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A documentary series that looks to explore the big questions of today.

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We see life near volcanic calderas. - Explained

We see life near volcanic calderas.

Beaufort has become known
for Blackbeard, - Explained

Beaufort has become known for Blackbeard,

It all works because, strung
together in just the right way, - Explained

It all works because, strung together in just the right way,

And it's just this breathlessness
in my chest - Explained

And it's just this breathlessness in my chest

We've kind of reached biological limits
with what we can do with whole animals. - Explained

We've kind of reached biological limits with what we ca...

Basically, logic is a predictable
series of facts or events, - Explained

Basically, logic is a predictable series of facts or events,

And women want to be very exclusive
and particular and choose a provider, - Explained

And women want to be very exclusive and particular and choos...

What these news reports
didn't mention - Explained

What these news reports didn't mention

It killed somewhere between 50 and
100 million people around the world. - Explained

It killed somewhere between 50 and 100 million people aroun...

[woman] Weightless and then freedom. - Explained

[woman] Weightless and then freedom.

We're also reaching the limit of how
many farm animals can fit on Earth. - Explained

We're also reaching the limit of how many farm animals ...

It was unlike anything else
in history. - Explained

It was unlike anything else in history.

This song skirted past censorship, - Explained

This song skirted past censorship,

If the whole world ate as much meat
as these top meat eating countries, - Explained

If the whole world ate as much meat as these top meat eating...

[narrator] Estimates of how many
Earth-like planets will develop life vary. - Explained

[narrator] Estimates of how many Earth-like planets will dev...

Women trade sexual fidelity to men - Explained

Women trade sexual fidelity to men

You can think of a disease
on two scales: - Explained

You can think of a disease on two scales:

Almost all of them were sold into slavery,
while Blackbeard went on pirating. - Explained

Almost all of them were sold into slavery, while Blackbeard ...

Here is the Seasonal Human Flu - Explained

Here is the Seasonal Human Flu

In this narrative, - Explained

In this narrative,

Very few people have talked about it as
a slave ship that we have evidence of. - Explained

Very few people have talked about it as a slave ship that we...

And we're already packing most of those
animals together as tightly as possible. - Explained

And we're already packing most of those animals togethe...

You can't understand
trade at this time - Explained

You can't understand trade at this time

It was so contagious
because it was airborne, - Explained

It was so contagious because it was airborne,

For the first time in history, - Explained

For the first time in history,

According to chicken industry lore,
that's all thanks to this woman, - Explained

According to chicken industry lore, that's all thanks t...

I thought that it was either a myth - Explained

I thought that it was either a myth

China, 40 or 50 years ago,
was a country - Explained

China, 40 or 50 years ago, was a country

The male has to take
the woman's word for it. - Explained

The male has to take the woman's word for it.

And a 1918, it infected one
in every three people on Earth. - Explained

And a 1918, it infected one in every three people on Earth.

There was nothing in health class
about women having orgasms. - Explained

There was nothing in health class about women having orgasms...

In 1923, - Explained

I think that really helps
for people to rethink - Explained

I think that really helps for people to rethink

Biologists have known
for a very long time that... - Explained

Biologists have known for a very long time that...

Just like there are different
directions to get to the same place, - Explained

Just like there are different directions to get to the same ...

It was just like, "Yeah, men come,
and then you have a baby." - Explained

It was just like, "Yeah, men come, and then you have a ...

Then it killed almost 5%
of the world's population. - Explained

Then it killed almost 5% of the world's population.

In many cases, any ship can
be considered a slave ship. - Explained

In many cases, any ship can be considered a slave ship.

But because of an accidental
extra zero on the order form, - Explained

But because of an accidental extra zero on the order form,

Men are far more inclined
to seek multiple sexual partners. - Explained

Men are far more inclined to seek multiple sexual partners.

But pirates also literally
traded in slaves. - Explained

But pirates also literally traded in slaves.

By 2017, China was minting
two new billionaires a week - Explained

By 2017, China was minting two new billionaires a week

This flu emerged in the middle
of the first World War. - Explained

This flu emerged in the middle of the first World War.

That's changed... just... unbelievably. - Explained

That's changed... just... unbelievably.

Computers running algorithms
just did what we told them to do, - Explained

Computers running algorithms just did what we told them to d...

Nearly 40 years before that, - Explained

Nearly 40 years before that,

Generally what would happen is
when a pirate captured a ship - Explained

Generally what would happen is when a pirate captured a ship

So she stuffed them into sheds and
tried to raise them all at once. - Explained

So she stuffed them into sheds and tried to raise them all a...

We were sending people across
from the U.S. into Europe for war - Explained

We were sending people across from the U.S. into Europe for...

