They said it couldn't be done: The "male pill." Actuality asks why men haven't seen a new reversible contraceptive in centuries—and if we need one. We found out why Big Pharma gave up on a male pill, and meet people who want to make it happen anyway.

They said it couldn't be done: Soccer makes it in America. Actuality can't turn on the TV without seeing a soccer game — what gives? We talk with U.S. players Crystal Dunn and Matt Besler to figure out how global football became a media cash cow in America.

They said it couldn't be done: Ending the American war on marijuana. This week, Actuality tells the ugly truth about cannabis prohibition and peeks at the green shoots of the nascent legal weed industry — but can the architects of a new market avoid the mistakes of the past?

They said it couldn't be done: New art in old museums. Actuality visits an auction house to see a billion dollars of art sold in just a week and learn how this bubbling private market is changing staid public art museums in surprising ways.

They said it couldn't be done: Nuclear fusion. We visit scientists building a clean power plant that's hotter than the sun — but can they ever deliver? Then: the strange world of cold fusion, the people who hate it and the billionaires betting on it.

They said it couldn't be done: Making superheroes into movie stars. Forty years ago, Hollywood told 27-year-old Michael Uslan a Batman movie would never succeed. More than a dozen big-budget superhero movies will hit the big screen in the next few years. Holy impossibility, Batman!

They said it couldn't be done: Internet in space. The dream of a totally connected world is still out of reach. Companies like OneWeb and SpaceX think a global swarm of satellites is the answer. The idea failed before — does it stand a chance today?

"Actuality" visits Spotify to look into the algorithmic DJs that soundtrack our lives.

Quartz and Marketplace go into the world of animal trafficking with this episode of Actuality

Quartz and Marketplace get into the holidays and looks back at 2015.

Quartz and Marketplace prepare for the end of the year.

Quartz and Marketplace race into the world of fast fashion.

Quartz and Marketplace look at the current refugee crisis.

Quartz and Marketplace explore fake happiness in the workplace.

Quartz and Marketplace find out littering exists in space, too.

Quartz and Marketplace look at the state of homelessness starting in the 1970s.

Quartz and Marketplace look back at the Mount Everest avalanche in April.

Quartz and Marketplace dig into genetically modified broccoli.

Quartz and Marketplace listen to 'data,' and talk about Wi-Fi allergies.

Quartz and Marketplace look at Donald Trump's immigration reform plan and Turkish whistling.

Quartz and Marketplace look at caviar, rodents and poultry.

Quartz and Marketplace look at irregular sleep schedules, the economic effects of monsoon weather on India and a 'sleeping sickness' in Kazakhstan.

Quartz and Marketplace look at how genetically modified mosquitoes could be the key to preventing a disease outbreak in Florida.

Quartz and Marketplace look at the history of American Apparel's controversial former CEO, jerk bosses and German erotica.