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Finding Your Roots Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2017 - 2017
Episode 1
The Impression
Tue, Oct 3, 201752 mins
Comedian Larry David and leftist U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, whom David famously impersonated on Saturday Night Live (1975), learn about the horrors their ancestors faced. They also discover that they have more in common than they thought.
Episode 2
Unfamiliar Kin
Tue, Oct 10, 201752 mins
In an episode filled with incredible twists and turns, actor Christopher Walken, singer Carly Simon, and comedian Fred Armisen, each learn about a grandparent whose real identity and background had been a mystery to them.
Episode 3
Puritans and Pioneers
Tue, Oct 17, 201752 mins
Actors Ted Danson, his wife Mary Steenburgen, and William H. Macy, are three mainstays of modern-day Hollywood, who discover that their family legacies predate the United States, itself.
Episode 4
The Vanguard
Tue, Oct 24, 201752 mins
Three guests, journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates, film director Ava DuVernay and transgender activist Janet Mock, find their identities challenged. By placing their ancestors' lives in the context of history, they gain an appreciation for their family narratives and see how those narratives illustrate the diversity of the black experience.
Episode 5
Immigrant Nation
Tue, Oct 31, 201752 mins
Three guests, actress Scarlett Johansson, comedian Paul Rudd and actor John Turturro, explore the tremendous challenges faced by their immigrant forebears.
Episode 6
Black Like Me
Tue, Nov 7, 201752 mins
Three African-American guests, TV host Bryant Gumbel, producer Tonya Lewis-Lee and CNN journalist Suzanne Malveaux, delve deep into their family trees, discovering unexpected stories that challenge our assumptions about black history.
Episode 7
Children of the Revolution
Tue, Nov 14, 201752 mins
Three guests, actress Lupita Nyong'o, NBA star Carmelo Anthony and Republican strategist Ana Navarro, explore how their family trees were shaped by political turmoil and violence, discovering sometimes unexpected ancestry along the way.
Episode 8
Relatives We Never Knew We Had
Tue, Nov 21, 201752 mins
Actresses Téa Leoni and Gaby Hoffman, two guests whose lives have been shaped by family mysteries, are introduced to biological ancestors they never knew they had thanks to genetic detective work.
Episode 9
Southern Roots
Tue, Dec 12, 201752 mins
Musician Questlove, TV personality Dr. Phil and journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault, three guests of disparate backgrounds, dig into their Southern roots, where slavery and its aftermath shaped families both black and white.
Episode 10
Funny Business
Tue, Dec 19, 201752 mins
Humorist Garrison Keillor (replaced by earlier Maya Rudolph story), comedienne Amy Schumer and comedian Aziz Ansari, who have found fame mining their family stories for comedy, learn about ancestors who overcame immense suffering.