Up Next
Back to Show
Origin of Everything
How Did Edison Invent Christmas Lights?
Season 2
Episode 4
Did Thomas Edison pave the way for today's EduTubers? Danielle tracks the path from Edison's Christmas light demonstrations in the late 19th century all the way to the science explainer videos of today.
Support Provided By
Season
12:41
The complicated history surrounding the European enslavement of Indigenous peoples.
14:12
One of the most controversial topics moving through American politics for over 150 years.
13:39
Some argue for reforms, others for defunding, and others still for the complete abolition.
11:57
The United States healthcare system is letting down many Black Americans.
11:11
John Adams warned us. George Washington begged us not to.
11:52
America's last major epidemic was the HIV/AIDS crisis of 1980s and 1990s.
8:26
We look at the etymology and reclamation surrounding Black history and identity.
9:20
"Socialism" is one of THE most divisive words in America and it has been for a long time.
10:53
Danielle analyzes the homophobic history of US law.
8:37
Trace the history of the handshake from Babylonia and the early Greeks to the present.
12:58
Danielle analyzes the discriminatory history of US law.