The True Origin of Killer Clowns
Episode: 2017-09-05 | Airdate: Sep 5, 2017
Season 2017
How did Makeup, WWII, & Communism Create U.S. Healthcare?
Episode: 2017-09-12 | Airdate: Sep 12, 2017
Why are 18 Year Olds Considered Adults?
Episode: 2017-09-19 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2017
Where Does the #Hashtag Symbol Come From?
Episode: 2017-09-26 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2017
How Columbus Invented Cannibals
Episode: 2017-10-03 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2017
How WWII Created Godzilla & Mecha Robots
Episode: 2017-10-10 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2017
Why is there a North and South Korea?
Episode: 2017-10-17 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2017
Is Poisoned Halloween Candy a Myth?
Episode: 2017-10-24 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2017
Why Do We Get Grades in School?
Episode: 2017-01-01 | Airdate: Jan 1, 2017
How Your Rubber Ducky Explains Colonialism
Episode: 2017-11-08 | Airdate: Nov 8, 2017
Why Do Women Give Birth Lying Down?
Episode: 2017-11-14 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2017
Where does the Nuclear Family Come From?
Episode: 2017-11-21 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2017
Why Do We Eat Artificial Flavors?
Episode: 2017-12-05 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2017
Why Are There So Few Women in Computer Science?
Episode: 2017-12-12 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2017
Why Does Santa Wear Red?
Episode: 2017-12-19 | Airdate: Dec 19, 2017
Season 2018
How Did Martin Luther King Jr. Get a Holiday?
Episode: 2018-01-09 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2018
Why Do Kids Have Their Own Bedrooms?
Episode: 2018-01-16 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2018
Does the Rorschach Inkblot Test Work?
Episode: 2018-01-23 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2018
Why was Pink for Boys and Blue for Girls?
Episode: 2018-01-30 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2018
Is the Rosa Parks Story True?
Episode: 2018-02-06 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2018
Why Does the ❤️ Heart Symbol ❤️ Look That Way?
Episode: 2018-02-13 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2018
Why Do We Wash Our Hands After Going to the Bathroom?
Episode: 2018-02-21 | Airdate: Feb 21, 2018
When Did Marriage Become about Love?
Episode: 2018-02-27 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2018
Would You Have Joined the American Revolution?
Episode: 2018-03-20 | Airdate: Mar 20, 2018
What if Islam Had Conquered Europe?
Episode: 2018-03-27 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2018
The Origin of Race in the USA
Episode: 2018-04-03 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2018
What If There Were No Taxes?
Episode: 2018-04-17 | Airdate: Apr 17, 2018
Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal?
Episode: 2018-04-24 | Airdate: Apr 24, 2018
The 2nd Amendment Explained
Episode: 2018-05-02 | Airdate: May 2, 2018
When Men Wore High Heels
Episode: 2018-05-08 | Airdate: May 8, 2018
Do Standardized Tests Do More Harm Than Good?
Episode: 2018-05-15 | Airdate: May 15, 2018
History of the Word "Gay"
Episode: 2018-05-23 | Airdate: May 23, 2018
What was Jesus's Real Name?
Episode: 2018-06-05 | Airdate: Jun 5, 2018
Why Was It Illegal to be "Ugly"?
Episode: 2018-06-12 | Airdate: Jun 12, 2018
Why Do We Say "Asian American" Not "Oriental"?
Episode: 2018-06-20 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2018
6 Weird Facts About the History of Birth Control
Episode: 2018-06-27 | Airdate: Jun 27, 2018
Why Do Women Shave Their Legs?
Episode: 2018-07-03 | Airdate: Jul 3, 2018
Why Did Europeans Enslave Africans?
Episode: 2018-07-10 | Airdate: Jul 10, 2018
Why Do All Malls Look the Same?
Episode: 2018-07-17 | Airdate: Jul 17, 2018
Six Historically True Facts about Money
Episode: 2018-07-31 | Airdate: Jul 31, 2018
Why Was Crossdressing Illegal?
Episode: 2018-08-14 | Airdate: Aug 14, 2018
Why Do We Eat Popcorn at The Movies?
Episode: 2018-08-28 | Airdate: Aug 28, 2018
Why Do People Have Pets?
Episode: 2018-09-11 | Airdate: Sep 11, 2018
The Origin of Gender
Episode: 2018-09-25 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2018
Why Is There a Minimum Wage?
Episode: 2018-10-09 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2018
Can Tattoos Be Taboo?
Episode: 2018-11-06 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2018
How Did Makeup Ads Go From Style to Science?
Episode: 2018-11-13 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2018
Why Do So Many Religions Have Headwear?
Episode: 2018-11-20 | Airdate: Nov 20, 2018
Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?
Episode: 2018-12-04 | Airdate: Dec 4, 2018
Why Does the Government Need to Know My Race?
Episode: 2018-12-18 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2018
Season 2019
Why Do We Drink Milk in School?
