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12 Episodes 2018 - 2018
Episode 1
Mon, Jan 29, 2018 30 mins
CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal travels to the Tohono O'odham reservation, which straddles 75 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. This little-seen corner of Arizona is an area rife with drug traffickers, coyotes and migrants looking to enter the U.S. Members of the Tohono O'odham tribe who live here have managed to keep their culture alive in spite of an international border that bisects their ancestral land and separates families on either side. But they fear the wall will destroy it.
Episode 2
Sat, Mar 24, 2018 30 mins
CBSN Originals traces the beginnings of a new women's movement in the American South.
Episode 3
Sun, Apr 29, 2018 30 mins
In Japan, a rapidly aging population and declining birth rate are creating a crisis. Without enough people to fill jobs and care for the elderly, could robots step up to fill the gap? Could they even become, as some robotics engineers hope, "better than human?" CBSN Originals takes you into the heart of Japan's looming population collapse, and examines the robot solutions they hope will preserve their unique culture.
Episode 4
Sat, May 19, 2018 30 mins
The climate cycles that have driven mass extinctions, are shortening and becoming more severe. The species that can adapt to environmental changes survive, while others simply die off. CBSN Originals travels to the Galapagos Islands, a living laboratory in the crosshairs of climate change, to see if nature can outrun and outsmart climate change?
Episode 5
Thu, Jun 7, 2018 30 mins
America's border is seen by many as the dividing line between a fearful past and a safer, better future. CBSN Originals followed Iranian migrant Shahab as he crossed the jungle passes of the Darién Gap, and now joins him once again as he enters America. Having risked life and limb to reach the United States, his future is no less uncertain.
Episode 6
Thu, Jun 21, 2018 30 mins
More than 30 years ago, Robert Swan became the first man to walk to both the North and South Poles. In 2017, he found himself back on the ice, trekking 600 miles across Antarctica with his son.
Episode 7
Sun, Jul 22, 2018 30 mins
Mohammad Shasho's family left Aleppo in 2013, telling their children they were taking a prolonged vacation. That "vacation" was an evacuation prompted by Syria's eight-year-old civil war, and it became a permanent exile. In a film produced by BYkids, we see the Syrian crisis through the eyes of a young refugee filmmaker.
Episode 8
Fri, Aug 24, 2018 30 mins
In the world of cryptocurrency, money is power, sparking a gold rush wherever energy is cheap and abundant. A booming cryptocurrency mining industry is disrupting a small town in Washington state.
Episode 9
Fri, Sep 21, 2018 30 mins
Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico devastated - almost 3 000 people died in its wake, towns were left without power or water for months, and hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans left, many never to return. David Begnaud returns to Puerto Rico for CBSN Originals to examine the impact of that exodus and what the future holds.
Episode 10
Wed, Oct 24, 2018 30 mins
Across America, waves of foreign invaders are taking over. Introduced through human error or carelessness, invasive species like the Burmese python, lionfish and Asian carp have thrived at the expense of native species critical to a delicate natural balance that supports ecosystems and livelihoods. CBSN Originals explores whether it's too late to tip the balance back in our favor.
Episode 11
Fri, Nov 16, 2018 30 mins
CBSN Originals travels across three continents tracing a little-known revenue stream sought by Nort h Korea, in which artistic propaganda helps them circumvent sanctions and keep foreign money flowing.
Episode 12
30 mins
Professional, competitive video game playing—the phenomenon known as esports—has seen double digit growth for much of the past decade. With a massive following, many say it will soon become an official Olympic event.