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S9 E6 · Interracial Love
This Is Life with Lisa Ling is a news and documentary TV series that premiered on CNN on September 28, 2014. It has 9 seasons and 68 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 9 Episode 6 "Interracial Love", aired on December 18, 2022.
Lisa Ling's investigative documentary series goes behind the scenes to discover the secret societies within the American society.
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68 episodes · 9 seasons
2014 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 11 years ago
E8
Lisa travels to the Midwest, where more Catholic men are being drawn to the priesthood than anywhere else in the county, in a time where the Catholic population is on the rise, but the number of Catholic priests is dwindling.
E7
An exploration of the Gay Rodeo Association.
E6
Lisa Ling goes inside Crane's world and that of other traveling strippers who leave their home turf to travel to areas that are more lucrative.
E5
Lisa goes inside the hidden, mystical world of Ayahuasca, and investigates the popularity of this unregulated form of self-exploration, the power and consequences that can come along with its ingestion.
E4
Lisa Ling goes inside this modern day boomtown and explores its new women pioneers.
E3
Lisa examines the question- can we manufacture genius; a genius sperm bank created by eccentric millionaire and businessman Robert Graham has produced 200 progeny in their 20s and 30s in hopes of being created more intelligent than their peers.
E2
Utah, home of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has the lowest rates of tobacco use and alcohol-related deaths in the nation. Yet, every year more people in Utah are dying from prescription drug overdoses than are dying in car accidents. In this episode, Lisa travels to Salt Lake City to discover how the hard hit LDS Church is battling an epidemic that is wreaking havoc on its faithful followers.
E1
In the last decade, a host of websites have sprung up with a mission to match wealthy older men with young, attractive women, and for both parties, it can be an alluring opportunity. Dive into this world of youth, beauty, money and sex as Ling asks questions of Sugar Daddies and Sugar Babies alike: Why did you choose this lifestyle? Once you get deep into this world, can you ever go back to conventional relationships? And what are the true costs and benefits when sex, money and power are on the line?
2015 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 10 years ago
In season two, Lisa Ling gains exclusive access to the children of Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints’ prophet and convicted felon Warren Jeffs, the Mongol Nation outlaw bikers, the LA County Coroner’s office, and The Satanic Temple in Detroit. She also introduces viewers to Electronic Dance Music fans, young girls vying to be models, Richmond City inmates preparing for a “Date with Dad” dance, and professional pickup artists in Nevada.
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E8
Lisa investigates Satanism, focusing on the story of its members including their desire to use their beliefs to promote equality in American society as well as to protest what they describe as oppressive values and rules of the Judeo-Christian religions.
E7
Lisa attends a pickup artist bootcamp to explore what draws men to the pickup lifestyle and to discern what pickup masters are really teaching.
E6
Go Inside the LA County Coroner's Office where death is business as usual. “There are things that I saw... that will continue to haunt me forever,” said Lisa Ling.
Lisa relives her life as a 1990s raver, by embedding with a new generation of electronic music fans at a festival called Mysteryland.
E4
Apparently men will pay a lot to be surrounded by beautiful women. Go inside the world of fashion modeling with Lisa Ling.
E3
Imprisoned dads learn to become fathers through an innovative program. 13 Inmates prepare for an unprecedented event: The father-daughter dance.
E2
Lisa Ling embeds with the Mongols Motorcycle Club.
E1
Two children of Warren Jeffs make the revelations to Lisa Ling that the imprisoned leader of the polygamous Mormon sect sexually abused them as children.
2016 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 9 years ago
In season three, Ling gains exclusive access to the LA County Jail, goes inside the cage with female MMA fighters, attends a wedding behind bars, and learns to code with Silicon Valley teens. She also explores legalized prostitution in Nevada and the heroin epidemic in Chicago, uncovers state laws that allow rapists parental rights, and embeds with the Philadelphia Police Department to examine how new technology is changing law enforcement.
This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 3 release dates →
E6
Lisa Ling embeds with the Philadelphia Police Department to explore how new technology is changing what it means to be a 21st century cop in America.
E5
Lisa Ling meets ambitious young people in San Francisco who hope to become the next Mark Zuckerberg.
E4
Lisa Ling travels to the most famous legal brothel, the Moonlite BunnyRanch in Nevada, to meet women who make a living off lust.
E3
Lisa Ling visits Chicago to investigate whether a gentler approach to heroin use is being applied equally to the rich and poor, black and white.
E2
Lisa Ling enters the octagon with three female MMA fighters changing the perception of ultimate fighting.
E1
Lisa Ling gains unprecedented access to the Los Angeles County Jail to understand what it takes to manage the country's busiest jail.
2017 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 8 years ago
Lisa takes a revealing look inside the world's most prestigious transgender beauty pageant, an exciting and emotional competition.
Every year millions flock to Las Vegas trying to fulfill a dream and win big, but outside, and underground, another world stands in stark contrast; Lisa Ling investigates the dark underbelly of Sin City that few get to see.
Polygamy in America used to be known as something practiced solely in Mormon country; a growing crop of unorthodox dating websites puts a new spin on multiple marriage; Lisa meets open-minded singles, couples and "throuples."
