The Big Picture With Kal Penn

  • : 2015
  • : 12
  • : 7
  • National Geographic
  • 21
  • Documentary

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Crime, Inc.
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30, 2015
Like it or not, our lives are shaped by the biggest and most powerful business on the planet: crime. This episode will delve into how the small, rural town of St. Albans, Vermont, is .. show full overview
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Treasure Hunt
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30, 2015
There are billions of dollars out there — you just have to know where to look. We’re on a quest to dig up the goods, from the most remote ends of the earth to our own backyards. And .. show full overview
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Sex Drive
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06, 2015
All sex is not created equal, and some places are blessed with more of it than others. We travel to Hurley, Wisconsin, a town with the unlikely distinction of being the Strip Club .. show full overview
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Going Viral
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06, 2015
When an idea goes viral, it spreads like a disease. When a sickness goes viral, all of us are at risk. Whether it starts with animals, humans or bombs, how can we improve our chances of .. show full overview
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Fantasy Sports
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13, 2015
Data and number crunching have taken over the world of sports. The highest proportion of NFL players comes from the small towns of the Louisiana bayou, thanks to a unique combination of .. show full overview
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Surviving Nature's Fury
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13, 2015
As we build an overlapping map of natural disaster threats around the world, we make an unsettling discovery: Mother Nature has handed us our eviction notice, and almost no place is .. show full overview
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Born to Be Wired
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20, 2015
Don't be fooled–the internet isn't invisible and wireless. Our data is not stored "on a cloud." Today’s cyber-world is made up of real places, and those locations matter more than you might expect.
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Eat This!
Episode overview
20, 2015
The question “What’s for dinner?” has very different answers around the world. From snacks, to main courses, to drinks and even condiments, we’re building a plate of the world’s most .. show full overview
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Cash for Trash
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27, 2015
Host Kal Penn puts a dollar sign to all that cash that we're leaving on the curb. We visit Freeburg, IL, where farmer Shane Reinneck's family has been saving money by spreading excrement.
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Space Invasion
Episode overview
04, 2015
Outer space, and the idea of humans colonizing it, are a lot closer than you think.
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Body City
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11, 2015
Think of your body as a city unto itself, and discover how -- like any urban metropolis -- it rises, evolves, and, eventually... collapses.
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Off the Map
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18, 2015
You’d think after thousands of years of exploring the earth that we’d know where everything is by now... but we don’t. Not even close.

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