• 2015
The Big Picture with Kal Penn

Summary A variety of topics are analyzed using interviews and data collection to create information maps with statistics. View more details

  • 2015

The Big Picture with Kal Penn

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Kal Penn Gilbert Soto Eric Cahill Tim Cannon

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7.9

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 29, 2015

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : NatGeo website

Production companies : National Geographic Television

Summary A variety of topics are analyzed using interviews and data collection to create information maps with statistics. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 29, 2015

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : NatGeo website

Production companies : National Geographic Television

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Episode 1 • Mar 29, 2015
Crime, Inc
The Big Picture traces the key routes and networks for illegal activities around the world. It looks at drug trade in Vermont and examines how some criminal organization out perform some of the most profitable businesses in the world. It also examines how some industries (prisons, law enforcement, and criminal justice) depend on crime for their existence visiting the Territorial Prison System in Fremont County, Colorado.
Episode 2 • Mar 29, 2015
Treasure Hunt
Hunt for real treasure, that can be found anywhere from your own home to buried deep underground if you just follow the data.
Episode 3 • Apr 03, 2015
Sex Drive
All sex is not created equal, and some places are blessed with more of it than others. As we deconstruct the data of our everyday lives, sometimes that includes surprising, intimate details from our private lives. Host Kal Penn takes a look at what's going on in bedrooms all across the world.
Episode 4 • Apr 05, 2015
Going Viral
Kal Penn goes "viral" to uncover what causes and drives pandemics around the world, and what can make them even more dangerous than you think. Go to a Chinese animal market where one of the most infamous pandemics of our age started. Visit scientists on the front lines fighting the most dangerous creatures in the world, the mosquito. See how a top-secret lab is preparing us for the scariest "what if" situations of bioterrorism in the U.S.
Episode 5 • Apr 12, 2015
Fantasy Sports
The Big Picture with Kal Penn takes to the field to seek out the ultimate fantasy sports franchise; assembling the best fans, stadiums, players, sport, and even mascot.
Episode 6 • Apr 12, 2015
Surviving Nature's Fury
Delve into the realm of natural disaster to see how some of the hardest hit places on the planet are faring against nature's worst elements.
Episode 7 • Apr 18, 2015
Born to Be Wired
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.
Episode 8 • Apr 19, 2015
Eat This!
The question "What's for dinner?" has very different answers around the world. The Big Picture leaves no plate unturned: grasshopper salsas, all-pizza diets and suburban moonshine are just a few things host Kal Penn breaks down to find out if we really are what we eat.
Episode 9 • Apr 26, 2015
Cash for Trash
Waste? Garbage? Yucky stuff that smells bad? Whether we're trashing it, reusing it or flushing it, the whole idea with junk is getting as far away from it as possible. Look at the numbers, though, and you'll quickly see that you're wasting some golden opportunities. All around the world there are clever people making the most of our trash and getting filthy, stinking rich.
Episode 10 • May 03, 2015
Space Invasion
Kal Penn explores the everyday ways we've made ourselves at home in outer space. From GPS to TV broadcasts, a remarkable number of our everyday activities rely on outer space. Visit the Utah desert where people with aspirations to colonize Mars simulate living on the planet to research its viability. In Kansas, hunt for 40,000-year-old meteorites. Finally, a homemade satellite is built and launched with college-age enthusiasts.
Episode 11 • May 10, 2015
Body City
The Big Picture looks inside the microscopic city 'the Humanopolis' within the human person. It examines how biohackers are attempting to fuse the human body with technology and how scientists are using 3-D printing to replace damaged human body parts.
Episode 12 • May 21, 2015
Off the Map
Mislabeled, mysterious and missing places off U.S. maps are discussed along with top-secret locations with secret maps the U.S. government collects.
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