Cleo Abram

Video journalist making optimistic science and tech explainers. HUGE* If True. Watch:

[Cleo Abram @cleoabram]

Big professional news: After 5 years at Vox, I’m going independent!

I’m launching my own show on YouTube + TikTok. Journalistically rigorous, genuinely optimistic explainers about tech that could change our future.

Introducing… Huge If True 🧵 https://t.co/VwlyXx0UgW

[Cleo Abram @cleoabram]

This factory is breeding mosquitos. 100 million of them every week!

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We are trying to go faster than ever before on the moon.

There was a competition to build the next truck to drive on the lunar surface and this one was one of two winners.

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What if I just dug a really deep hole?

That’s what the USSR did right here. It’s 7.6 miles or 12.2 kilometers deep, making it deeper than the deepest part of the ocean and deeper than Mt. Everest is tall.

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The secret sensor hidden inside World Cup ball.

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It took thirteen missions to get the only color photographs of Venus’s surface…

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Scientists moved the South Pole. Here’s why and when it will happen again.

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What would happen if the moon… exploded?

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On the border between France and Switzerland is the biggest science experiment ever built.

Deep underground are long pipes where they they fire particles smaller than atoms
in opposite directions… speeding them up to nearly the speed of light until they smash together.

But how do they get such tiny particles to actually hit each other?

[Cleo Abram @cleoabram]

It was such a joy to talk about HUGE* and the future of TV with other creators I admire so much at our FYC event!

We're excited to be considered for Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series in the 78th Annual Primetime #Emmy Awards.

[Cleo Abram @cleoabram]

For your consideration, HUGE* If True! We’re honored to be considered for Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series in the 78th Annual Primetime #Emmy Awards.

HUGE* If True is optimistic, cinematic science and tech journalism. We make this show because we believe that when people see better futures, they help build them. We make it on YouTube. I’m so proud of our show, our team, and can’t wait for all that’s ahead. We’re just getting started.

[Cleo Abram @cleoabram]

What would happen if the Earth was actually flat?

[Neal Mohan @nealmohan]

Today, @YouTubeCreators like Brittany Broski, @cleoabram, @Jshap_bar and Kareem Rahma (@SubwayTakes) operate just like major studios, except they have a direct line to their fans. Our multi-title FYC event put their craftsmanship on full display as they take their rightful place in the Primetime Emmy conversation.

[Cleo Abram @cleoabram]

NASA just announced the astronauts going on the Artemis III mission.

[The Ankler @TheAnkler]

Last week, @kateyrich joined creators behind four Emmy-submitted YouTube series: @cleoabram’s ‘HUGE* If True,’ Brittany Broski’s @BBRoyalCourt,’ Kareem Rahma’s @SubwayTakes and @Jshap_bar’s @celebsubstitute.

See more - https://t.co/jPOoGlzYKs

[The Ankler @TheAnkler]

When @cleoabram wanted to launch ‘Huge If True’, she could've pitched it to a more traditional media outlet.

But Abram tells Katey Rich the factors that drew her to YouTube in the first place are what have allowed her show to thrive - https://t.co/W87uSuR4eN

[The Ankler @TheAnkler]

The Ankler's @janicemin and @kateyrich joined creators for an FYC event for four Emmy-submitted YouTube series: @cleoabram’s ‘HUGE* If True,’ Brittany Broski’s @BBRoyalCourt,’ Kareem Rahma’s @SubwayTakes and Julian Shapiro-Barnum’s @celebsubstitute.

[Neal Mohan @nealmohan]

@YouTubeCreators like @cleoabram, @MichelleKhare, @Jshap_bar and Kareem Rahma (@SubwayTakes) are producing today’s must-see TV and shaping modern culture. Proud to see them in the spotlight as they head into Primetime Emmy consideration.

[Cleo Abram @cleoabram]

Most people don’t understand how old diamonds really are…

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NASA just tested its new supersonic plane, and this is how it works.

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Why can’t a robot just click “I’m not a robot”?