The film investigates the concept of “voluntourism” which is inadvertently doing more harm than good to Cambodian children, as well as the disturbing trend of exploitation by some companies that […]

Warlords, soldiers, and child laborers all toil over a mineral you’ve never even heard of. Coltan is a conflict mineral in nearly every cell phone, laptop, and electronic device. It’s […]

With the 2012 UEFA European Championship around the corner, Ukraine finds itself in the world’s spotlight. But with its poor human rights record and widespread corruption should it be co-hosting […]

Deep in Siberia’s Taiga forest is Vissarion, a cult leader who looks like Jesus and claims to be the voice of God. He’s known as “the Teacher” to his 4,000 […]

LEGO blocks are one of the most beloved toys in the world, playing a role in many a person’s childhood.

This bizarre, lawless land in the California desert is inhabited by drug addicts, eccentrics, army vets, hippies and just plain old weirdos. Slab City is referred to by its residents […]

In the 1960s, the US government built secret missile silos across the country to protect citizens against nuclear attack. They now serve as homes to the reclusive and gathering places […]

The Aokigahara Forest is the most popular site for suicides in Japan. After the novel Kuroi Jukai was published, in which a young lover commits suicide in the forest, people […]

A fantastic time-lapse of Planet Earth, created from images produced by the geostationary Electro-L Weather Satellite.

Ryan Duffy went to Columbia to check out a strange and powerful drug called Scopolamine. It’s a substance so intense that it renders a person incapable of exercising free will.

Interviews with Christians, atheits and others about state/religion and god. One woman says: “Homosexuality is worse than slavery”.

Taking pop culture stories and icons as its starting point, the fan community extends those characters into new adventures, unexpected relationships and bizarre remixes.

The second programme features the incredible sea foam which turns part of the Australian coast into what looks like the world’s biggest bubble bath.