
Episodes
Ep. 79: Almost every language has a word for 'Christmas.' Few reference Christ. | 12/21/2017 | 5:43 | |
Ep. 78: Why so strangely Yoda speaks? | 12/14/2017 | 4:39 | |
Ep. 77: A brief timeline of tax reform | 12/7/2017 | 7:13 | |
Ep. 76: Did God have a wife? | 11/30/2017 | 5:32 | |
Ep. 75: 6 unique Thanksgiving celebrations from around the world | 11/23/2017 | 6:55 | |
Ep. 74: The secret history of cowboy socialism | 11/16/2017 | 7:17 | |
Ep. 73: Why Puerto Rico never had a path to statehood | 11/9/2017 | 7:10 | |
Ep. 72: The strange, circuitous history of Daylight Saving Time | 11/2/2017 | 7:05 | |
Ep. 71: Why cheap horror flicks are Hollywood gold | 10/26/2017 | 7:23 | |
Ep. 70: The lessons of the Russian revolution, 100 years later | 10/19/2017 | 7:12 | |
Ep. 69: The self-aware legacy of 'Friends' | 10/12/2017 | 7:07 | |
Ep. 68: Why Ronald Reagan enthusiastically signed America's first real gun control law | 10/5/2017 | 6:37 | |
Ep. 67: Why severe flooding is becoming increasingly common — and more destructive | 9/28/2017 | 7:04 | |
Ep. 66: The burglars who broke into the FBI and brought down J. Edgar Hoover | 9/21/2017 | 7:14 | |
Ep. 65: Why do we have a debt ceiling anyway? | 9/14/2017 | 6:16 | |
Ep. 64: Congressional censure, explained | 9/7/2017 | 7:05 | |
Ep.63: How to put your savings on autopilot | 8/31/2017 | 6:52 | |
Ep. 62: Multivitamins are useless. Here's why. | 8/24/2017 | 6:44 | |
Ep. 61: America's eclipse craze, explained | 8/17/2017 | 6:59 | |
Ep. 60: The new monopolies | 8/10/2017 | 6:32 |