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Modern Warfare and Alien Invasions

What really crashed down to Earth in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947? Can we trust the government when they say it was just a weather balloon? Today Danielle looks at the history of alien conspiracies and what they teach us about the legacy of modern warfare, globalization, distrust of the government, and paranoia about foreign invaders.
Season 2 Episode 8 Length 10:07 Premiere: 01/15/19

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S2 E27 Length 10:15 Premiere Date 10/24/19

A Brief History of Men's Underwear
S2 E26 Length 11:02 Premiere Date 09/10/19

Why Are There SO Many Confederate Monuments?
S2 E25 Length 10:16 Premiere Date 08/20/19

When did the News Start?
S2 E24 Length 11:39 Premiere Date 08/07/19

Why Did We Plant a Flag on the Moon?
S2 E23 Length 10:07 Premiere Date 07/23/19

Why Do We Go to Prom?
S2 E22 Length 11:01 Premiere Date 07/09/19

Do We Still Need Libraries?
S2 E21 Length 13:12 Premiere Date 06/18/19

Why Do We Have Housing Projects?
S2 E20 Length 11:23 Premiere Date 06/04/19

Why Do Students Have So Much Debt?
S2 E19 Length 12:14 Premiere Date 05/21/19

Why Does the Government Pay for Art?
S2 E18 Length 10:39 Premiere Date 05/08/19

Why Do We Have Private Prisons?
S2 E17 Length 10:11 Premiere Date 04/29/19

Why Are We Obsessed with Cults?
S2 E16 Length 10:52 Premiere Date 04/09/19

Why Do Schools Teach Sex Education?
S2 E15 Length 11:04 Premiere Date 03/26/19

Why Do We Have Hobbies?
S2 E14 Length 09:06 Premiere Date 03/12/19

Why are Patriotic Songs All the Same?
S2 E13 Length 12:36 Premiere Date 03/05/19

What is Racial Passing?
S2 E12 Length 10:06 Premiere Date 02/26/19

What is Ethnicity?
S2 E11 Length 09:18 Premiere Date 02/12/19

Why Do TV Shows Use Laugh Tracks?
S2 E10 Length 05:31 Premiere Date 02/05/19

Why Do We Have Middle Names?
S2 E9 Length 05:49 Premiere Date 01/29/19

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S2 E8 Length 10:07 Premiere Date 01/15/19

What is Cultural Appropriation?
S2 E7 Length 09:38 Premiere Date 01/08/19

Why Do We Drink Milk in School?
S2 E6 Length 08:24 Premiere Date 01/01/19

Why Does the Government Need to Know My Race?
S2 E5 Length 09:42 Premiere Date 12/18/18

How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?
S2 E4 Length 08:37 Premiere Date 12/04/18

Why Do So Many Religions Have Headwear?
S2 E3 Length 10:49 Premiere Date 11/20/18

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S2 E2 Length 09:16 Premiere Date 11/13/18

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