Season 39
5 episodes · Aug 7, 2020
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- S39E1
Schoolgirl Pin-ups
Aug 7, 202024mMarcel Theroux meets the Japanese schoolgirls seeking pop stardom performing for mostly older male fans. A cultural quirk, or is something more sinister going on in the Japanese music industry?
- S39E2
Trump's Housewives
Aug 14, 2020Karishma Vyas visits California to meet the "TradWives" - a growing movement of women in the United States who idolize Donald Trump, embrace traditional family values, reject feminism and are working hard to secure his reelection.
- S39E3
Swarm Chasers
Aug 21, 2020Sahar Zand reports on the adverse impact of locusts across Kenya and neighbouring countries, which are devouring crops and threatening millions with starvation where agriculture provides for more than 80% of the population threatening millions with starvation and economic collapse.
- S39E4
Nirvana for Sale
Aug 28, 2020Marcel Theroux visits Thailand and the controversial Dhammakaya movement. Critics say they're a money obsessed cult. Dhammakaya claim they're a force for good.
- S39E5
Death in the Alps
Sep 4, 2020Adnan Sarwar follows the trail of migrants dicing with death as they attempt to cross the frozen Alpine peaks marking the border between Italy and France. Braving altitudes of up to 2,500 meters and temperatures as low as minus 20, many have died in their attempt to seek safety, having been denied asylum in Italy or threatened with deportation back to the countries from which they fled.