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America's Sex Pioneers

Aired on Apr 20, 201341m

From the Puritan "mandatory sex" rule for married couples to Ben Franklin's racy newspapers, these are the stories behind America's sex pioneers.

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Sex for Sale

Aired on Apr 27, 201342m

The world's oldest profession turns up where you'd least expect it, including as a major source of revenue for the Catholic Church and as the driving force behind America's first racially integrated neighborhood.

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Sex Rebels

Aired on May 04, 201342m

From Ancient Rome to Washington, D.C., discover how the world changes when powerful people shamelessly shatter boundaries and break rules for fun.

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Sexpocalypse

Aired on May 11, 201342m

These are the unbelievable true stories behind what happens when people treat sex like doomsday, from the little-known sex coverup in Pompeii to J. Edgar Hoover's legendary Obscene Files.

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Sex and Power

Aired on May 18, 201342m

These are the surprisingly true stories about how the sex lives of the powerful have shaken up history, from Warren G. Harding's days as a playboy to one woman's time in a prince's modern-day harem.

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Superheroes of Sex

Aired on Jun 01, 201342m

From the man who discovered the Kama Sutra to sexologist Alfred Kinsey, these are the stories behind the "Superheroes of Sex."

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Sex and War

Aired on Jun 08, 201342m

Nothing unleashes sex like war - after all, if you were going to die tomorrow, what would you want to do tonight? From Ancient Roman battalions to seductive spies, discover how sex has decided wars and changed the world.

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Extreme Sex

Aired on Jun 15, 201342m

From Emperor Nero's now famous sex parties to Teddy Roosevelt's crusades against sex-ridden New York City, these unbelievably true stories reveal what happens when people take sex to the extreme.

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Sex Gone Wrong

Aired on Jun 22, 201342m

Many people have tried to harness the power of sex for their own gain, but sometimes these basic instincts backfire.

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Sexperiment

Aired on Jun 29, 201342m

These are the surprising stories behind how scientists, the government, and even the judicial system have harnessed sex to change world history.