HDNet World Report Episode Guide
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This is a listing, by episode number with the newest episodes first, of HDNet World Report episodes that have already been produced.
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| The Russia-Georgia Conflict: Who's Really to Blame? Natural Gas Cars: Cleaner, but Better? Mavericks: How a Retiree is Feeding the World. | |
| Episode Number: | 636 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | World Report explores a twist in the events that threatened to ignite a new Cold War: what looked like Russian aggression against Georgia this summer may have been something very different. We were in Georgia when the fighting started, and take a fresh look at a foreign policy quandary that's still unfolding. Then, correspondent Greg Dobbs gets behind the wheel and under the hood of a natural gas car. It runs cheaper and burns cleaner, but does one belong in your garage? Finally, we're in Haiti to catch up with a World Report Maverick, a Minnesota retiree whose desire to help hungry kids will lead to 40 million meals delivered around the world this year alone. |
| Human Guinea Pigs; Shuttle Endeavour; Miracle in Malawi | |
| Episode Number: | 635 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | For profit clinical pharmaceutical trials have become a big business, and are almost totally unregulated. This has led to a new profession -- human "guinea pigs" who travel all over the country, allowing themselves to be poked and prodded in the name of science. But big ethical questions are being raised, as are questions about safety. Paul Beban goes inside with the "guinea piggers." Next, Greg Dobbs has the latest on Shuttle Endeavour's 15 day mission to the International Space Station. And finally, Leslie Boghosian is in the perennially impoverished African nation of Malawi, where the government has launched a program that, despite initial opposition from the World Bank and many industrialized nations, seems to be highly effective. They are now not only feeding their own people, but they're exporting food, too. What's their secret? |
| Untreated Casualties Part 2; Drill, Baby, Drill? Inside Offshore Drilling; Viewfinder: Vietnam's Infamous Tunnels | |
| Episode Number: | 634 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | For Veteran's Day, Greg Dobbs continues his reporting about the epidemic of post traumatic stress disorder and suicide in our armed forces. The Defense Department has initiated an aggressive new program to help the huge numbers of soldiers who come back from Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD. Next, we are in the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of California. Offshore drilling was a big campaign issue, and will be one of the first big issues confronting the new Obama administration. Oil men say new technology has made drilling safer than ever before. Finally, a World Report Viewfinder, inside the tunnels that the Viet Cong used during the Vietnam war to move supplies and launch attacks. |
| The Real Life "Big Love;" Helping Haiti After a Season of Hurricanes; Mavericks: Sean Tevis | |
| Episode Number: | 633 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | To many, polygamy conjures images of Warren Jeffs and secluded compounds with women in 19th century prairie dresses. But that's not how many polygamists live. World Report was allowed rare access into the lives of "independent" polygamist families who lead outwardly 'normal' lives in quiet suburban communities, ordinary people with an extraordinary secret. Next, we are back in Haiti, which was pummeled this year by four hurricanes. A group of volunteers is trying to stave off a humanitarian catastrophe and Haiti's president is pleading for help. Finally, Paul Beban introduces us to a political maverick, a candidate in Kansas who has changed the way local campaigns are run -- with a cartoon! |
| Miracle in Malawi; Inside the Mind of a Terrorist; Viewfinder: A Student's Eclectic Visions | |
| Episode Number: | 632 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | Leslie Boghosian is in the perennially impoverished African nation of Malawi, where the government has launched a program that, despite initial opposition from the World Bank and many industrialized nations, seems to be highly effective. They are now not only feeding their own people, but they're exporting food, too. What's their secret? Then, World Report travels to a safe-house in the hills above Beirut, to talk exclusively with a notorious Arab militant who was recently released from an Israeli jail. Who is he, why was he released, and is he still a threat? On a lighter note, we visit with an extraordinary young man named Ross Ching, who is making beautiful films in his spare time between classes. It's a World Report 'Viewfinder.' |
| Energy Boom in Wyoming: The End of the Cowboy?; "Can Do:" Prostitutes Take Charge; A First-Ever View of Planet Mercury | |
| Episode Number: | 631 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | With keen and poetic insight, author Alexandra Fuller confronts escalating energy development in Wyoming, her adopted home state. Oil and gas is booming in cowboy country, with consequences for towns, wildlife and tradition. Fuller, originally from Africa, is leading a movement to preserve a uniquely American way of life. Then, World Report is in the back alleys of Thailand, a country that depends on the billions that sex tourism brings in every year. Now, some sex workers are fighting back in ways you wouldn't expect. And first-ever views of the planet closest to the sun, Mercury. |
| Bill Gates and the Indian Eunuchs; Global Warming's Front Lines; Timeline: Vietnam Now | |
