S1 E1 • Crime, Inc.

Like it or not, our lives are shaped by the biggest and most powerful business on the planet: crime. This episode will delve into how the small, rural town of St. Albans, Vermont, is making big money for drug dealers; how the local economy in Canon City, Colorado, benefits from incarceration; and how the gangs in Washington, D.C., compete to control territory, a fight that is happening more and more through social media.

Première diffusion : 30 mars 2015

S1 E2 • Treasure Hunt

There are billions of dollars out there — you just have to know where to look. We’re on a quest to dig up the goods, from the most remote ends of the earth to our own backyards. And we’re charting a course to where X really does mark the spot of buried treasure. We’ll travel to northeastern Nevada, where more gold has been found than in the entire California Gold Rush. And in Defiance, Ohio, we’ll meet a family who discovered a bin of old baseball cards and found out that these rare collectibles are worth millions. Finally, we journey to Lodz, Poland, with treasure hunters seeking gold and jewels thought to be lost forever from World War II.

Première diffusion : 30 mars 2015

S1 E3 • Sex Drive

All sex is not created equal, and some places are blessed with more of it than others. We travel to Hurley, Wisconsin, a town with the unlikely distinction of being the Strip Club Capital of America. Know where to find the fastest-growing group of sexually active people? We head to Delray Beach, Florida, where senior citizens are turning retirement communities into sexual meccas. And as more countries experiment with legalized prostitution, we journey to Switzerland, to a drive-in brothel in Zurich.

Première diffusion : 6 avril 2015

S1 E4 • Going Viral

When an idea goes viral, it spreads like a disease. When a sickness goes viral, all of us are at risk. Whether it starts with animals, humans or bombs, how can we improve our chances of surviving the next global pandemic? At the Centers for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta, a researcher studies mosquitoes (the world’s most dangerous animals) by letting them suck blood from his arms. Starting in the Hong Kong hotel where SARS turned into an epidemic, we trace how the disease spread worldwide. In a top secret U.S. government lab in Los Alamos, New Mexico, researchers track biological weapons around the world and map their potential impact.

Première diffusion : 6 avril 2015

S1 E5 • Fantasy Sports

Data and number crunching have taken over the world of sports. The highest proportion of NFL players comes from the small towns of the Louisiana bayou, thanks to a unique combination of roads, talent and history. We travel to Argentina to meet the highly organized soccer hooligans of Buenos Aires, who look more like a mafia than a fan club. Picking a name and mascot for your team is a serious business. Is it better to go for a top name (“‘Eagles” is most popular in the U.S.) or a rare one?

Première diffusion : 13 avril 2015

S1 E6 • Surviving Nature's Fury

As we build an overlapping map of natural disaster threats around the world, we make an unsettling discovery: Mother Nature has handed us our eviction notice, and almost no place is truly safe. Drought is a major threat around the world, and in San Angelo, Texas, pilots are fighting back by seeding the clouds to create weather the local ranchers desperately need. We travel to Iceland to delve into a town on the edge of a volcano where residents dodge molten lava and constantly rebuild as eruptions eat their property. The U.S. has more damaging weather and disaster threats than any other nation, and the epicenter of it all is New Madrid, Missouri, home to the biggest earthquake in American history, along with a laundry list of other potentially deadly natural disasters.

Première diffusion : 13 avril 2015

S1 E7 • Born to Be Wired

Don't be fooled–the internet isn't invisible and wireless. Our data is not stored "on a cloud." Today’s cyber-world is made up of real places, and those locations matter more than you might expect.

Première diffusion : 20 avril 2015

S1 E8 • Eat This!

The question “What’s for dinner?” has very different answers around the world. From snacks, to main courses, to drinks and even condiments, we’re building a plate of the world’s most popular dishes. We go to the surprising No. 1 pizza town in the U.S. — Orlando, Florida — to meet a guy who has lived on nothing but pizza for 25 years.

Première diffusion : 20 avril 2015

S1 E9 • Cash for Trash

Host Kal Penn puts a dollar sign to all that cash that we're leaving on the curb. We visit Freeburg, IL, where farmer Shane Reinneck's family has been saving money by spreading excrement.

Première diffusion : 27 avril 2015

S1 E10 • A la Conquête de l'Espace

Dans ce nouvel épisode, Kal Penn se penche sur la manière dont nous avons colonisé l'espace. Du GPS à la télévision, un nombre important de nos activités quotidiennes est en lien avec ce qui se passe dans l'espace. Embarquez pour le désert de l'Utah et rencontrez des personnes souhaitant coloniser Mars et qui tentent de simuler la vie sur la planète rouge. Partez également à la chasse aux météorites et découvrez comment fabriquer et lancer un satellite maison avec un groupe d'étudiants enthousiastes.

Première diffusion : 4 mai 2015

S1 E11 • Le Corps Humain

Le corps humain est extrêmement complexe et il n'est pas évident de savoir ce qui se passe réellement à l'intérieur. Alors comparons-le à quelque chose qui nous est familier et que nous voyons tous les jours : une ville ! Bienvenue à Humanopolis, la ville qui vit à l'intérieur de vous. Dans ce nouvel épisode, Kal Penn dresse une carte fascinante et inattendue du corps humain. Partez à la découverte d'un laboratoire qui imprime des oreilles, d'un garage de Pittsburg où des " pirates " améliorent leur propre corps ou encore d'une forêt remplie de cadavres qui nous aident à comprendre qui nous sommes, de quoi nous sommes faits et ce que nous devenons. Humanopolis est à l'image de toutes les villes, elles grandissent, évoluent et parfois s'effondrent.

Première diffusion : 11 mai 2015

S1 E12 • La Carte Invisible

Kal Penn s'intéresse aux endroits cachés, mal nommés ou qui ont tout simplement disparu des cartes. Kal explore notamment un mystérieux bunker du gouvernement installé à la vue de tous dans un quartier résidentiel de Washington DC. Partez également à la rencontre de scientifiques citoyens qui révolutionnent l'exploration sous-marine. Autrefois lieu d'importantes expéditions financées par les gouvernements, ces océanographes organisent aujourd'hui des missions d'exploration pour moins de 1000 dollars. Mais tous les endroits ne peuvent pas être cartographiés grâce à la technologie. Découvrez des cavernes qu'il n'y a qu'un moyen d'explorer, en rampant

Première diffusion : 18 mai 2015