Episode 1
Aired Sep 20, 2020
The Battle for the Ballot; H.R. McMaster; Coach O and the Sideways Season
Voting by mail in Pennsylvania; former national security adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster; LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron.
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Episode 2
Aired Sep 27, 2020
Florida's Amendment 4; The Wall; Sir David
The legal and political fight over the voting rights of 1.4 million felons in Florida; the company with a checkered past that convinced the Trump administration to give it billions in border wall contracts; filmmaker David Attenborough.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 4, 2020
Cause and Effect; Talent on the Spectrum; Seinfeld in 2020
Temperatures and drought in the West contribute to thousands of fires in California; adults on the autism spectrum with unique talents and capabilities; comic Jerry Seinfeld.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 4, 2020
Nadia; A Different Kind of Vision; The Wright Way
A Yazidi woman who survived a genocide, then went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize; an architect who found a way to keep working after losing his sight; a Utah family with nine professional cowboys who live a lifestyle straight out of the Old West.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 11, 2020
Treating COVID-19 Today; The Lincoln Project; Grizzlies
The latest therapies being developed to treat COVID-19 patients; The Lincoln Project, a political action committee formed to prevent the reelection of Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election; grizzly bears living near humans.
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Episode 6
Aired Oct 11, 2020
Genetic Revolution; The Youngest Refugees; Vision of Music
A potential cure for sickle cell anemia; creators of "Sesame Street" and the International Rescue Committee join forces to address the needs of Syrian child refugees; jazz pianist Matthew Whitaker.
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Episode 7
Aired Oct 18, 2020
Putin's Public Enemy; Dr. Fauci; Hell Flight
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny; Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; early in the coronavirus pandemic, infected cruise ship passengers were allowed to mix with unsuspecting travelers.
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Episode 8
Aired Oct 25, 2020
Election Edition
Interviews with President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 1, 2020
Ask Ohio; Arizona Counts; The First Outbreak
Scott Pelley talks to voters in Ohio; how early voting is tabulated in Arizona; a nursing facility says a federal investigation diverted staff time away from COVID-19 patient care.
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Episode 10
Aired Nov 8, 2020
Counting the Vote; Operation Warp Speed; Ken Burns
The presidential election vote count and the legal challenges the Trump campaign has raised; the government's mission to produce and deliver enough vaccine doses to inoculate all Americans against the coronavirus; filmmaker Ken Burns.
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Episode 11
Aired Nov 15, 2020
The 44th President; TikTok
Former President Barack Obama; the popular TikTok app and data collection.
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Episode 12
Aired Nov 22, 2020
COVID's Long-Haulers; Where did they Go?; 90+
Patients who have seemingly recovered from COVID-19 that are still experiencing worrisome symptoms; school enrollment data shows unprecedented numbers of students unaccounted for as school starts; people aged over 90 and their secrets to a long life.
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Episode 13
Aired Nov 29, 2020
Securing the Election; The Last Slave Ship; James Corden
Former Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Chris Krebs; descendants of those transported aboard the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans to America; TV host James Corden.
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Episode 14
Aired Dec 6, 2020
Peddling PPE; Secondary Sports; Viola Davis
Inexperienced companies jump to fill the demand for medical supplies during the pandemic; colleges go to extraordinary lengths to keep revenue-producing sports on TV during the pandemic, while cutting others; actress Viola Davis.
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Episode 15
Aired Dec 13, 2020
Saudi Fugitives; The High Cost of Healing; Excited Delirium
Saudi citizens accused of crimes in the U.S. flee back to their home country before trial; a California hospital chain that got so big and its prices so high that it led to a landmark lawsuit against the company; excited delirium.
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Episode 16
Aired Dec 20, 2020
An End in Sight; Justice Defenders; Built by Angels
Pfizer's collaboration with the German company BioNTech; an organization enabling justice and changing lives by providing legal education and counsel to inmates in Kenya; Christians mass on the site of 11 churches carved from rock 800 years ago.
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Episode 17
Aired Dec 27, 2020
Home for the Holidays
Singer Shakira; Japan's Kabuki theater; jazz pianist Matthew Whitaker.
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Episode 18
Aired Jan 3, 2021
The Case Against Curtis Flowers; Notes of Grace
People hounded by conspiracy theorists fight back online; a man imprisoned more than 22 years is freed in late 2019, months after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the last of his several convictions in a quadruple murder case; pianist Igor Levit.