| Episode Number: | 630 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | An unlikely partnership is fighting AIDS and infanticide in India. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is funding a group of 'Aravani' -- Indian men who undergo ritual castration -- to work in the rural Indian countryside. Correspondent Paul Beban leads us on an unusual journey. Next, we visit three towns in remotest Alaska. Home to native Alaskan tribes for centuries, these towns are now literally disappearing due to climate change. The residents want to move to higher ground, but need someone else to pay the billions it will take to do so. Finally, on the 40th anniversary of the Tet Offensive, we examine the evolving Vietnam, and its relationship with the U.S. |
| La Oroya: A Poisoned Town, a Billionaire's Profit | |
| Episode Number: | 629 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | The town of La Oroya, high in the Peruvian Andes, is one of the most polluted places in the world. The town is dominated by a massive metal processing plant; 97% of the children have lead poisoning, and twice the arsenic and 6 times the cadmium than the average American child. The landscape, scoured by toxic rain, looks like a moonscape. Who is responsible for the reprehensible conditions? Correspondent Mick Davie traveled to Peru to find out, and learned that the metal processing plant is owned by an American billionaire who promised to clean up the factory, but who many say has only made things worse. |
| A Battle for Water: Coca-Cola vs. India's Farmers; Strange Bedfellows: New Alliances in the Fight Over Immigration; Natural Gas Cars: Cleaner, but Better? | |
| Episode Number: | 628 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | Enticed by booming markets in India's cities, The Coca-Cola Company has pumped more than a billion dollars into the country in recent years. But in rural India, farmers say Coke factories are soaking up a precious resource: water. World Report travels to India to explore the real cost of bottling The Real Thing. Then, Arizona has passed a slew of tough new laws that target illegal immigrants and the employers that hire them. But now, an unlikely coalition of business leaders and immigrant rights groups are now fighting for a change to the laws. And finally, World Report gets behind the wheel and under the hood of a natural gas car. It runs cheaper and burns cleaner, but does one belong in your garage? |
| The New Cold War; Index: Top 5 Green Innovations; Viewfinder: Ross Ching | |
| Episode Number: | 627 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | World Report was inside Georgia as Russian tanks battered the U.S. ally; this week we tell the real story of what was happening there in the days and hours before fighting broke out. Next, a lighter turn as correspondent Paul Beban takes a look at the business of "green" in the latest edition of the World Report Index. Paul's gone searching for cooler, more cutting-edge stuff than recycled paper and Priuses, and crowns the top-5 green innovations. Finally, a World Report Viewfinder -- the series that looks at the world through the eyes of HD filmmakers. This week, we visit an extraordinary young man named Ross Ching, who is making beautiful films in his spare time between classes. |
| Inside the Mind of a Terrorist; Mavericks: The Cartoon Politician; World Report Index: The Ho Chi Minh (Golf) Trail | |
| Episode Number: | 626 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | World Report travels to a safe-house in the hills above Beirut, to talk exclusively with a notorious Arab militant who was recently released from an Israeli jail as part of a prisoner swap with Hezbollah. Who is Samir Kantar, why was he released, and is he still a threat? Next, Paul Beban introduces us to a political maverick, a candidate in Kansas who has changed the way local campaigns are run -- with a cartoon! Finally, a World Report Index. During the Vietnam War, the Ho Chi Minh Trail allowed the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong to secretly supply millions of soldiers with guns and ammo to fight American soldiers. Now, the Trail is crawling with Americans ... playing golf! It is a unique strategy to lure tourists to the new Vietnam. |
| Inside Georgia as Russia Attacks; Indians vs. U.S.: An Update; Beyond Belief: Chinese Muslims | |
| Episode Number: | 625 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | World Report is inside Georgia before and during the Russian onslaught, with exclusive access inside disputed territories. We look beyond the military story, at the roots of this conflict, America's involvement, and whether it might lead to a bigger, more dangerous fight. Next, American Indians are at war with the federal government over billions of dollars in oil and gas revenue. They say they're the victims of government mismanagement and fraud. A federal judge has now ruled for the Indians, but will they ever see any money? Finally, with the Olympics in full-swing, and Muslim separatists in Western China stepping up attacks against the government, we take a look at Islam in China. It is the latest installment of our 'Beyond Belief: The Changing Face of Religion' series. |
| Saving Michael Vick's Dogs; Mavericks: Bob Barr; Moving Museum | |
| Episode Number: | 624 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | Michael Vick, the former NFL star quarterback, is now behind bars for operating a brutal dogfighting ring. What happened to the dogs that survived the beatings, torture and fights? Then, the first of our series 'Mavericks.' This week, Bob Barr, the former right-wing Republican firebrand who is running for president ... as a Libertarian. World Report contributor Jennifer London talks exclusively with this 'Maverick.' Finally, how do you move penguins, ants, sharks, and thousands of other animals and biological specimen? Carefully, very carefully. That's what the California Academy of Science is doing as they move into their stunning new home in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park |
| Hope or Hype? Stem Cell Treatments in China; Operation Purple: A New Way for Soldiers' Kids to Cope; World Report Index: Longevity | |
