explainer
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Co-directed with Nick Gibbons, the 2018 short takes the structure of a video-game explainer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Last week, the government’s own energy statisticians published an explainer on the term, because, at one of America’s most important oil hubs, prices now suggest the tanks may already be scraping bottom.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Barker wisely fashioned “Obsession” as a contemporary movie, taking inspiration from a “Simpsons” rerun and revamping it into something the socially conscious, explainer video-addicted YouTube audience might enjoy.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
Debut host Tina Fey, a former “SNL” star and head writer, started her monologue with a cheeky explainer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Science is the great explainer, but she explains relations and not the absolute foundations of phenomena.
From Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy by John Andreas Widtsoe
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