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Episode 19
Aired Jan 10, 2021
anuary 6th; 11,780 Votes; American Independent
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger; Sen. Angus King (I-Maine).
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Episode 20
Aired Jan 17, 2021
Against All Enemies; The Threat; The Comeback
The security efforts being made to protect the presidential inauguration; the siege on the U.S. Capitol; professional football player Alex Smith's comeback after nearly losing his leg in a catastrophic on-field injury.
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Episode 21
Aired Jan 31, 2021
Left Behind; The Biodata Race; DNA For Sale
People reflect on family members they've lost to COVID-19; the race to collect DNA and medical data; genealogy firms and privacy concerns.
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Episode 22
Aired Feb 14, 2021
SolarWinds; Bill Gates 3.0; Simone Biles
The Russian cyber attack on the digital files of the U.S. government and some of America's largest corporations; Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates; gymnast Simone Biles.
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Episode 23
Aired Feb 21, 2021
Attack on the Judiciary; Handcuffed to the Truth; QAnon
The rise in threats against federal judges; a prosecutor says he has strong evidence to convict Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of war crimes; the QAnon conspiracy movement.
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Episode 24
Aired Feb 28, 2021
Progress and Patience; Incoming; Colson Whitehead
Reasons more Americans have not received a COVID-19 vaccine; U.S. service members on the al-Asad airbase in Iraq describe being under the largest ballistic missile attack ever on Americans; author Colson Whitehead.
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Episode 25
Aired Mar 7, 2021
The Unequal Recession; The Long Shot; Back to the Moon
The low-wage earners who are bearing most of the brunt of the pandemic's economic impact; Fluvoxamine, an antidepressant being tested in a large clinical trial as a possible early treatment for COVID-19; NASA's efforts to return people to the moon.
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Episode 26
Aired Mar 14, 2021
Variants; The Prosecutor; Best Band in the Land
Coronavirus variants caused by mutation; Kim Gardner, the first Black woman to be top prosecutor in St. Louis; the history of the St. Augustine H.S. Marching Band.
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Episode 27
Aired Mar 21, 2021
Prosecuting the Riot; Race in the Ranks; Back to School
Michael Sherwin, the lead prosecutor investigating the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021; racism in America's armed forces; how COVID-19 is transmitted within schools.
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Episode 28
Aired Mar 28, 2021
What Happened in Wuhan?; Dynamic Robots; Kindred in the Bleachers
The origins of the coronavirus; robots that can move like humans and animals; sportswriter Dave Kindred's retirement beat covering a local girls high school basketball team.
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Episode 29
Aired Apr 4, 2021
A Fair Shot, Darren Walker, Survival
Allegations that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) made decisions about COVID-19 vaccine distribution which favored wealthy and connected individuals; Ford Foundation President Darren Walker; six teens who were shipwrecked together for 15 months.
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Episode 30
Aired Apr 11, 2021
The Fed Chair; The Last Pandemic; Prince and the Revelation
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell; the efforts of the scientific community and the military to prevent future pandemics; Prince's vault of unreleased music at Paisley Park.
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Episode 31
Aired Apr 18, 2021
The Oath Keepers; Race and Health; Viola Davis
Profile of the militia movement the Oath Keepers; the link between race and health outcomes; actress Viola Davis.
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Episode 32
Aired Apr 25, 2021
The Prosecutors; Putin's Public Enemy; Showstoppers
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and special prosecutors Jerry Blackwell and Steve Schleicher discuss the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd; Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny; actor Nathan Lane.
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Episode 33
Aired May 2, 2021
The Secretary of State; Chips; The Premonition
Secretary of State Antony Blinken; a shortage of semiconductors reveals the U.S. is increasingly trailing behind Asia in the key sector; a book tells the story of doctors and scientists who saw the pandemic coming and tried to sound the alarm.
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Episode 34
Aired May 9, 2021
Ingenuity and Perseverance; The Ritchie Boys
The dramatic missions to Mars by the tiny helicopter Ingenuity and the rover Perseverance; Jews who escaped the Nazis and returned with the U.S. Army to fight Hitler during WWII.
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Episode 35
Aired May 16, 2021
Facial Recognition; UUP; Rafa
Facial recognition used to identify criminal suspects; unidentified aerial phenomena, UAPs, are being formally addressed by the U.S. government; professional tennis player Rafael Nadal.
