Sasha Sagan talks to actor TROIAN BELLISARIO (Pretty Little Liars, Life on Mars) about a tradition older than our species, and the unusual (and slightly terrifying) way Troian once experienced it.We'll also hear from professor and author RANDI HUTTER EPSTEIN (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Get-Me-Out-History-Childbirth/dp/0393064581/ref=mt_hardcover?_encoding=UTF8&me=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank</a>) about the often strange and disturbing history of the tradition.

Sasha Sagan talks to actor TROIAN BELLISARIO (Pretty Little Liars, Life on Mars) about a tradition older than our species, and the unusual (and slightly terrifying) way Troian once experienced it. We'll also hear from professor and author RANDI HUTTER EPSTEIN (Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank) about the often strange and disturbing history of the tradition.

Sasha Sagan talks to actor TROIAN BELLISARIO (Pretty Little Liars, Life on Mars) about a tradition older than our species, and the unusual (and slightly terrifying) way Troian once experienced it.We'll also hear from professor and author RANDI HUTTER EPSTEIN (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Get-Me-Out-History-Childbirth/dp/0393064581/ref=mt_hardcover?_encoding=UTF8&amp;me=" rel="noopener noreferrer">Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank</a>) about the often strange and disturbing history of the tradition.

Troian Bellisario—The Portal

Why do we do things the way we do them? We take on customs from our ancestors, then teach them to the next generation, often without thinking. But when we take a step back, they can seem bizarre, arbitrary...and sometimes, profoundly beautiful.

Join Sasha Sagan, author of "For Small Creatures Such as We," as she talks to smart, funny, interesting celebrities and scholars, uncovering just how weirdly wonderful we Earthlings can be.

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Why do we do things the way we do them? We take on customs from our ancestors, then teach them to the next generation, often without thinking. But when we take a step back, they can seem bizarre, arbitrary...and sometimes, profoundly beautiful. Join Sasha Sagan, author of "For Small Creatures Such as We," as she talks to smart, funny, interesting celebrities and scholars, uncovering just how weirdly wonderful we Earthlings can be.

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