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How Sex Changed the World Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

10 Episodes 2013 - 2013

Episode 1

America's Sex Pioneers

Sat, Apr 20, 201344 mins

From America's earliest days, sex has shaped and defined our country. From the Puritan "mandatory sex" rule for married couples to Ben Franklin's racy newspapers and even car design, these are the stories behind America's sex pioneers.

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Episode 2

Sex for Sale

Sat, Apr 27, 201344 mins

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

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Episode 3

Sex Rebels

Wed, May 1, 201343 mins

From Ancient Rome to Washington DC and everywhere in-between, discover how the world changes when powerful people shamelessly shatter boundaries and break rules. In this episode, a Roman empress turns to prostitution for fun.

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Episode 4

Sexpocalypse

Sat, May 11, 201342 mins

Sex is powerful force of nature and for some; it's like the end of world. These are the unbelievably true stories behind what happens when people treat sex like doomsday.

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Episode 5

Sex & Power

Sat, May 18, 201343 mins

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 women's time in a prince's modern day harem, to Rasputin's legendary status as a ladies man.

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Episode 6

Superheroes of Sex

Sat, Jun 1, 201343 mins

Throughout history, there have been fearless men and women who have risked everything to reveal the mysteries behind our favorite subject: sex.

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Episode 7

Sex & War

Sat, Jun 1, 201344 mins

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 to how soldiers spent their down time in the Civil War.

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Episode 8

Extreme Sex

Sat, Jun 1, 201343 mins

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

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Episode 9

Sex Gone Wrong

Sat, Jun 1, 201343 mins

Sex is one of the most powerful human needs and many people have tried to harness its power for their own gain. But those attempts often backfire.

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Episode 10

Sexperiment

Sat, Jun 1, 201343 mins

These are the surprising stories behind how scientists, the government and even the judicial system have harnessed sex to change world history: from covert experimental CIA orgies to the Middle Ages' "honest woman" test to verify bedroom activity.

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