![TED Talks News and Politics show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/030/149/small/tedtalks-news-and-politics.png)
Summary: In a disturbing — but fascinating — walk through history, Frances Larson examines humanity's strange relationship with public executions … and specifically beheadings. As she shows us, they have always drawn a crowd, first in the public square and now on YouTube. What makes them horrific and compelling in equal measure?