Could a pill turn you into a killer? Canadians are among the world's biggest users of antidepressants. For most, these drugs are very helpful, but this investigation reveals the devastating side effects some antidepressants have on a small minority that can lead to psychosis, violence, and possibly even murder.
Does extreme content equal extreme profits? Inside Facebook goes undercover to access the company’s “moderating hub” and gets a glimpse of how it decides what remains online.
A revealing look at how the secretive dictatorship uses modern-day slaves sent abroad to raise money for the regime and its nuclear agenda.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II shares her memories of her 1953 Coronation ceremony, marking the 65th anniversary of the occasion. Viewing rarely seen film footage and looking at some of the priceless Crown Jewels themselves, the Queen recalls the day the Crown and the hopes of a nation were placed on her shoulders.
Go inside President Trump’s fight against the investigation of his campaign and whether he obstructed justice. Traces Trump’s unprecedented war against the Special Counsel, the FBI, and even his own Attorney General.
Migrant women from around the world are hired as domestic helpers in the Middle East, but are unpaid, held captive by their employers and subjected to harassment, abuse and rape.
Everyone wants to look beautiful. But what risks and costs would you be willing to undertake to change the way you look? Burn survivor Annie Price goes looking for answers.
For two bold entrepreneurs, creating a pleasure-enhancing, effective, affordable female condom has become an obsession. For millions around the world, it could mean life or death, with the potential to eliminate unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.
A look at the white supremacist and Neo-Nazi movements in the U.S. The investigation shows how some of those behind the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, including an active-duty Marine, went unpunished and continue to operate.
Explore the dangerous present-day power struggle that is fueling violence across the Middle East. Leading politicians from both countries blame the other for the violence as each tries to gain dominance of the region and the Muslim world.
Is the historic devastation caused during the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season the new normal? And how prepared are we to deal with similar storms in the future?
Medical science has now discovered how you can stay young longer, and age slower. How to Stay Young reveals the specific diets, and exercise programs, that can help overcome biological decline.
Look inside the bodies of two ordinary people as they go about their daily lives monitored by the latest medical technology. What will they discover about their lifestyle and what will the rest of us learn about the mysteries of the human body?
Anthony Bourdain and other celebrity chefs help solve the problem of food waste - one-third of all food grown for human consumption ends up in the garbage. They demonstrate how we can all make small, but delicious changes that help waste less food and feed more people.
Will Silicon Valley’s glittering promise of a better world, through what they call disruption, give us a better world, or simply make a few people very, very rich, and lead to social breakdown and the collapse of capitalism?
The Gun Shop goes deep into the heart of a community gripped by the fear of gun violence. Feeling threatened, some citizens of Battle Creek, Michigan turn to a local business for advice and ammunition.
Amid claims he hacked the 2016 election, the inside story of Vladimir Putin’s conflict with the U.S. Part one investigates Putin’s historic grievances with the U.S. and his efforts to exact revenge leading up to the presidential election.
The life story of Queen Elizabeth II. Where the popular Netflix series “The Crown” dramatized her life, Elizabeth is the real thing - a decade by decade, uniquely personal picture of the the longest reigning monarch in British history.
A revealing look at the simmering dissent inside one of the world’s most secretive Islamic regimes. A network of young activists documents the defiance brewing behind closed doors and out on the streets in a country where speaking out can lead to prison, punishment and even death.
Insight into life on the U.S.-Mexican border as Donald Trump attempts his most controversial campaign pledge - the wall. Behind the scenes with U.S. Homeland Security Customs and Border Patrol as they search for illegal migrants.
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