[McAdams] Many of the factors
that were causing the pay gap shrunk, - Explained

[McAdams] Many of the factors that were causing the pay gap ...

Then it's not surprising to see
entrepreneurs become very rich, - Explained

Then it's not surprising to see entrepreneurs become ve...

And so there's been plenty of time - Explained

And so there's been plenty of time

[educator] Now in the first place,
remember that the male sperm cells - Explained

[educator] Now in the first place, remember that the male sp...

When scientists first began
to develop the fusion bomb, - Explained

When scientists first began to develop the fusion bomb,

Which it's fine to draw on sometimes,
especially when you have a drought. - Explained

Which it's fine to draw on sometimes, especially when y...

generally saw tattoo
as a desecration of the body. - Explained

generally saw tattoo as a desecration of the body.

That system
goes back thousands of years, too. - Explained

That system goes back thousands of years, too.

they're much better for getting you high. - Explained

they're much better for getting you high.

that any other animals
could move to a beat like we do... - Explained

that any other animals could move to a beat like we do...

Which is now being supplanted
by "African American." - Explained

Which is now being supplanted by "African American.&quo...

Most of the countries
and the top countries that play the game - Explained

Most of the countries and the top countries that play the ga...

On the other hand, if you just go under
the sink and you find the part of the pipe - Explained

On the other hand, if you just go under the sink and you fin...

Today, that $100 would be worth
more than $3.5 million. - Explained

Today, that $100 would be worth more than $3.5 million.

[narrator] That's not what
Mexico City's been doing. - Explained

[narrator] That's not what Mexico City's been doin...

So this virus exploited
those travel patterns - Explained

So this virus exploited those travel patterns

Their emerging economy lifted tens
of millions of people out of poverty - Explained

Their emerging economy lifted tens of millions of people out...

But because of that economy
of scale, - Explained

But because of that economy of scale,

[narrator] With all that time and space,
the math seems pretty clear. - Explained

[narrator] With all that time and space, the math seems pret...

Around 90% of the world's
supply within two decades. - Explained

Around 90% of the world's supply within two decades.

The first successful test in 1952 - Explained

The first successful test in 1952

[narrator] The leaves and stems contain
some psychoactives, but not that much. - Explained

[narrator] The leaves and stems contain some psychoactives, ...

It felt like this thing was a way
for white people who hadn’t thought about - Explained

It felt like this thing was a way for white people who hadn’...

And then from there,
they would get sold off - Explained

And then from there, they would get sold off

[Mandvi] And the colonies
got a new opportunity - Explained

[Mandvi] And the colonies got a new opportunity

And so what we think about
in the aging field - Explained

And so what we think about in the aging field

In fact, in every past pandemic, - Explained

In fact, in every past pandemic,

The following year, she
expanded from 1,000 to 10,000. - Explained

The following year, she expanded from 1,000 to 10,000.

[pulsating music] [narrator] Put on the Backstreet Boys
and... bam! - Explained

[pulsating music] [narrator] Put on the Backstreet Boys and....

That means that probably we'll lose
half of our supply of water - Explained

That means that probably we'll lose half of our supply ...

[McAdams] Even as women became doctors,
and lawyers, and heads of state, - Explained

[McAdams] Even as women became doctors, and lawyers, and hea...

Rhodes made a deal to sell
his entire supply of diamonds - Explained

Rhodes made a deal to sell his entire supply of diamonds

Chicken, inspected and graded,
is now thrifty every day. - Explained

Chicken, inspected and graded, is now thrifty every day.

[inaudible] - Explained

"Me too," friends of mine,
like best friends, people in my family. - Explained

"Me too," friends of mine, like best friends, peop...

"Made in Korea" should be stressed, - Explained

"Made in Korea" should be stressed,

[narrator] Sucking up that groundwater
has another side effect. - Explained

[narrator] Sucking up that groundwater has another side effe...

Why are we, why are we--
Black people used to be "colored," now they're "black," "African American."
How come we keep changing the words? - Explained

Why are we, why are we-- Black people used to be "color...

The Black Death arrived in Europe
on ships in the 14th century. - Explained

The Black Death arrived in Europe on ships in the 14th centu...

Five percent of them are worth
between 10 and 30 billion dollars - Explained

Five percent of them are worth between 10 and 30 billion dol...

When De Beers had control of
global supply under the monopoly, - Explained

When De Beers had control of global supply under the monopol...

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A documentary series that looks to explore the big questions of today.

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Director: N/A

Writer: Joe Posner, Ezra Klein

Production: Amicus Productions

Genre: documentary

Year: 2018

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Released: 23 May 2018

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