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Can Tattoos Be Taboo?

Can Tattoos Be Taboo?

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How Did Makeup Ads Go From Style to Science?

How Did Makeup Ads Go From Style to Science?

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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
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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
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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
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What is Ethnicity?

What is Ethnicity?

Season 2 Episode 11
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What is Racial Passing?

What is Racial Passing?

Season 2 Episode 12
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Origin of Everything

Why Is There a Minimum Wage?

Season 1 Episode 45

The Minimum Wage is a wildly important and contentious aspect of modern economic life. But whether you believe it needs to go up or be eliminated altogether there’s an important question to ask, why does it exist at all?
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Why are 18 Year Olds Considered Adults?
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Season 1 Episode 3
Why are 18 Year Olds Considered Adults?
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How did Makeup, WWII, & Communism Create U.S. Healthcare?
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Where did our employer based healthcare system actually come from?
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The True Origin of Killer Clowns
When did clowns get so terrifying?!?
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