Episode: 2019-01-01 | Airdate: Jan 1, 2019
What is Cultural Appropriation?
Episode: 2019-01-08 | Airdate: Jan 8, 2019
Did Modern Warfare Cause Alien Conspiracy Theories?
Episode: 2018-01-15 | Airdate: Jan 15, 2018
Why Do We Have Middle Names?
Episode: 2019-01-29 | Airdate: Jan 29, 2019
Why Do TV Shows Use Laugh Tracks?
Episode: 2019-02-05 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2019
What is Ethnicity?
Episode: 2019-02-13 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2019
What is Racial Passing?
Episode: 2019-02-26 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2019
Why are Patriotic Songs All the Same?
Episode: 2019-03-05 | Airdate: Mar 5, 2019
Why Do We Have Hobbies?
Episode: 2019-03-12 | Airdate: Mar 12, 2019
Why Do Schools Teach Sex Education?
Episode: 2019-03-26 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2019
Why Are We Obsessed with Cults?
Episode: 2019-04-09 | Airdate: Apr 9, 2019
Why Do We Have Private Prisons?
Episode: 2019-04-23 | Airdate: Apr 23, 2019
Why Does the Government Pay for Art?
Episode: 2019-05-08 | Airdate: May 8, 2019
Why Do Students Have So Much Debt?
Episode: 2019-05-21 | Airdate: May 21, 2019
Why Do We Have Housing Projects?
Episode: 2019-06-04 | Airdate: Jun 4, 2019
Do We Still Need Libraries?
Episode: 2019-06-18 | Airdate: Jun 18, 2019
Why Do We Go to Prom?
Episode: 2019-07-09 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2019
Why Did We Plant a Flag on the Moon?
Episode: 2019-07-23 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2019
When did the News Start?
Episode: 2019-08-07 | Airdate: Aug 7, 2019
Why Are There SO Many Confederate Monuments?
Episode: 2019-08-20 | Airdate: Aug 20, 2019
A Brief History of Men's Underwear
Episode: 2019-09-10 | Airdate: Sep 10, 2019
Why Are Prescription Drugs SO Expensive?
Episode: 2019-09-24 | Airdate: Sep 24, 2019
How a Spy Changed Horror Movies
Episode: 2019-10-08 | Airdate: Oct 8, 2019
Why Doesn't the US Have Paid Parental Leave?
Episode: 2019-10-29 | Airdate: Oct 29, 2019
The Problem with Museums
Episode: 2019-11-12 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2019
The Rise of Beer
Episode: 2019-12-04 | Airdate: Dec 4, 2019
Backstreet Boys to BTS: The Science Behind Why We Love Boy Bands
Episode: 2019-12-17 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2019
Season 2020
Why Does "Straight" Mean Heterosexual?
Episode: 2020-01-10 | Airdate: Jan 10, 2020
The Rise of E-Cigarettes: Why is Everyone Vaping?
Episode: 2020-01-28 | Airdate: Jan 28, 2020
Why Are There 12 People on a Jury?
Episode: 2020-02-19 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2020
What Does It Mean to Be a "Good" Student?
Episode: 2020-03-05 | Airdate: Mar 5, 2020
Where did Advice Columns Come From?
Episode: 2020-03-27 | Airdate: Mar 27, 2020
Economic Lessons from Past Pandemics
Episode: 2020-04-08 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2020
6 Surprising Facts About the 19th Amendment
Episode: 2020-04-28 | Airdate: Apr 28, 2020
How We Discovered Germs
Episode: 2020-05-19 | Airdate: May 19, 2020
Concentration Camps Are Older Than World War II
Episode: 2020-06-11 | Airdate: Jun 11, 2020
From Stonewall Riots to Raves: How Did Pride become a Parade?
Episode: 2020-06-26 | Airdate: Jun 26, 2020
Why Do We Say "Latino"?
Episode: 2020-07-23 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2020
The Racist Origins of U.S. Law
Episode: 2020-08-06 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2020
Why Do We Shake Hands?
Episode: 2020-08-20 | Airdate: Aug 20, 2020
The Homophobic Origins of U.S. Law
Episode: 2020-09-03 | Airdate: Sep 3, 2020
History of Socialism in America
Episode: 2020-09-22 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2020
Why Do We Say "African American"?
Episode: 2020-10-01 | Airdate: Oct 1, 2020
HIV/AIDS: What Can We Learn From America's Last Epidemic?
Episode: 2020-10-20 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2020
Why Do We Have Political Parties?
Episode: 2020-10-29 | Airdate: Oct 29, 2020
Health Disparities in the Black Community: Past & Present
Episode: 2020-11-13 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2020
Evolution of Law Enforcement
Episode: 2020-11-24 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2020
The History of Reparations
Episode: 2020-12-09 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2020
Did Europeans Enslave Native Americans?
Episode: 2020-12-18 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2020
A Fond Farewell
Episode: 2020-12-22 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2020