Episodes
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Did Europeans Enslave Native Americans?
S3 Ep25 |The complicated history surrounding the European enslavement of Indigenous peoples.
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Why Do Kids Have Their Own Bedrooms?
S1 Ep17 |Why do kids have their own sleeping area at all? - Embedded Video LinkImage
How Did Martin Luther King Jr. Get a Holiday?
S1 Ep16 |Did you know Martin Luther King Jr Day wasn’t celebrated in all 50 states until 2000? - Embedded Video LinkImage
Why Does Santa Wear Red?
S1 Ep15 |Why does Santa not wear any other color? - Embedded Video LinkImage
Why Are There So Few Women in Computer Science?
S1 Ep14 |Women were many of the very first computer programmers, so what changed? - Embedded Video LinkImage
Why Do We Eat Artificial Flavors?
S1 Ep13 |Where do artificial flavors come from? - Embedded Video LinkImage
Where does the Nuclear Family Come From?
S1 Ep12 |Why does America elevate the nuclear family above other family forms? - Embedded Video LinkImage
Why Do Women Give Birth Lying Down?
S1 Ep11 |How did birthing lying down become the gold standard for bringing newborns into the world? - Embedded Video LinkImage
How Your Rubber Ducky Explains Colonialism
S1 Ep10 |Industrialization driven demand for rubber drove intense competition between world powers.
About 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.
