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2018 • Documentary

Rating: 7.5 / 10

Status: Ended

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 44

Original Language: English

Network: Netflix

This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1 Poster

Season 1

Season 2 Poster

Season 2

Season 3 Poster

Season 3

Season 1 Episodes

1 - The Racial Wealth Gap (Wed, May 23, 2018)
2 - Designer DNA (Wed, May 23, 2018)
3 - Monogamy (Wed, May 23, 2018)
4 - K-Pop (Wed, May 30, 2018)
5 - Cryptocurrency (Wed, Jun 6, 2018)
6 - Why Diets Fail (Wed, Jun 13, 2018)
7 - The Stock Market (Wed, Jun 20, 2018)
8 - eSports (Wed, Jun 27, 2018)
9 - Extraterrestrial Life (Wed, Jul 4, 2018)
10 - ! (Wed, Jul 11, 2018)
11 - Cricket (Wed, Jul 18, 2018)
12 - Weed (Wed, Jul 25, 2018)
13 - Tattoo (Wed, Aug 1, 2018)
14 - Astrology (Wed, Aug 8, 2018)
15 - Can We Live Forever ? (Wed, Aug 15, 2018)
16 - The Female Orgasm (Wed, Aug 22, 2018)
17 - Political Correctness (Wed, Aug 29, 2018)
18 - Why Women Are Paid Less (Wed, Sep 5, 2018)
19 - The World's Water Crisis (Wed, Sep 12, 2018)
20 - Music (Wed, Sep 19, 2018)

Season 2 Episodes

1 - Cults (Thu, Sep 26, 2019)
2 - Billionaires (Thu, Oct 3, 2019)
3 - Animal Intelligence (Thu, Oct 10, 2019)
4 - Athleisure (Thu, Oct 17, 2019)
5 - Coding (Thu, Oct 24, 2019)
6 - Pirates (Thu, Oct 31, 2019)
7 - The Next Pandemic (Thu, Nov 7, 2019)
8 - The Future of Meat (Thu, Nov 14, 2019)
9 - Beauty (Thu, Nov 21, 2019)
10 - Diamonds (Thu, Nov 28, 2019)

Season 3 Episodes

1 - Sugar (Fri, Jul 16, 2021)
2 - Royalty (Fri, Jul 23, 2021)
3 - Flags (Fri, Jul 30, 2021)
4 - Dogs (Fri, Aug 6, 2021)
5 - The End of Oil (Fri, Aug 13, 2021)
6 - Chess (Fri, Aug 20, 2021)
7 - Your Skin (Fri, Aug 27, 2021)
8 - Apologies (Fri, Sep 3, 2021)
9 - Hurricanes (Fri, Sep 10, 2021)
10 - Plastic Surgery (Fri, Sep 17, 2021)
11 - Dance Crazes (Fri, Sep 24, 2021)
12 - Time (Fri, Oct 1, 2021)
13 - Country Music (Fri, Oct 8, 2021)
14 - Fairy Tales (Fri, Oct 15, 2021)

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