List of episodes of the series «Explained»

The Racial Wealth Gap

• User score: 7.4
• Episode number: 1
• Episode duration: 16 min.
• Episode description:
  Cory Booker and others discuss how slavery, housing discrimination and centuries of inequality have compounded to create a racial wealth gap.

Designer DNA

• User score: 8
• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 17 min.
• Episode description:
  Scientific feat or terrifying social experiment? Specialists in the field discuss the high stakes and ethical controversies of gene editing.

Monogamy

• User score: 7.5
• Episode number: 3
• Episode duration: 18 min.
• Episode description:
  What do biology, human history and the promiscuity of bonobos reveal about monogamy? Experts and everyday couples weigh in on shifting cultural norms.

K-Pop

• User score: 8
• Episode number: 4
• Episode duration: 20 min.
• Episode description:
  Elaborate music videos, adoring fans, killer choreography. Learn about the global music phenomenon from South Korea that goes beyond "Gangnam Style."

Cryptocurrency

• User score: 7.7
• Episode number: 5
• Episode duration: 14 min.
• Episode description:
  Cryptocurrency has made people billionaires, but is digital cash the next revolution? Learn about this anonymous currency and how it's coveted.

Why Diets Fail

• User score: 7.5
• Episode number: 6
• Episode duration: 14 min.
• Episode description:
  Atkins. Paleo. Keto. Do any work in the long term? Experts look at marketing, food environments and genes to explain why diets are often unsuccessful.

The Stock Market

• User score: 6.7
• Episode number: 7
• Episode duration: 17 min.
• Episode description:
  Does the stock market accurately reflect the status of the economy? Finance specialists discuss market history, valuations and CEO incentives.

eSports

• User score: 6.7
• Episode number: 8
• Episode duration: 17 min.
• Episode description:
  Is fake violence a sport? Fans, shoutcasters, and eSports icons break down today's video games and the explosive popularity of competitive gaming.

Extraterrestrial Life

• User score: 7
• Episode number: 9
• Episode duration: 18 min.
• Episode description:
  Despite decades of searching, we have yet to discover extraterrestrial life. Scientists discuss the reasons, including: Are aliens just too snobby?

!

• User score: 6.3
• Episode number: 10
• Episode duration: 15 min.
• Episode description:
  Do we overuse exclamation points!? Linguists and copy editors look at how the punctuation has adapted across history, literature and internet-speak.

Cricket

• User score: 7
• Episode number: 11
• Episode duration: 16 min.
• Episode description:
  Cricket experts look at how the confusing sport became so popular and discuss its evolution in becoming more accessible entertaining and profitable.

Weed

• User score: 7.7
• Episode number: 12
• Episode duration: 20 min.
• Episode description:
  Marijuana experts discuss the rise of potent "sexually frustrated" cannabis plants, the quests for consistency in weed strains and the history of hemp.

Tattoo

• User score: 7.3
• Episode number: 13
• Episode duration: 18 min.
• Episode description:
  They've been used to command respect, punish criminals and mark achievements. Tattooists speak about the origins of tattoo traditions and rituals.

Astrology

• User score: 7
• Episode number: 14
• Episode duration: 18 min.
• Episode description:
  Do zodiac signs prescribe your fate? Or do horoscopes' accuracy lie in the placebo effect? Take a look at the science, history and lure of astrology.

Can We Live Forever ?

• User score: 7.7
• Episode number: 15
• Episode duration: 18 min.
• Episode description:
  Can we uncover the secrets to extending the human lifespan? Experts discuss how developments in science -- even the French lilac -- hold some clues.

The Female Orgasm

• User score: 7
• Episode number: 16
• Episode duration: 18 min.
• Episode description:
  The female orgasm is more elusive when a man is involved. Discover the reasons why and how women are embracing hands on solutions.

Political Correctness

• User score: 7.7
• Episode number: 17
• Episode duration: 18 min.
• Episode description:
  Political correctness can sometimes feel like a tug-of-war between inclusivity and free speech. Experts discuss the concepts behind the fraught term.

Why Women Are Paid Less

• User score: 7
• Episode number: 18
• Episode duration: 18 min.
• Episode description:
  Hillary Clinton and Anne-Marie Slaughter discuss the cultural norms at the center of the worldwide gender pay gap, including the "motherhood penalty."

The World's Water Crisis

• User score: 8.7
• Episode number: 19
• Episode duration: 18 min.
• Episode description:
  The global water crisis is at an inflection point. How do we price our most valuable resource, while also ensuring access to it as a human right?

Music

• User score: 7
• Episode number: 20
• Episode duration: 19 min.
• Episode description:
  When does sound become music? Why are humans so uniquely able to master musicality? Researchers talk rhythm, octaves and the magic of song and dance.