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Why Was Crossdressing Illegal?

Why Was Crossdressing Illegal?

Why Was Crossdressing Illegal?

Season 1 Episode 41

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Why Do We Eat Popcorn at The Movies?

Why Do We Eat Popcorn at The Movies?

Why Do We Eat Popcorn at The Movies?

Season 1 Episode 42

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Why Do People Have Pets?

Why Do People Have Pets?

Why Do People Have Pets?

Season 1 Episode 43

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The Origin of Gender

The Origin of Gender

The Origin of Gender

Season 1 Episode 44

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Why Is There a Minimum Wage?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

Why Do We Drink Milk in School?

Season 2 Episode 6

8:24

What is Cultural Appropriation?

What is Cultural Appropriation?

What is Cultural Appropriation?

Season 2 Episode 7

9:38

Origin of Everything

Six Historically True Facts about Money

Season 1 Episode 40

Money isn’t actually valuable. It’s just pieces of metal, pieces of paper, or more recently, computer code. So how did money come to be such a driving force of modern life?

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Why Do Students Have So Much Debt?

Why Do Students Have So Much Debt?

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?

Why Does the Government Pay for Art?

Season 2 Episode 18

Why Does the Government Pay for Art?

Is art a public good?

Why Do We Have Private Prisons?

Why Do We Have Private Prisons?

Season 2 Episode 17

Why Do We Have Private Prisons?

Why Do We Have Private Prisons?

Revolutionary 60s

Revolutionary 60s

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?

Why Do Schools Teach Sex Education?

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?

Why Do We Have Hobbies?

Season 2 Episode 14

Why Do We Have Hobbies?

Why Do We Have Hobbies?

Why are Patriotic Songs All the Same?

Why are Patriotic Songs All the Same?

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?

What is Racial Passing?

Season 2 Episode 12

What is Racial Passing?

What motivates someone to disguise their race, gender, religion, etc.?

What is Ethnicity?

What is Ethnicity?

Season 2 Episode 11

What is Ethnicity?

What's the difference between race and ethnicity?

Why Do TV Shows Use Laugh Tracks?

Why Do TV Shows Use Laugh Tracks?

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?

Why Do We Have Middle Names?

Season 2 Episode 9

Why Do We Have Middle Names?

Why Do We Have Middle Names?

Modern Warfare and Alien Invasions

Modern Warfare and Alien Invasions

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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