Ep. 79: Almost every language has a word for 'Christmas.' Few reference Christ.

Ep. 78: Why so strangely Yoda speaks?

Ep. 77: A brief timeline of tax reform

Ep. 76: Did God have a wife?

Ep. 75: 6 unique Thanksgiving celebrations from around the world

Ep. 74: The secret history of cowboy socialism

Ep. 73: Why Puerto Rico never had a path to statehood

Ep. 72: The strange, circuitous history of Daylight Saving Time

Ep. 71: Why cheap horror flicks are Hollywood gold

Ep. 70: The lessons of the Russian revolution, 100 years later

Ep. 69: The self-aware legacy of 'Friends'

Ep. 68: Why Ronald Reagan enthusiastically signed America's first real gun control law

Ep. 67: Why severe flooding is becoming increasingly common — and more destructive

Ep. 66: The burglars who broke into the FBI and brought down J. Edgar Hoover

Ep. 65: Why do we have a debt ceiling anyway?

Ep. 64: Congressional censure, explained

Ep.63: How to put your savings on autopilot

Ep. 62: Multivitamins are useless. Here's why.

Ep. 61: America's eclipse craze, explained

Ep. 60: The new monopolies