Origin of Everything

Origin of Everything is a history show from PBS Digital Studios.

Episodes

  • Did Europeans Enslave Native Americans?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Did Europeans Enslave Native Americans?

    S3 Ep25 |
    The complicated history surrounding the European enslavement of Indigenous peoples.
  • How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?

    S2 Ep5 |
    How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?
  • Why Do So Many Religions Have Headwear?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Why Do So Many Religions Have Headwear?

    S2 Ep3 |
    Hijabs, yarmulkes, habits, and dastars — why do so many religions have rules about hair?
  • How Did Makeup Ads Go From Style to Science?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    How Did Makeup Ads Go From Style to Science?

    S2 Ep2 |
    When did makeup ads become less about beauty and more about science?
  • Can Tattoos Be Taboo?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Can Tattoos Be Taboo?

    S2 Ep1 |
    When did tattoos shift from counterculture to mainstream?
  • Why Is There a Minimum Wage?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Why Is There a Minimum Wage?

    S1 Ep45 |
    Why does the Minimum Wage exist at all?
  • The Origin of Gender: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Origin of Gender

    S1 Ep44 |
    Why do we think there are only two genders? And how are sex and gender different?
  • Why Do People Have Pets?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Why Do People Have Pets?

    S1 Ep43 |
    Why did humans start domesticating animals as pets and not livestock?
  • Why Do We Eat Popcorn at The Movies?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Why Do We Eat Popcorn at The Movies?

    S1 Ep42 |
    What do the Great Depression and farm subsidies have to do with eating popcorn at movies?

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.