Episode 1
Aired Oct 31, 2011
Pregnant Chinese women seeking U.S. citizenship; anti-government activists in Syria; a place with an unusual unemployment rate; a new airline boarding process.
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Episode 2
Aired Nov 7, 2011
Greece's impact on the world economy; a woman was sterilized against her will at age 13; actress Tina Fey.
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Episode 3
Aired Nov 14, 2011
Sportscaster Bob Costas discusses the sex scandal surrounding the Penn State football team; former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky; Gov. Robert Bentley (R-Ala.); innovations in military food; photographer Annie Leibovitz.
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Episode 4
Aired Nov 21, 2011
A former member of Jerry Sandusky's Second Mile charity discusses his experiences; the latest on the Penn State sexual abuse scandal; Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel; actress Betty White.
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Episode 5
Aired Nov 28, 2011
President Obama's former aide Reggie Love; reports from Cairo; an increasing reliance on government food assistance changes how one retailer does business; investigators reveal improved standardized test results in Atlanta were a result of cheating.
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Episode 6
Aired Dec 5, 2011
Richard Engel reports from Mali, West Africa, on the working conditions in artisanal mines; New York Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan attempts to reduce the city's carbon footprint and manage traffic; TV show host Jimmy Fallon.
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Episode 7
Aired Dec 12, 2011
Ted Koppel discusses the U.S. military's withdrawal from Iraq; Chelsea Clinton speaks to TOPPS founder Annette Dove, who devotes her life to aiding needy children in Pine Blulff, Ark.
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Episode 8
Aired Dec 19, 2011
Kate Snow reports on allegations that organized networks in Spain stole and sold newborn babies; Harry Smith goes on tour with a troupe of American Muslim comics in the Deep South; violence among sports fans; actor Steve Martin; musician Chip Davis.
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Episode 9
Aired Dec 26, 2011
A funding platform that helps turn creative dreams into reality; Lou Bellamy, artistic director and founder of Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul, Minn.; awkward family photos; author Regis Philbin; Mannheim Steamroller founder Chip Davis.
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Episode 10
Aired Jan 2, 2012
The rise in the cost of farmland; lobster divers in Honduras; actors Fred Armisen and Darrell Hammond; the cleanup after New Year's Eve in Times Square.
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Episode 11
Aired Jan 9, 2012
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's roots in Mexico; a family working to make a difference in Haiti; a preview of author Rick Riordan's upcoming conclusion to "The Kane Chronicles," and an interview with his son, Haley; actor George Clooney.
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Episode 12
Aired Jan 16, 2012
The capsizing of the Costa Concordia cruise ship; super-PACs; social gaming company Zynga's CEO Mark Pincus; manufacturing returning from overseas due to increased costs; "S... Girls Say."
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Episode 13
Aired Jan 23, 2012
Republican Candidates Debate
Presidential primary candidates discuss the issues in Tampa, Fla; Brian Williams moderates.
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Episode 14
Aired Jan 30, 2012
Kate Snow travels to the I4 Corridor in Florida; Lisa Myers gives a look inside the normally secretive world of biomedical research on chimpanzees.
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Episode 15
Aired Feb 8, 2012
Meredith Vieira talks to author Mimi Alford about her affair with President John F. Kennedy.
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Episode 16
Aired Feb 15, 2012
GM's assembly plant in Flint, Mich.; public and charter school teachers team up to improve reading scores in Rhode Island; two families with a 10-year-old girl in common; FedEx's Superhub sorting facility; Valentine's dinner at White Castle.
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Episode 17
Aired Feb 22, 2012
With a rising demand for rhino horn, ranchers and game wardens are trying to save the species; a profile of Svante Myrick, 24, the new mayor of Ithaca, N.Y.; author Charles Murray.
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Episode 18
Aired Feb 29, 2012
Ann Curry reports on the genocide crisis in the Sudan that is targeting black African tribes and driving people from their homes; a profile of Svante Myrick, 24, the new mayor of Ithaca, N.Y.; attorney and blogger Alexei Navalny.
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Episode 19
Aired Mar 7, 2012
The man who shot his daughter's laptop; Gawker Media CEO Nick Denton; Fukushima, Japan, a year after an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.
