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How Wine Fraud Works

Episode Date: October 15, 2015

Wine fraud may be a case of rich con artists tricking wealthy people into parting with money, but it's still a crime. Learn all about this weird, wide...

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How Lobbying Works

Episode Date: October 6, 2015

Lobbying is an entrenched part of American politics and one that many people think is breaking government. But petitioning the government is protected...

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How PEZ Works

Episode Date: October 1, 2015

PEZ began in Vienna as a mint meant to help people quit smoking. But once American kids got ahold of it, the candy took off and a symbol of childhood...

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How Publicists Work

Episode Date: September 15, 2015

Some people call them flacks. Other people call them liars. But if you're in the public eye and suddenly have an image problem, you'll call them your...

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How Chili Peppers Work

Episode Date: September 10, 2015

Born and raised in South America, chilis were the earliest crop domesticated in the continent and among the first items brought back to Europe by Colu...

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How Police Dogs Work

Episode Date: September 8, 2015

Police dogs have been used since the 19th century - one WWI German defector became a major movie star. But in the US the post-9/11 era has seen a K9 u...

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How Alcoholism Works

Episode Date: September 3, 2015

In the US, 17 million people are alcoholics. Not merely abusing alcohol, these sufferers become physically dependent on it, forming a chronic disease....

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Nirvana: Not The Band

Episode Date: August 27, 2015

Hinduism and Buddhism are closely related in a number of ways, including their vision of what comes after we exit this mortal coil. Learn about the re...

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How Umami Works!

Episode Date: August 20, 2015

For millennia humans have recognized four tastes, but in the 1980s a fifth taste first isolated in Japan gained worldwide acceptance - and took off li...

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How Auto-Tune Works

Episode Date: August 11, 2015

What began as a challenge to an oil engineer to make a terrible singer into a pitch-perfect one, Auto-Tune has become a ubiquitous (and, to many, obno...