Islam has a long history in America; Lisa meets 3 different African American Muslims; learning about the power of Islam to reshape lives in the black community.
Lisa Ling reports on the Patriot Movement and embeds with a militia deep in the Arizona desert who are preparing for threats both foreign and domestic.
Lisa explores the legal and social consequences of convicting adolescents and young adults of sex offenses; when teenage sexuality crosses the line and becomes a crime.
Lisa explores the massive and economically diverse movement of immigration from China to the United States and traces her own family roots to find out what it means to be Chinese in America.
E1
Lisa Ling goes on a journey through the scintillating worlds of Tantra and surrogate partner therapy in search of sexual healing.
2018 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 7 years ago
In season five, Ling examines gender fluidity, screen addiction, the crystal meth epidemic in Oklahoma, mediums in Lily Dale, New York, fathers dealing with custody battles after divorce, children of notorious killers, and animal super-fans called “furries.”
This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 5 release dates →Lisa Ling explores a unique community of animal super-fans called furries.
Lisa Ling meets up with dads on the losing side of custody battles.
Lisa Ling travels to the Lily Dale Assembly, a cozy lakeside village in upstate New York that is a community of mediums.
Lisa Ling explores the lives of the children of mass murderers.
Lisa Ling goes in depth into the role technology plays in the mental health crisis.
E3
Lisa Ling explores the revolution going on in how people think about genders. She meets individuals across the spectrum who are seeking acceptance from those closest to them.
E2
Lisa Ling meets the law enforcement teams working to curb the crystal meth epidemic plaguing the people of Oklahoma.
E1
Lisa Ling reports on the ultraviolent world of MS-13, investigating how the US helped create Trump's “violent animals.”
2019 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 6 years ago
In the weeks leading up to New Year’s Eve, Lisa Ling embeds with the NYPD to find out what it takes to keep NYC safe from terror threats.
Lisa Ling attends the country’s largest swingers party in New Orleans and learns how the swinging lifestyle is evolving into a movement for total sexual freedom.
Lisa Ling meets two convicted female killers to explore what led them to their crimes, and the unique circumstances that connect the women who commit murder.
Lisa Ling explores the endless fascination with identical twins and the unfathomable bond shared between them.
E4
Lisa Ling explores the inner workings of Mississippi's fastest growing gang, The Simon City Royals, and how some members are walking away from the brotherhood and turning their lives around.
E3
Lisa Ling gets a rare look inside the Marines' initiative to integrate the men and women in combat training, where they learn to fight and kill.
E2
Lisa Ling delves into the world of benzodiazepine use and uncovers the troubling threat these drugs pose when used long term, and the challenges facing patients who try to quit.
E1
Lisa Ling takes on a topic most avoid: online pornography and how it is shaping a generation's perception on sex and intimacy.
2020 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 5 years ago
In season seven, Ling explores the unlikely bond between prisoners and prep school students, how the digital age is affecting boys as they become men, the illicit massage parlor industry, heroin addiction, families affected by gun violence, and the rising popularity of psychedelic healing.
This Is Life with Lisa Ling Season 7 release dates →Lisa Ling explores the medical uses of psychedelics and examines how for some the hallucinogenic toolbox might hold the key to a healthier future.
Lisa Ling meets people from all walks of life who have joined “the club no one wants to be a part of” – families of victims and survivors – who are joining forces to support each other and fight gun violence.
Lisa Ling investigates the illicit massage parlor industry, from the police struggling to curtail trafficking to the desperate circumstances that lead women into this lucrative yet exploitative trade.
Lisa Ling witnesses what happens when heroin addiction hits home. From children forced to grow up way too soon, to people in the throes of addiction fighting to get clean and keep their babies, to families and agencies working with addicts to create safe homes and win custody of their children.
Lisa Ling explores the critical transition when boys become men and investigates how the digital age is impacting a generation of young boys.
Lisa Ling witnesses the melding of two worlds: a prison and a prep school and experiences the surprising outcome of the unlikeliest of bonds.
2021 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 4 years ago
2022 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 3 years ago
Even in 2022, stigma against interracial marriages continue; Lisa meets three different interracial couples who took the leap, and explores the story of their lives in a divided country.
Lisa explores America's epidemic of alcoholism, and how its upsurge through the pandemic is having a shocking impact on the health of approximately 15 million people.
Lisa explores serious mental illness and how it's affecting her home city of Los Angeles; she meets those who are suffering as well as those who are fighting to help people in need.
A road trip into the soul of post-Tiger King America, where the abuse and exploitation of tigers continues, and a group of passionate female journalists, activists, scientists and conservationists work to shut it down.
In the world of online sperm donation, moms uninterested in sperm banks meet donors online; Lisa meets prolific donor Ari Nagel, father to more than 117 children.
During one of the loneliest times in history, technology provided new ways to connect; VR, AI and even sex dolls have become a way for many people trying to assuage their loneliness.
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The most recent episode of This Is Life with Lisa Ling, Season 9 Episode 6 "Interracial Love", aired on December 18, 2022.
This Is Life with Lisa Ling has 9 seasons with 68 episodes in total.
This Is Life with Lisa Ling first aired on CNN on September 28, 2014.
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