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Episode 20
Aired Mar 14, 2012
British Prime Minister David Cameron discusses topics that include violence in Afghanistan and the upcoming summer Olympics; protecting teens in high school foreign exchange student programs; actress Amy Poehler talks about Upright Citizens Brigade.
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Episode 21
Aired Mar 21, 2012
A professor and his students help solve an international crime; "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner; Greco-Roman wrestler Rulon Gardner; the impact of smart phones on performers and audiences.
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Episode 22
Aired Mar 28, 2012
Pawn shops; the Trayvon Martin case; the Chamber of Commerce's efforts to host job fairs for veterans and military spouses; opposition researchers.
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Episode 23
Aired Apr 4, 2012
Examining the photo line-up process and how effectively it contributes to the pursuit of justice; Chinese dancer Jin Xing; finalists in the Lego Master Model Builder competition.
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Episode 24
Aired Apr 11, 2012
Allegations that Remington has ignored a potential defect in some of its guns; New York's Iron Workers Local 40; a man books bands to play in his living room.
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Episode 25
Aired Apr 18, 2012
Singer Madonna; differences between French and American elections; Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt.
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Episode 26
Aired Apr 25, 2012
The secret of Costco's success; people who live in hospital rooms; a restaurant chain gives food away; "The Book of Mormon" ticket lottery.
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Episode 27
Aired May 2, 2012
Inside the Situation Room
From inside the White House Situation Room, details on the mission that targeted Osama bin Laden are revealed; President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and others give interviews.
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Episode 28
Aired May 9, 2012
Concussions among female soccer players; a horse that was rescued from slaughter finds success in three-day eventing; a 1961 documentary predicting the end of rock and roll music.
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Episode 29
Aired May 16, 2012
Current events, in-depth stories and newsmaker interviews.
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Episode 30
Aired May 23, 2012
Current events, in-depth stories and newsmaker interviews.
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Episode 31
Aired Jun 7, 2012
Napster founders Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning; singer Adele discusses fame and her songs; sprinter Oscar Pistorius; soccer concussions in high school girls.
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Episode 32
Aired Jun 14, 2012
A woman campaigns to change the law that prohibits paying bone marrow donors; parts of South Florida experience a real estate boom; actress Candice Bergen.
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Episode 33
Aired Jun 21, 2012
A man who claims he was sexually abused by Jerry Sandusky; a woman who lost her parents and kids in a fire discusses subsequent events and how the fire may have started; writer Aaron Sorkin; Mitt Romney's assistant, Garrett Jackson.
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Episode 34
Aired Jun 28, 2012
A hospital goes to extreme lengths to get payments from patients; the parents of a student who committed suicide after being bullied; looting in Egypt following the Arab Spring.
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Episode 35
Aired Jul 5, 2012
Babies born addicted to prescription painkillers; incarcerated juveniles; the world's largest radio telescope, currently being built in Chile; excessive noise in tennis; behind the scenes of Macy's Fourth of July fireworks extravaganza.
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Episode 36
Aired Jul 12, 2012
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' divorce; a former air conditioner repairman becomes a respected rebel commander in Syria; Costa Concordia shipwreck survivors.
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Episode 37
Aired Jul 19, 2012
Mitt Romney's five sons talk about their family and faith; Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas; student loan debt; Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
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Episode 38
Aired Jul 26, 2012
Healthcare costs for victims of violent crimes; Danny Boyle, opening ceremony director for the London Olympic Games; Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones; composer John Williams; the story of Olympic champion Billy Fiske.
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Episode 39
Aired Aug 16, 2012
The financial future of Olympic athletes; controversy surrounding Narconon, a drug rehabilitation program based on the philosophy of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard; GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's wife, Ann Romney; camp letters.
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Episode 40
Aired Aug 23, 2012
The history, controversies and customs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; successful Mormon businessmen; unconventional Mormon households; Mormon welfare efforts; Broadway's"The Book of Mormon."
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Episode 41
Aired Sep 13, 2012
Internet addiction; an industry that works to turn gaffes into front-page news; singer Justin Bieber; family reunions.
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Episode 42
Aired Sep 20, 2012
Political commentators Bill O'Reilly, Bill Maher and Ann Coulter; a respected citizen accused of stealing $53 million from his city; actor Steve Buscemi.
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