This Is Life with Lisa Ling
Lisa Ling's investigative documentary series goes behind the scenes to discover the secret societies within the American society.
This Is Life with Lisa Ling
Lisa Ling's investigative documentary series goes behind the scenes to discover the secret societies within the American society.
This Is Life with Lisa Ling
Lisa Ling's investigative documentary series goes behind the scenes to discover the secret societies within the American society.
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Episode 1: Sugar Daddies, Sugar Babies
In the last decade, a host of websites have sprung up with a mission to match wealthy older men with...
Episode 2: Unholy Addiction
Utah, home of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has the lowest rates of tobacco use a...
Episode 3: The Genius Experiment
Lisa examines the question- can we manufacture genius; a genius sperm bank created by eccentric mill...
Episode 4: Filthy Rich
Lisa Ling goes inside this modern day boomtown and explores its new women pioneers.
Episode 5: Jungle Fix
Lisa goes inside the hidden, mystical world of Ayahuasca, and investigates the popularity of this un...
Episode 6: Road Strip
Lisa Ling goes inside Crane's world and that of other traveling strippers who leave their home turf...
Episode 7: Gay Rodeo
An exploration of the Gay Rodeo Association.
Episode 8: Called To The Collar
Lisa travels to the Midwest, where more Catholic men are being drawn to the priesthood than anywhere...
In season two, Lisa Ling gains exclusive access to the children of Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints’ prophet and convicted felon Warren Jeffs, the Mongol Nation outlaw bikers, the LA County Coroner’s office, and The Satanic Temple in Detroit. She also introduces viewers to Electronic Dance Music fans, young girls vying to be models, Richmond City inmates preparing for a “Date with Dad” dance, and professional pickup artists in Nevada.
Episode 1: Children of the Prophet
Two children of Warren Jeffs make the revelations to Lisa Ling that the imprisoned leader of the pol...
Episode 2: Inside Mongol Nation
Lisa Ling embeds with the Mongols Motorcycle Club.
Episode 3: Fatherless Towns
Imprisoned dads learn to become fathers through an innovative program. 13 Inmates prepare for an unp...
Episode 4: Faces That Sell
Apparently men will pay a lot to be surrounded by beautiful women. Go inside the world of fashion mo...
Episode 5: Electronic Woodstock
Lisa relives her life as a 1990s raver, by embedding with a new generation of electronic music fans...
Episode 6: America's Busiest Coroners
Go Inside the LA County Coroner's Office where death is business as usual. “There are things that I...
Episode 7: The Seduction Game
Lisa attends a pickup artist bootcamp to explore what draws men to the pickup lifestyle and to disce...
Episode 8: The Satanists Next Door
Lisa investigates Satanism, focusing on the story of its members including their desire to use their...
In season three, Ling gains exclusive access to the LA County Jail, goes inside the cage with female MMA fighters, attends a wedding behind bars, and learns to code with Silicon Valley teens. She also explores legalized prostitution in Nevada and the heroin epidemic in Chicago, uncovers state laws that allow rapists parental rights, and embeds with the Philadelphia Police Department to examine how new technology is changing law enforcement.
Episode 1: Locked Angeles
Lisa Ling gains unprecedented access to the Los Angeles County Jail to understand what it takes to m...
Episode 2: Women Who Fight
Lisa Ling enters the octagon with three female MMA fighters changing the perception of ultimate figh...
Episode 3: The Black and White of Heroin
Lisa Ling visits Chicago to investigate whether a gentler approach to heroin use is being applied eq...
Episode 4: 21st Century Brothel
Lisa Ling travels to the most famous legal brothel, the Moonlite BunnyRanch in Nevada, to meet women...
Episode 5: Silicon Savants
Lisa Ling meets ambitious young people in San Francisco who hope to become the next Mark Zuckerberg.
Episode 6: Wired Philly
Lisa Ling embeds with the Philadelphia Police Department to explore how new technology is changing w...
Episode 7: Sins of the Father
Episode 8: Prison Love
Episode 1: Sexual Healing
Lisa Ling goes on a journey through the scintillating worlds of Tantra and surrogate partner therapy...
Episode 2: Chinese in America
Lisa explores the massive and economically diverse movement of immigration from China to the United...
Episode 3: Age of Consent
Lisa explores the legal and social consequences of convicting adolescents and young adults of sex of...
