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Halloween
Every year around Halloween, the same old fears surface. We’ve got to check the kids’ candy for poison, the apples for Razor Blades, and the candy bars for drugs. The reason, because since we were kids we’ve heard stories about the horrible things that supposedly happened to a friend of a friend. But how real were the stories that have induced paranoia? The YouTube series ‘Origins of Everything’s’ special Halloween episode delves into the story/legend that is the source of our candy fears. What would be Halloween without clowns creeping around striking fear in both kids and adults? ‘Origin of Everything’ has a video about that too where they explore our fears of killer clowns. For more videos on, well, everything, be sure to subscribe to the ‘Origin of Everything’ YouTube channel.
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Christopher Columbus and Cannibals? How does the adventurer connect to flesh eating natives? PBS Digital Studios has just tackled the subject in the latest episode of their series ‘Origin of Everything’, hosted by Danielle Bainbridge. “How did Christopher Columbus invent the idea of “Cannibals?” While evidence of people who eat other people existed long before Columbus, the idea of tribes of “savages” in the jungle who hunt other people for food was truly birthed with Columbus. He is even the first person to ever use the word “Cannibal” to describe such people. The problem is, no such people really existed in the Caribbean islands where Columbus landed. But the myth of the savage Cannibal took on a life of its own and became a common way to excuse colonization and slavery. How did it happen? Watch the episode to find out!!!” Also be sure to check out the first episode of ‘Origins of Everything‘ which delves into creepy clowns. Subscribe
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Halloween
Every year around Halloween, the same old fears surface. We’ve got to check the kids’ candy for poison, the apples for Razor Blades, and the candy bars for drugs. The reason, because since we were kids we’ve heard stories about the horrible things that supposedly happened to a friend of a friend. But how real were the stories that have induced paranoia? The YouTube series ‘Origins of Everything’s’ special Halloween episode delves into the story/legend that is the source of our candy fears. What would be Halloween without clowns creeping around striking fear in both kids and adults? ‘Origin of Everything’ has a video about that too where they explore our fears of killer clowns. For more videos on, well, everything, be sure to subscribe to the ‘Origin of Everything’ YouTube channel.
Continue reading →
Streaming TV
Christopher Columbus and Cannibals? How does the adventurer connect to flesh eating natives? PBS Digital Studios has just tackled the subject in the latest episode of their series ‘Origin of Everything’, hosted by Danielle Bainbridge. “How did Christopher Columbus invent the idea of “Cannibals?” While evidence of people who eat other people existed long before Columbus, the idea of tribes of “savages” in the jungle who hunt other people for food was truly birthed with Columbus. He is even the first person to ever use the word “Cannibal” to describe such people. The problem is, no such people really existed in the Caribbean islands where Columbus landed. But the myth of the savage Cannibal took on a life of its own and became a common way to excuse colonization and slavery. How did it happen? Watch the episode to find out!!!” Also be sure to check out the first episode of ‘Origins of Everything‘ which delves into creepy clowns. Subscribe
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