Angela states the myth that Australians are all descended from crooks. Only 20% of Australians can actually claim convict history. What's more interesting is that penal colonies in Australia only happened after the US penal colonies were closed to the British after the American revolution. The two major penal colonies in the Americas were the Chesapeake Colonies in Maryland and Virginia, now the heart of the US Government and politics.
Many of the episode titles are also the names of songs; "My Own Worst Enemy" is by Lit.