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Why Do We Get Grades in School?

Why Do We Get Grades in School?

Season 1 Episode 9
7:45
How Your Rubber Ducky Explains Colonialism

How Your Rubber Ducky Explains Colonialism

Season 1 Episode 10
6:49
Why Do Women Give Birth Lying Down?

Why Do Women Give Birth Lying Down?

Season 1 Episode 11
7:28
Where does the Nuclear Family Come From?

Where does the Nuclear Family Come From?

Season 1 Episode 12
7:46
Why Do We Eat Artificial Flavors?

Why Do We Eat Artificial Flavors?

Season 1 Episode 13
7:42
Why Are There So Few Women in Computer Science?

Why Are There So Few Women in Computer Science?

Season 1 Episode 14
6:16
Why Does Santa Wear Red?

Why Does Santa Wear Red?

Season 1 Episode 15
6:17
How Did Martin Luther King Jr. Get a Holiday?

How Did Martin Luther King Jr. Get a Holiday?

Season 1 Episode 16
9:40
Why Do Kids Have Their Own Bedrooms?

Why Do Kids Have Their Own Bedrooms?

Season 1 Episode 17
7:49
Does the Rorschach Inkblot Test Work?

Does the Rorschach Inkblot Test Work?

Season 1 Episode 18
8:01
Why was Pink for Boys and Blue for Girls?

Why was Pink for Boys and Blue for Girls?

Season 1 Episode 19
9:03
Is the Rosa Parks Story True?

Is the Rosa Parks Story True?

Season 1 Episode 20
8:14
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Is Poisoned Halloween Candy a Myth?

Season 1 Episode 8

Is Poisoned Halloween Candy a Myth? Every year around Halloween, we hear the same concern: you gotta check the candy for poison because strangers put laxatives in Tootsie Rolls, Razor Blades in Apples and heroine in Snickers. But is this trick or treat dilemma an actual reality or just a clever way for your parents to steal your candy?
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Season 2 Episode 19
Why Do Students Have So Much Debt?
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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?
11:04
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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