Sex, Drugs, and Rock n' Roll

How can we explain the fantastic, exquisite, terrifying visions we encounter when we journey off consciousness' well-trod path to chart our own course through reality?

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.

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

From Ancient Rome to Washington DC and everywhere in-between, discover how the world changes when powerful people shamelessly shatter boundaries and break rules for fun.

These are the unbelievably true stories behind what happens when people treat sex like doomsday, from the little known sex cover-up in Pompeii to J. Edgar Hoover's legendary Obscene Files used to keep politicians in check.

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 woman's time in a prince's modern-day harem,

From the man who discovered the Kama Sutra to sexologist Alfred Kinsey, these are the stories behind the "Superheroes of Sex."

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, discover how sex has decided wars and changed the world.

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

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.

Many people have tried to harness the power of sex for their own gain, but find out what happens when basic instincts backfire.

Millions of people around the world look to the Bible for moral guidance about marriage, faith, and family. But could the Bible contain contradictions or hidden meanings that challenge our beliefs about what is right and wrong when it comes to human sexuality?

A thousand years ago, Hindu kings built 85 stunning temples, 20 of which remain. Famed above all for the delicate sensuality and eroticism of their sculptures, they are considered an expression of the world-renowned Kama Sutra.

Decode the world in which the Bible's often bizarre rules about sex were set and see how everything from Greek statues to mortality rates influenced the reality of human sexual relations three thousand years ago.

Join host Don Wildman as he shows how a massive engineering feat transformed the city of Las Vegas from a barren desert into a mobster metropolis, where thieves ran the show from underground tunnels dating back to Prohibition.

It comes as no surprise the Bible has a lot to say on the subject of alcoholic beverages. Yet wine and spirits played a very different role in the ancient world than they do today.

A look at the storied and strange history of marijuana in the U.S. and the fight to both criminalize and legalize its import, sale, and distribution.

Learn the history of the second most used illicit drug in America, from its origins in the chewing of coca leaves in 3000 B.C. to its rise as a party drug in the 1970s.