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S25E15
One With the Whale
April 22, 2024
Hunting whales is a matter of life or death for the residents of St. Lawrence. When a shy Alaska Native teen becomes the youngest person ever to harpoon a whale for his village, his family is blindsided by thousands of keyboard activists brutally attacking him online—without full perspective on the importance of the hunt to his community's well-being.
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Season 26
Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen
S26E2
A veteran uses hand-carved battlefield crosses to reconnect with families of fallen, fellow...
All God's Children | The History of White People in America, Episode 5
October 14, 2024
The powerful story of an enslaved woman who sued and won her family’s freedom in 1832.
The Diary of Afong Moy | The History of White People in America, Episode 4
October 7, 2024
How America's first Chinese woman was exhibited and exploited as a circus oddity in 1830s New...
One Person, One Vote?
S26E1
Unravel the complexities of the Electoral College through four 2020 presidential electors....
Season 25
The Tuba Thieves
S25E17
The central mystery of this unconventional documentary is the nature of sound itself.
Space: The Longest Goodbye
S25E16
NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation of a Mars mission.
Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s
S25E14
Three people navigate their lives with determination in the face of Parkinson’s disease....
A Thousand Pines
S25E13
A crew of 12 Mexican tree planters travel the United States regrowing America’s forests....
Greener Pastures
S25E12
Midwestern families deal with unseen mental health issues affecting farmers in America.
Breaking The News
S25E11
Women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch startup The 19th* to buck a broken news media system.
Sister Úna Lived a Good Death
S25E10
A nun with stage IV cancer teaches others that death doesn’t have to be the end.
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S25E9
Miami's Liberty City public housing projects become ground zero for climate gentrification...
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