Episode 4: Patriot Movement
Lisa Ling reports on the Patriot Movement and embeds with a militia deep in the Arizona desert who a...
Episode 5: America's First Muslims
Islam has a long history in America; Lisa meets 3 different African American Muslims; learning about...
Episode 6: Modern Love
Polygamy in America used to be known as something practiced solely in Mormon country; a growing crop...
Episode 7: Lost Vegas
Every year millions flock to Las Vegas trying to fulfill a dream and win big, but outside, and under...
Episode 8: Transbeauty
Lisa takes a revealing look inside the world's most prestigious transgender beauty pageant, an excit...
In season five, Ling examines gender fluidity, screen addiction, the crystal meth epidemic in Oklahoma, mediums in Lily Dale, New York, fathers dealing with custody battles after divorce, children of notorious killers, and animal super-fans called “furries.”
Episode 1: The Myth of MS-13
Lisa Ling reports on the ultraviolent world of MS-13, investigating how the US helped create Trump's...
Episode 2: The Meth Crossroads
Lisa Ling meets the law enforcement teams working to curb the crystal meth epidemic plaguing the peo...
Episode 3: Gender Fluidity
Lisa Ling explores the revolution going on in how people think about genders. She meets individuals...
Episode 4: Screen Addiction
Lisa Ling goes in depth into the role technology plays in the mental health crisis.
Episode 5: Children of Killers
Lisa Ling explores the lives of the children of mass murderers.
Episode 6: The Mediums of Lily Dale
Lisa Ling travels to the Lily Dale Assembly, a cozy lakeside village in upstate New York that is a c...
Episode 7: The Dad Dilemma
Lisa Ling meets up with dads on the losing side of custody battles.
Episode 8: Furry Nation
Lisa Ling explores a unique community of animal super-fans called furries.
Episode 1: Porn Ed
Lisa Ling takes on a topic most avoid: online pornography and how it is shaping a generation's perce...
Episode 2: The Benzos Crisis
Lisa Ling delves into the world of benzodiazepine use and uncovers the troubling threat these drugs...
Episode 3: A Few Good Women
Lisa Ling gets a rare look inside the Marines' initiative to integrate the men and women in combat t...
Episode 4: Mississippi Gangland
Lisa Ling explores the inner workings of Mississippi's fastest growing gang, The Simon City Royals,...
Episode 5: Twinning
Lisa Ling explores the endless fascination with identical twins and the unfathomable bond shared bet...
Episode 6: When Women Kill
Lisa Ling meets two convicted female killers to explore what led them to their crimes, and the uniqu...
Episode 7: Swingers
Lisa Ling attends the country’s largest swingers party in New Orleans and learns how the swinging li...
Episode 8: Fighting Terror in Nyc
In the weeks leading up to New Year’s Eve, Lisa Ling embeds with the NYPD to find out what it takes...
In season seven, Ling explores the unlikely bond between prisoners and prep school students, how the digital age is affecting boys as they become men, the illicit massage parlor industry, heroin addiction, families affected by gun violence, and the rising popularity of psychedelic healing.
Episode 1: Prison & Prep School
Lisa Ling witnesses the melding of two worlds: a prison and a prep school and experiences the surpri...
Episode 2: Lost Boys
Lisa Ling explores the critical transition when boys become men and investigates how the digital age...
Episode 3: When Heroin Hits Home
Lisa Ling witnesses what happens when heroin addiction hits home. From children forced to grow up wa...
Episode 4: The Secret World Of Massage Parlors
Lisa Ling investigates the illicit massage parlor industry, from the police struggling to curtail tr...
Episode 5: Under The Gun
Lisa Ling meets people from all walks of life who have joined “the club no one wants to be a part of...
Episode 6: Psychedelic Healing
Lisa Ling explores the medical uses of psychedelics and examines how for some the hallucinogenic too...
Episode 1: The Legacy of Vincent Chin
Episode 2: American Militia
Episode 3: Sex Work: Past, Present, & Future
Episode 4: The Conspiracy Effect
Episode 5: Chicago's History of Violence
Episode 6: Gay Panic
Episode 7: Osage: Reign of Terror
Episode 8: Speaking Out: Sexual Assault in the Military
Episode 1: Sex, Love, and Techology
Episode 2: Got Sperm?
Episode 3: Tiger Queens
Episode 4: LA's Mental Health Crisis
Episode 5: We Have a Drinking Problem
Episode 6: Interracial Love
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