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Why Is There a Minimum Wage?

Why Is There a Minimum Wage?

Season 1 Episode 45
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Can Tattoos Be Taboo?

Can Tattoos Be Taboo?

Season 2 Episode 1
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How Did Makeup Ads Go From Style to Science?

How Did Makeup Ads Go From Style to Science?

Season 2 Episode 2
9:16
Why Do So Many Religions Have Headwear?

Why Do So Many Religions Have Headwear?

Season 2 Episode 3
10:49
How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?

How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?

Season 2 Episode 4
8:37
Why Does the Government Need to Know My Race?

Why Does the Government Need to Know My Race?

Season 2 Episode 5
9:42
Why Do We Drink Milk in School?

Why Do We Drink Milk in School?

Season 2 Episode 6
8:24
What is Cultural Appropriation?

What is Cultural Appropriation?

Season 2 Episode 7
9:38
Modern Warfare and Alien Invasions

Modern Warfare and Alien Invasions

Season 2 Episode 8
10:07
Why Do We Have Middle Names?

Why Do We Have Middle Names?

Season 2 Episode 9
5:49
Why Do TV Shows Use Laugh Tracks?

Why Do TV Shows Use Laugh Tracks?

Season 2 Episode 10
5:31
What is Ethnicity?

What is Ethnicity?

Season 2 Episode 11
9:18
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Origin of Everything

The Origin of Gender

Season 1 Episode 44

Why do we think there are only two genders? Because there are cultures that believe there are many more than two genders. And what’s the difference between sex and gender?
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Season 2 Episode 19
Why Do Students Have So Much Debt?
Going to college in America ain't cheap.
Why Does the Government Pay for Art?
10:39
Season 2 Episode 18
Why Does the Government Pay for Art?
Is art a public good?
Why Do We Have Private Prisons?
10:11
Season 2 Episode 17
Why Do We Have Private Prisons?
Why Do We Have Private Prisons?
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Season 2 Episode 16
Why Are We Obsessed with Cults?
What is it about cults that captures the public imagination?
Why Do Schools Teach Sex Education?
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Season 2 Episode 15
Why Do Schools Teach Sex Education?
Why are school teachers tasked with teaching students about sexual education?
Why Do We Have Hobbies?
9:06
Season 2 Episode 14
Why Do We Have Hobbies?
Why Do We Have Hobbies?
Why are Patriotic Songs All the Same?
12:36
Season 2 Episode 13
Why are Patriotic Songs All the Same?
Why do so many anthems and patriotic songs from across the globe sound the same?
What is Racial Passing?
10:06
Season 2 Episode 12
What is Racial Passing?
What motivates someone to disguise their race, gender, religion, etc.?
What is Ethnicity?
9:18
Season 2 Episode 11
What is Ethnicity?
What's the difference between race and ethnicity?
Why Do TV Shows Use Laugh Tracks?
5:31
Season 2 Episode 10
Why Do TV Shows Use Laugh Tracks?
The laugh track, otherwise known as the cringiest sound in modern television.
Why Do We Have Middle Names?
5:49
Season 2 Episode 9
Why Do We Have Middle Names?
Why Do We Have Middle Names?
Modern Warfare and Alien Invasions
10:07
Season 2 Episode 8
Modern Warfare and Alien Invasions
What really crashed down to Earth in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947?
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