| Episode Number: | 623 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | American patients are racing to China for a therapy they can't get in the U.S.: stem cell treatments for everything from MS to Alzheimers to blindness. Some say they get revolutionary treatment and can be cured. Others say it is all hype, and not science. World Report weighs the costs, the hopes, the risks as we join patients on a medical odyssey. Then, Operation Purple. Help for soldiers' kids whose parents are sent to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan: a special summer camp, where they learn key coping skills, and find a unique camaraderie. Finally, the debut of the "World Report Index". This week: which countries top the list for life expectancy? And what's the secret to staying vibrant and healthy well past 100? |
| "Can Do:" Prostitutes Take Charge; Worn Welcome: Sweden's Fraying Welcome Mat; The Front Lines of Global Warming | |
| Episode Number: | 622 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | World Report is in the back alleys of Thailand, a country that depends on the billions that sex tourism brings in every year. Now, some sex workers are fighting back in ways you wouldn't expect. Then, can Sweden's open door immigration policy survive a new wave of Muslim immigration? An influx of war refugees is transforming the country, and the economic and political strains are causing Swedes to rethink the generous welcome they give newcomers. Finally, we visit three towns in remotest Alaska. Home to native Alaskan tribes for centuries, these towns are now literally disappearing due to climate change. The residents want to move to higher ground, but need someone else to pay the billions it will take to do so. |
| Untreated Casualties: The Military's Suicide Epidemic; The Silent Epidemic: Diabetes in Kids | |
| Episode Number: | 621 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | Correspondent Greg Dobbs presents a powerful and disturbing report about the suicide epidemic in the U.S. military. Snce the Iraq war began there has been a six-fold increase in suicide attempts. Experts say that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a major cause, and that soldiers in crisis aren't getting the help that they need from the military or the VA, but the Pentagon argues that PTSD isn't a major factor in the rising suicide rates. Then, it's called the Silent Killer, because the disease wreaks medical havoc before patients know they have it. Now, diabetes is striking unprecedented numbers of Americans, and most troubling, record numbers of kids. |
| Strange Bedfellows: New Alliances in the Fight Over Immigration; The Dark Side of Economic Growth: Payatas; Ice on Mars! | |
| Episode Number: | 620 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | Arizona has passed a slew of tough new laws that target illegal immigrants and the employers that hire them. But now, an unlikely coalition of business leaders and immigrant rights groups are now fighting for a change to the laws. Next, correspondent Paul Beban takes us on a harrowing journey to a massive slum called Payatas that is dependent on the detritus of humanity. Thousands live, work, play, and pray in a sprawling garbage dump. Is this what upward mobility looks like? Finally, a potentially huge discovery by NASA's Phoenix spacecraft. While digging on the 'Red Planet,' it has discovered what scientists believe to be ice! |
| India's Rising Middle Class: A Threat to the U.S.?; Tourism Time Bomb; NASA Gets Ready for the Moon | |
| Episode Number: | 619 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | India's rapid economic growth has led to a huge increase in their middle class. In 1980 there were 65 million middle class Indians. Today, 300 million (as many as the entire population of the U.S.). By 2020 that number could double to 600 million. All of those consumers will be buying cars, houses, using fuel; in other words, living like Americans. In a word of limited resources, what does that mean for us? Many think higher prices and possibly a lower standard of living. What can be done? Next, how will the rise of millions of new leisure travelers affect popular tourist destinations? Finally, new gear for NASA's coming trips to the moon. |
| Olympic Danger: Are Athletes at Risk?; The Rise of the Russian Minigarchs; Drug Wars in Our National Forests | |
| Episode Number: | 618 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | Will Beijing's smog cloud the Summer Olympics? Elite athletes adjust expectations and training - some even drop their signature events - to compete in some of the worst air pollution on earth. The International Olympic Committee and the Chinese say the air will be clean enough. But are they telling the truth? Then, the rich and beautiful have found a new home: Moscow. World Report follows the unexpected rise of the Russian Minigarchs, and looks at how they wield power in a re-emerging superpower. Finally, Jeffrey Kaye is on the front-lines of the War on Drugs, with armed eradication teams in remote mountains destroying millions of dollars worth of marijuana plants. Incredibly, these plants are being grown in our national forests! |
| Hope or Hype? Stem Cell Treatments in China; Behind the Scenes: A Day in the Life on the International Space Station; A Launch from Earth and a Landing on Mars | |
| Episode Number: | 617 - Available on iTunes |
| Synopsis: | American patients are racing to China for a therapy they can't get in the US: stem cell treatments. World Report joins these patients through a medical odyssey to assess the costs, the hopes, the risks. Then, a video diary like no other: astronaut Garrett Reisman takes us behind the scenes in high definition at the International Space Station. And finally, while Space Shuttle Discovery launches, NASA's Phoenix has landed, beginning an extraordinary exploration of Mars. |
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