Season 9
15 episodes · 2014
1The State of Incarceration
Crime rates in Canada are plummeting, so why are we spending Hundreds of millions on new prisons?
2Royals & Animals: Till Death Do Us Part
Some they love to pet and pamper, others they love to shoot - the contradictory relationship between royals and animals.
3Weather Gone Wild
Summer snowstorms. Disastrous flooding. Devastating wind and ice storms. Rampaging wildfires. Ruinous drought. Our weather has taken a turn for the extreme. And it’s going to get worse. As intense and unpredictable weather becomes the new normal, how can we adapt and survive?
4Forgotten No More: The Lost Men of the 78th
The remains of eight Canadian WW1 soldiers are found in a French garden, nearly 100 years after they died in the Battle of Amiens.
5DOT.CON
An investigation of internet scams which cost Canadian victims upwards of $20 million a year.
6The Psychopath Next Door
The Psychopath Next Door provides a chilling and provocative examination of those in our midst who act without conscience. And we’ll hear from those whose hope is to one day discover a treatment for the psychopath – a term coined in the 1880’s whose literal meaning is “suffering soul”.
7Wild & Dangerous: The World of Exotic Pets
A look into the relationships between people and their exotic pets and examines the issues that come with keeping undomesticated animals. Does love for a pet outweigh concern for public safety, endangered species, and habitats at risk?
8Roboticize Me
Comedic actor Peter Keleghan take us on a trip through a wild new world of robotics.
9A TV Renaissance
In the online age, the death of television has been widely predicted. But guess what? TV is going through a renaissance and Canadians at home and abroad are in the thick of it. From HBO to Netflix, TV has never been more popular.
10The Truth About Female Desire
An astonishingly frank exploration of what turns Canadian women on and why. A generation ago a woman who liked sex went to great lengths to hide it. Now she brags about it on national TV. Canadian women tell shocking truths about female desire.
11The Age of the Drone
There’s a revolution happening and it’s overhead. The drones are coming. From Amazon to Google, the government and your neighbours, everyone is embracing the drone. The big question is: who gets to use them, and how?
12Transforming Gender
The era of transgendered enfranchisement is upon us. Through personal stories we pull back the curtain on what it means to be — fundamentally and in your deepest core — in conflict with the gender you were assigned at birth.
13Deluged by Data
For better or worse, we’re bombarded with information in today’s digital age. Is this flood of data a blessing or a curse? A new way to understand our lives – or just a way to miss out on living them? Can we learn to control our data, before it controls us?
14Vietnam: Canada’s Shadow War
On the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, we look at Canada's role in America's war in Vietnam and how this country was changed by the experience.
15Volunteers Unleashed
Going overseas with good intentions, does not guarantee good will be done. A look at 'voluntourism' - the fastest growing and most controversial travel sector.
