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This Is Life With Lisa Ling

Award-winning journalist Lisa Ling goes on a gritty, breathtaking journey to the far corners of America. Discover the raw and honest look into unconventional lives that exist in our own backyard.
IMDb 8.020149 episodes18+
Talk Show and Variety•Documentary
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  1. S1 E1 - Sugar Daddies, Sugar Babies
    September 27, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    Websites have sprung up matching wealthy older men with young, attractive women. Lisa Ling dives into a dating pool centered on youth, beauty, money and sex.
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  2. S1 E2 - Unholy Addiction
    October 4, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    Lisa Ling unpacks how prescription drug addiction has taken root in one of the most clean-living communities in America.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Genius Experiment
    October 11, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    More than 30 years ago, an eccentric millionaire who believed the human race was in decline came up with the idea of selectively breeding children for intelligence. Lisa visits with the people born out of his experiment.
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  4. S1 E4 - Filthy Rich
    October 18, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    Lisa Ling explores the booming oil industry in North Dakota as more women seek opportunity in the area despite hardship, hard labor and danger.
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  5. S1 E5 - Jungle Fix
    October 25, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    Lisa Ling uncovers why thousands of Americans are flocking to the Amazon rainforest to drink a psychedelic plant mixture called ayahuasca.
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  6. S1 E6 - Road Strip
    November 1, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    Lisa Ling takes a road trip alongside four traveling strippers, who leave their homes in order to chase more profitable prospects.
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  7. S1 E7 - Gay Rodeo
    November 8, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    Go behind the scenes with Lisa Ling to the International Gay Rodeo Association, where more than 5,000 registered members are bucking stereotypes.
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  8. S1 E8 - Called to the Collar
    November 15, 2014
    43min
    TV-PG
    Lisa Ling visits a predominately Roman Catholic town to uncover why a growing number of young men are drawn to the priesthood.
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Directors
Jackie BaskinErin LovettHeidi BurkeSam LaCroixGeoffrey O'ConnorRobert PalumboCourtney Thompson HutchensRachel LibertRachael ProfiloskiEric Strauss
Cast
Lisa Ling
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CNN
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