Original Sin: Sex

National Geographic Channels/ Nick Perlmuter
Original Sin: Sex

Synopsis

This 6-part event series shows us how sex collides with and is often the motivating force behind all things in our world from science to politics to pop culture and social interaction. Using interviews, archival footage, filmic recreations and animation, we will uncover the surprising ways sex impacts humanity and how things have changed over the past 50 years.

Episodes

Season 1
  • Hi-Tech Sex

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    Explore the technologies that have revolutionised our relationship with sex, with provocative archive footage and insights from top academics.

  • Sex Ed Wars

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    Explore the controversial history of sex education and find out how much politics and culture influence what we teach about sex.

  • Government in the bedroom

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    See how sex collides with and is often the motivating force behind all things in our world from science to politics to pop culture and social interaction. Using interviews, archival footage, filmic recreations and animation, we will uncover the surprising ways sex impacts humanity.

  • The new normal

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    See how sex collides with and is often the motivating force behind all things in our world from science to politics to pop culture and social interaction. Using interviews, archival footage, filmic recreations and animation, we will uncover the surprising ways sex impacts humanity.

  • Sex Scandals

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    Sex scandals crack open the deceit surrounding the moral compasses of political heroes, and lay bare the hypocrisy in them, and us.

  • Sex in Advertising

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    From notions of romance to promises of a better body, we explore just what kind of sex sells - and what happens when ads go too far.