2021

S5.E1 ∙ Blocking the Sun

Sat, Oct 07, 2023

We ride along in the world's largest flying laboratory and see the dire stakes surrounding a drastic step to curb climate change.

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S5.E2 ∙ Meet the People Dating AI

Sat, Oct 14, 2023

Scripps News' Cody LaGrow delves into AI romance, exploring its allure and his own robot love story.

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S5.E3 ∙ After Twitter

Sat, Nov 04, 2023

In Real Life dives into Twitter's legacy and what lies ahead for X and for the next era of social media.

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Humans have now altered virtually every ecosystem on the planet, fueling extinction rates tens to hundreds of times higher than any point in the last 10 million years. It's a crisis of such epic proportions that some conservationists are now calling for unprecedented interventions: tapping into our newfound power to shape genomes as a way to save endangered species and even bring back the ones we've lost.

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S5.E5 ∙ Mining the Deep Sea

Sat, Nov 25, 2023

Norway could become the first country in the world to mine the deep sea, but many scientists and environmentalists fear that this might blow open the door for a new frontier of extraction, with companies and governments from the Arctic to the Pacific in a race to reap the riches of the ocean floor.

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S5.E6 ∙ State of Exception

Sat, Dec 02, 2023

In the span of four years, El Salvador has gone from being the murder capital of the world to the safest country in the western hemisphere. The result: El Salvador has imprisoned 70,000 people it says are "associated with gangs" within two years. But with so many arrests, how can the country ensure that everyone they catch is a criminal? Nelufar Hedayat examines the impact of the controversial "State of Exception" in El Salvador and the U.S.

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S5.E7 ∙ Waiting to Live

Sat, Dec 09, 2023

This new episode of the Scripps News Emmy-winning "In Real Life" series features patients, policymakers, and incredible access inside the operating room, charting the journey of people awaiting an organ donor match-sometimes for several years.

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S5.E8 ∙ Crossing the Line

Sun, Dec 17, 2023

Citizen patrols at the U.S.-Mexico border claim they're patriots covering gaps in U.S. security. But migrant aid groups call them dangerous vigilantes. In partnership with the Los Angeles Times, Scripps News' "In Real Life" series shows the operations and impact of America's border militias.

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