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Episode 36
Aired May 23, 2021
Transgender Healthcare; Geldingadalir; Exhume the Truth
Transgender health care and the legislation being introduced in states that aim to limit care for transgender youth; the newest volcano in the southwest of Iceland, named "Geldingadalir"; The Greenwood Massacre of 1921.
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Episode 37
Aired May 30, 2021
Attacks on the Judiciary; 90+; Notes of Grace
The rise in threats against federal judges; people older than 90 provide valuable information on the secrets to a long and healthy life; pianist Igor Levit.
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Episode 38
Aired Jun 6, 2021
What Happened in Wuhan?; Ransomware; Sir David
The inquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 virus led by the World Health Organization; ransomware; wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough.
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Episode 39
Aired Jun 13, 2021
High Velocity; The Last Slave Ship; Simone Biles
High velocity assault weapon ammunition causing devastating wounds; the last known slave ship to bring enslaved Africans to America is discovered in an Alabama river; gymnast Simone Biles.
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Episode 40
Aired Jun 20, 2021
The Prosecutors; The Oath Keepers; Japan's Babe Ruth
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and special prosecutors Jerry Blackwell and Steve Schleicher discuss the conviction of Derek Chauvin; members of the Oath Keepers discuss the attack on the Capitol; baseball player Shohei Ohtani.
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Episode 41
Aired Jun 27, 2021
Targeting Americans; The Nuremberg Prosecutor; James Corden
American officials working in Cuba and China claim they have serious brain injuries caused by secret, insidious attacks; Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials after World War II; TV host James Corden.
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Episode 42
Aired Jul 4, 2021
Solarwinds: Ken Burns: The Story of America; Best Band in the Land
The Russian cyberattack on the digital files of the U.S. government and some of America's largest corporations; filmmaker Ken Burns; the St. Augustine H.S. Marching Band.
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Episode 43
Aired Jul 11, 2021
Handcuffed to the Truth; Robots to the Rescue; Colson Whitehead
A prosecutor alleges he has strong evidence to convict Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of terrible war crimes; cleaning up nuclear disaster sites with robots; author Colson Whitehead.
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Episode 44
Aired Jul 18, 2021
Left Behind; Talent on the Spectrum; Survival
Americans who lost loved ones to COVID-19; adults on the autism spectrum whose skills landed them jobs; six teens who were shipwrecked on a deserted island in the South Pacific for 15 months.
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Episode 45
Aired Jul 25, 2021
The Case Against Curtis Flowers; The Wright Way; Prince and the Revelation
The case against Curtis Flowers, who was tried six times for a quadruple murder in which no fingerprints, DNA or weapon linked him to the crime; a Utah family includes nine professional cowboys; the music of Prince.
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Episode 46
Aired Aug 1, 2021
Ingenuity and Perseverance; Darren Walker; The Premonition
Inside the dramatic missions to Mars by the tiny helicopter Ingenuity and the rover Perseverance; Ford Foundation President Darren Walker; a group of doctors and scientists who saw the pandemic coming and tried to sound the alarm.
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Episode 47
Aired Aug 8, 2021
Incoming; Dynamic Robots; Grizzlies
U.S. service members on the al-Asad airbase in Iraq describe being under the largest ballistic missile attack ever on Americans; the Boston Dynamics robotics workshop; grizzly bear populations in Montana.
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Episode 48
Aired Aug 15, 2021
Hell Flight; Justice Defenders; Kings of the Road
Cruise ship passengers infected with COVID-19 who were allowed to mix with the general population in a busy U.S. airport early in the pandemic; an organization in Kenya provides legal education and counsel to inmates; driverless truck technology.
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Episode 49
Aired Aug 22, 2021
Race in the Ranks; Geldingadalir; Kindred in the Bleachers
Racism in America's armed forces; the world's newest volcano, located in the southwest of Iceland; sportswriter Dave Kindred.
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Episode 50
Aired Aug 29, 2021
Chips; UAP; The Comeback
Semiconductor shortage; the U.S. government addresses unidentified aerial phenomena in an intelligence and defense report; quarterback Alex Smith beats the odds to return to the NFL after nearly losing his leg in a catastrophic on-field injury.
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Episode 51
Aired Sep 5, 2021
The Last Pandemic; The Ritchie Boys
The efforts of the scientific community and the military to prevent future pandemics; Jews who escaped the Nazis during World War II and returned to fight Hitler as part of a secret American military intelligence group trained in espionage.
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