The 2010s
The 2010s is a TV show on SBS ONE. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 6 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in April 2024.
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1:19:39The 2010s
A two-hour emotionally charged chronicle of the relentless events of 2020. Beginning with a presidential impeachment, the COVID-19 pandemic, widespread protests, and a turbulent federal election.
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39:54The 2010s was a turbulent decade of social and political upheaval, and people took to the streets in demonstrations of mass protest in numbers not seen since the 1960s. Some of the social movements that erupted were continuations of long-fought battles for racial justice, LGBTQ equality, wealth inequality, and gun violence...
39:55If the early promise of the internet was in connecting people across the globe, social media was the user-friendly fulfillment of that promise. Facebook and Twitter allowed people to connect with friends and find new ones with shared interests. Both became many peoples' main sources of news and information about the world....
39:54This episode revisits the phenomenon of both the Donald Trump candidacy and presidency. Trump bullied his way through the crowded field of candidates in the Republican Primary with a populist, anti-immigration message that America was changing for the worse, and he alone could fix it.
39:54It begins with President Barack Obama announcing to the world that Osama Bin Laden has been killed in a Special Operations raid in Pakistan. We examine why Obama is often called the 'Consoler In Chief,' revisiting moments when he responded to tragedy.
39:54Music in the 2010s underwent profound change, both technologically and sonically. The rise of streaming services like Spotify radically transformed the landscape, at once reviving a record industry that had been decimated by pirating services like Napster, while also introducing new economic incentives to artists that woul...