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This Is Life With Lisa Ling

Award-winning journalist Lisa Ling goes on a gritty, breathtaking journey to the far corners of America.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Sugar Daddies, Sugar Babies

    September 27, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    Lisa Ling dives into a dating pool centered on youth, beauty, money and sex.
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  2. S1 E2 - Unholy Addiction

    October 4, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    Lisa Ling unpacks how prescription drug addiction has taken root in one of the most clean-living communities in America.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Genius Experiment

    October 11, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    Lisa visits with some of the people who were selectively "bred for intelligence" as part of an experiment more than 30 years ago.
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  4. S1 E4 - Filthy Rich

    October 18, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    Lisa Ling explores the booming oil industry in North Dakota as more women seek opportunity in the area despite hardship, hard labor and danger.
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  5. S1 E5 - Jungle Fix

    October 25, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    Lisa Ling uncovers why thousands of Americans are flocking to the Amazon rainforest to drink a psychedelic plant mixture called ayahuasca.
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  6. S1 E6 - Road Strip

    November 1, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    Lisa Ling takes a road trip alongside four traveling strippers, who leave their homes in order to chase more profitable prospects.
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  7. S1 E7 - Gay Rodeo

    November 8, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    Go behind the scenes with Lisa Ling to the International Gay Rodeo Association, where more than 5,000 registered members are bucking stereotypes.
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  8. S1 E8 - Called to the Collar

    November 15, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    Lisa Ling visits a predominately Roman Catholic town to uncover why a growing number of young men are drawn to the priesthood.
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