• 5 minutes 44 seconds
    Ep. 79: Almost every language has a word for 'Christmas.' Few reference Christ.

    How’s that for a war on Christmas?

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    21 December 2017, 5:36 am
  • 4 minutes 40 seconds
    Ep. 78: Why so strangely Yoda speaks?

    Hear something odd in his syntax, you do.

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    14 December 2017, 5:00 am
  • 7 minutes 13 seconds
    Ep. 77: A brief timeline of tax reform

    How previous reforms led to the system we have today.

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    7 December 2017, 5:56 am
  • 5 minutes 33 seconds
    Ep. 76: Did God have a wife?

    The history and mystery of Asherah.

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    30 November 2017, 5:45 am
  • 6 minutes 55 seconds
    Ep. 75: 6 unique Thanksgiving celebrations from around the world

    The Macy's Day Parade, football, and Black Friday deals may be uniquely American, but giving thanks for a good harvest is a tradition that crosses cultures.

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    23 November 2017, 5:19 am
  • 7 minutes 18 seconds
    Ep. 74: The secret history of cowboy socialism

    The American West may fly the flag of individualism, but it was built on a bedrock of Big Government.

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    16 November 2017, 5:20 am
  • 9 minutes 21 seconds
    Ep. 73: Why Puerto Rico never had a path to statehood

    Even as other territories became states, the U.S. kept Puerto Rico's legal status vague.

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    9 November 2017, 5:40 am
  • 7 minutes 6 seconds
    Ep. 72: The strange, circuitous history of Daylight Saving Time

    How war, the golf industry, and Big Candy got (most of) us an extra hour of sleep this weekend.

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    2 November 2017, 4:41 am
  • 7 minutes 23 seconds
    Ep. 71: Why cheap horror flicks are Hollywood gold

    From Night of the Living Dead to Paranormal Activity, low-budget horror movies continue to def Hollywood's box-office expectations.

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    26 October 2017, 4:46 am
  • 7 minutes 12 seconds
    Ep. 70: The lessons of the Russian revolution, 100 years later

    Is Marxism just a turn-crank formula for purges and dictatorship or was something else to blame?

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    19 October 2017, 4:37 am
  • 7 minutes 8 seconds
    Ep. 69: The self-aware legacy of 'Friends'

    How the end of Matt LeBlanc's Episodes closes the door on the Friends era of gossip, fame, and meta-spinoffs.

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    12 October 2017, 4:45 am
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