what they really want and why.
2024-10-17 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends -
We learned a lot more about government accounting systems than we planned on for this piece. Turns out how much a government agency spends in a year depends a lot on who you ask, when you’re asking, and what definition of “spend” you’re using.
As always, check our sources document to understand some of the choices we mad...
2024-10-10 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends, this month's vlog features studio shenanigans and BTS of our upcoming video on Trump's life. Enjoy!
2024-10-03 14:18:34 +0000 UTC View Post
From the Story Producer:
We’ve got a new video for you today all about why we are so tired all time. We went deep on this one, talking to experts who not only study sleep but who are looking into how modernity is impacting various regions of the brain, and our research highlighted the tension between the amazing processes our brain has evolved to maintain our brain and the continuous stress modernity is placing on those systems.
If you want to learn more on...
2024-10-03 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A note from the Editor:
Editing a video is a fascinating and often terrifying experience. And that’s not because it requires us to sift through hours and hours of footage, dig through mountains of archive and procure visual evidence for everything we are trying to communicate in our stories - though that is true too, of course. The real challenge lies in the fundamental requirement of developing deep empathy for the people whose stories we tell and in honoring the l...
2024-09-26 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all -
We typically spend months to plan, research, write, edit, animate, and score each video we produce, but because this story was breaking news that we wanted to share with you all, we sprinted to pump this out in two weeks.
Johnny calls the team that worked on this video ‘Megazord’ (which is a Power Rangers reference), and there’s a pretty good chance we’ll do this sort of thing again.
We'd love to hear from you guys on what our Megazord team should take on n...
2024-09-12 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends, this month's vlog features deep dives from our team into the process behind one of our recent videos and how we edit shorts. Enjoy!
2024-09-09 16:37:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This track was originally made for the Vox series Borders. But it never got any air time until Johnny's recent publish about the Japanese Military. I was so happy to see it published. Now you can use it!
Please remeber to use the code below to avoid copyright issues. Enjoy! - Tom Fox
Code: Tom Fox - We Must Begin - Alternative Version (JHTNR9381)
2024-08-29 15:46:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends -
This is Part 2 of our series exploring the history of the LDS church. If you missed it, you can watch Part 1 here.
We’ve been working on it for quite some time, and it's been one of our most-requested follow up stories since. Thanks for pushing us to keep on this, it's been awesome to see how much interest there is in this one.
As you guys know, this topic is one t...
2024-08-22 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all - this month's script is from our video, The Country that History Forgot. Hope you enjoy!
2024-08-19 19:02:19 +0000 UTC View Post
From the Story Producer:
Submarines are a powerful, asymmetrical weapon coveted by many nations. A big challenge for this story was to figure out how many submarines, and what kind, each country has, especially secretive nations like North Korea. You can dive into our methodology by accessing the sources doc we compiled fo...
2024-08-08 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post