Ended · 2017–2020
Origin of Everything
Every aspect of our daily reality, whether its the words we use, the pop culture we love, the technology that get us through the day, or even the identities we give ourselves, emerge from thousands of intersecting histories. And on this show, we're going to explore them ALL! . . . Okay, maybe not ALL, but you get the idea.
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Seasons & episodes
Season 1 · 0 episodes
Season 2017 · 15 episodes
- S2017 E01 · The True Origin of Killer Clowns
- S2017 E02 · How did Makeup, WWII, & Communism Create U.S. Healthcare?
- S2017 E03 · Why are 18 Year Olds Considered Adults?
- S2017 E04 · Where Does the #Hashtag Symbol Come From?
- S2017 E05 · How Columbus Invented Cannibals
- S2017 E06 · How WWII Created Godzilla & Mecha Robots
- S2017 E07 · Why is there a North and South Korea?
- S2017 E08 · Is Poisoned Halloween Candy a Myth?
- S2017 E09 · Why Do We Get Grades in School?
- S2017 E10 · How Your Rubber Ducky Explains Colonialism
- S2017 E11 · Why Do Women Give Birth Lying Down?
- S2017 E12 · Where does the Nuclear Family Come From?
- S2017 E13 · Why Do We Eat Artificial Flavors?
- S2017 E14 · Why Are There So Few Women in Computer Science?
- S2017 E15 · Why Does Santa Wear Red?
Season 2018 · 35 episodes
- S2018 E01 · How Did Martin Luther King Jr. Get a Holiday?
- S2018 E02 · Why Do Kids Have Their Own Bedrooms?
- S2018 E03 · Does the Rorschach Inkblot Test Work?
- S2018 E04 · Why was Pink for Boys and Blue for Girls?
- S2018 E05 · Is the Rosa Parks Story True?
- S2018 E06 · Why Does the ❤️ Heart Symbol ❤️ Look That Way?
- S2018 E07 · Why Do We Wash Our Hands After Going to the Bathroom?
- S2018 E08 · When Did Marriage Become about Love?
- S2018 E09 · Would You Have Joined the American Revolution?
- S2018 E10 · What if Islam Had Conquered Europe?
- S2018 E11 · The Origin of Race in the USA
- S2018 E12 · What If There Were No Taxes?
- S2018 E13 · Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal?
- S2018 E14 · The 2nd Amendment Explained
- S2018 E15 · When Men Wore High Heels
- S2018 E16 · Do Standardized Tests Do More Harm Than Good?
- S2018 E17 · History of the Word "Gay"
- S2018 E18 · What was Jesus's Real Name?
- S2018 E19 · Why Was It Illegal to be "Ugly"?
- S2018 E20 · Why Do We Say "Asian American" Not "Oriental"?
- S2018 E21 · 6 Weird Facts About the History of Birth Control
- S2018 E22 · Why Do Women Shave Their Legs?
- S2018 E23 · Why Did Europeans Enslave Africans?
- S2018 E24 · Why Do All Malls Look the Same?
- S2018 E25 · Six Historically True Facts about Money
- S2018 E26 · Why Was Crossdressing Illegal?
- S2018 E27 · Why Do We Eat Popcorn at The Movies?
- S2018 E28 · Why Do People Have Pets?
- S2018 E29 · The Origin of Gender
- S2018 E30 · Why Is There a Minimum Wage?
- S2018 E31 · Can Tattoos Be Taboo?
- S2018 E32 · How Did Makeup Ads Go From Style to Science?
- S2018 E33 · Why Do So Many Religions Have Headwear?
- S2018 E34 · Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?
- S2018 E35 · Why Does the Government Need to Know My Race?
Season 2019 · 27 episodes
- S2019 E01 · Why Do We Drink Milk in School?
- S2019 E02 · What is Cultural Appropriation?
- S2019 E03 · Did Modern Warfare Cause Alien Conspiracy Theories?
- S2019 E04 · Why Do We Have Middle Names?
- S2019 E05 · Why Do TV Shows Use Laugh Tracks?
- S2019 E06 · What is Ethnicity?
- S2019 E07 · What is Racial Passing?
- S2019 E08 · Why are Patriotic Songs All the Same?
- S2019 E09 · Why Do We Have Hobbies?
- S2019 E10 · Why Do Schools Teach Sex Education?
- S2019 E11 · Why Are We Obsessed with Cults?
- S2019 E12 · Why Do We Have Private Prisons?
- S2019 E13 · Why Does the Government Pay for Art?
- S2019 E14 · Why Do Students Have So Much Debt?
- S2019 E15 · Why Do We Have Housing Projects?
- S2019 E16 · Do We Still Need Libraries?
- S2019 E17 · Why Do We Go to Prom?
- S2019 E18 · Why Did We Plant a Flag on the Moon?
- S2019 E19 · When did the News Start?
- S2019 E20 · Why Are There SO Many Confederate Monuments?
- S2019 E21 · A Brief History of Men's Underwear
- S2019 E22 · Why Are Prescription Drugs SO Expensive?
- S2019 E23 · How a Spy Changed Horror Movies
- S2019 E24 · Why Doesn't the US Have Paid Parental Leave?
- S2019 E25 · The Problem with Museums
- S2019 E26 · The Rise of Beer
- S2019 E27 · Backstreet Boys to BTS: The Science Behind Why We Love Boy Bands
Season 2020 · 23 episodes
- S2020 E01 · Why Does "Straight" Mean Heterosexual?
- S2020 E02 · The Rise of E-Cigarettes: Why is Everyone Vaping?
- S2020 E03 · Why Are There 12 People on a Jury?
- S2020 E04 · What Does It Mean to Be a "Good" Student?
- S2020 E05 · Where did Advice Columns Come From?
- S2020 E06 · Economic Lessons from Past Pandemics
- S2020 E07 · 6 Surprising Facts About the 19th Amendment
- S2020 E08 · How We Discovered Germs
- S2020 E09 · Concentration Camps Are Older Than World War II
- S2020 E10 · From Stonewall Riots to Raves: How Did Pride become a Parade?
- S2020 E11 · Why Do We Say "Latino"?
- S2020 E12 · The Racist Origins of U.S. Law
- S2020 E13 · Why Do We Shake Hands?
- S2020 E14 · The Homophobic Origins of U.S. Law
- S2020 E15 · History of Socialism in America
- S2020 E16 · Why Do We Say "African American"?
- S2020 E17 · HIV/AIDS: What Can We Learn From America's Last Epidemic?
- S2020 E18 · Why Do We Have Political Parties?
- S2020 E19 · Health Disparities in the Black Community: Past & Present
- S2020 E20 · Evolution of Law Enforcement
- S2020 E21 · The History of Reparations
- S2020 E22 · Did Europeans Enslave Native Americans?
- S2020 E23 · A Fond Farewell
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