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On the Spot Season 1 Episodes

22 Episodes 2011 - 2012

Episode 1

History, Transportation, Astronomy

Sun, Sep 25, 2011

From Columbus to Ponce de Leon, the horse to horsepower, and Galileo to the order of the planets.

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Episode 2

Animals, Geography of North America, Math

Sat, Oct 1, 2011

From insects to polar bears, the Great Lakes to the Not So Great Lakes, and the Pythagorean Theorem to endless Pi.

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Episode 3

Money, Plans, World Geography

Sat, Oct 8, 2011

From dollar bills to financial abbreviations, fruits to chromosomes, and a new ocean to a globe gone south.

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Episode 4

Government, Sports, Music

Sat, Oct 15, 2011

From presidents to the Supreme Court, the first Olympics to Jackie Robinson, and orchestras to air guitar.

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Episode 5

Climate, Language, Health

Sat, Oct 22, 2011

From the last ice age to the hottest place on earth, an antonym for antonym to a metaphor for metaphor, and calories to the secret about stretching.

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Episode 6

Inventors, Agriculture, Mythology

Sat, Oct 29, 2011

From the light bulb to the internet, livestock to the real cash crop, and Zeus to the Minotaur.

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Episode 7

Explorers, Culture, Economics

Mon, Nov 5, 2012

From the South Pole to the moon, slurping soup to feng shui, and purchasing power to monopoly.

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Episode 8

Human Skeleton, Visual Art, American History

Sat, Nov 12, 2011

From your head to your phalanges, van Gogh to the rainbow, and the American Revolution to the industrial one.

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Episode 9

Natural Histroy, Early Technologies, Food

Sat, Nov 19, 2011

From saber tooth cats to America's first people, the history of pencils to the history of knives, and why popcorn pops and we have only five tastes.

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Episode 10

Civil War, Business, Weather

Sat, Nov 26, 2011

From Lincoln to Lee, CEOs to the S&P, and tornadoes to the speed of lightning.

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Episode 11

U.S. Presidents, Chemistry, Performing Arts

Sat, Feb 11, 2012

From Obama and Reagan, hot air to hydrogen, and Chaplin to Buster Keaton.

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Episode 12

Medieval Times, Astronomy, Energy

Sat, Feb 18, 2012

From the Crusades to catapults, Earth's rotation to Jupiter's moons, and OPEC to windmills.

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Episode 13

U.S. Capitals, Oceans, Dinosaurs

Sat, Feb 25, 2012

From the smallest capital to the highest, the Great Barrier Reef to volcanoes, and T-Rex to ancient birds.

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Episode 14

Sports, Geography, Science

Sat, Apr 21, 2012

From the first Olympic gold to the oldest Olympic athlete, the longest geographical name to countries within countries, and the brains of geniuses to animals with accents.

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Episode 15

Health, Food, History

Sat, Apr 28, 2012

From your number one fear to hiccups, the history of the baker's dozen to the origin of orange, and blitzkriegs to "bless yous."

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Episode 16

Science, People, Animals

Sat, May 5, 2012

From the foundation of the universe to a jiffy, spies who become leaders to Nobel Prizes, and speedy hippos to weird pets.

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Episode 17

Technology, Music, Travel

Sat, May 12, 2012

From the first photograph to the creation of the Internet, the wonders of the world to death by lightning, and platinum albums to 5-year old composers.

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Episode 18

Geography, Culture, History

Sat, May 19, 2012

From the first Academy Awards to the eastern-most state, pirates to the discovery of Antarctica, and unfurnished German apartments to politely sticking out your tongue.

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Episode 19

Health, History, Science

Sat, May 26, 2012

From the world's happiest job to the happiest country, what you really hear in that conch shell to the secret behind the word robot, and predictions from Jules Verne, Business Week, and Warner Brothers.

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Episode 20

Animals, History, People

Sat, Jun 2, 2012

From naked mole rats to the animals of 1492, the real reason it's called America to Civil War surgeries, and Charles Lindbergh to Jackie Robinson.

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Episode 21

Geography, Science, Health

Sat, Jun 9, 2012

From the reason North is up to the fight over the number of oceans, the history of climate change to the truth about vegetables, and the skinny on stretching to the medical benefit of hugs.

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Episode 22

Science, History, the Arts

Sat, Jun 16, 2012

From the reason cheese tastes good to the air pressure on Everest, the first pencil to the poleaxe, and Harry Houdini to Charlie Chaplin.

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