National Geographic Explorer Season 24 Episodes

Episode 1

Sex, Lies, & Gender

Tue, Sep 15, 2009

Episode 2

Chimps on the Edge

Tue, Sep 22, 2009

Episode 3

Climbing Redwood Giants

Tue, Sep 29, 2009

Explorer follows two team as they explore and film the giant redwood forests of North America.

Episode 4

Mystery of the Disembodied Feet

Tue, Oct 27, 2009

Episode 5

Inside LSD

Tue, Nov 3, 200947 mins

LSD, a hallucinogenic street drug, was outlawed in 1970 but gained the status of being a tool of the counterculture, being able to inspire glimpses of genius or madness. Its volatile nature led Albert Hoffman, the Swiss discoverer of the drug, to believe that it is a tool that can either help attain or destroy one's potential. New experiments have shown that LSD may have a pharmaceutical purpose. Inside LSD explores the psychedelic world and why this drug could become part of the pharmaceutical toolkit, potentially being able to improve brain power, creativity, and fight disease.

Episode 6

Secret History of Diamonds

Tue, Nov 10, 2009

Episode 7

24 Hours After Asteroid Impact

Tue, Nov 24, 200950 mins

Travel back 66 million years ago when a meteor struck the Earth, wiping out three-quarters of all life on the planet. What happened in those first hours? Why did some creatures survive while nearly all others perished? Using computer graphics and real-world recreations, National Geographic reveals the likely effects of the catastrophic impact that changed the world forever and examines who won, who lost, and why.

Episode 8

Nazi Mystery: Twins from Brazil

Sun, Nov 29, 2009

Auschwitz, 1943. Joseph Mengele - the Nazi doctor known as "Angel of Death " - conducts a series of horrific human experiments. Experiments designed to determine if twins hold the key to building a blond-haired, blue-eyed master race for Adolf Hitler. Now a writer says he has evidence that the fertility experiments may not have ended, but secretly continued, 20 years later, deep in the Brazilian outback. There, in a tiny farming town, among the 80 households are some 44 pairs of twins. Blond, blue-eyed twins. With exclusive access to the secret agents that trailed him, to the scientists now uncovering the facts behind the fantastical phenomenon we go inside the largest investigation ever launched to find the definitive answer. Did Mengele unlock the Secret of the Twins?

Episode 9

Narco State

Sun, Dec 13, 2009

Episode 10

Camp Leatherneck

Sun, Jan 31, 2010

National Geographic Explorer offers an inside look at Camp Leatherneck the U.S. Marine base of operation in Afghanistan where more than 10,000 soldiers are charged with fighting the Taliban.

Episode 11

Python Wars

Tue, Feb 9, 2010

Episode 12

Vampire Forensics

Tue, Feb 23, 2010

During an excavation on an island off of Venice, explorers discovers a mass gravesite of what seem to be victims of the black death in the 16th century. One unusual skull caught their attention. There was a brick shoved into the skull's mouth. Top Italian Forensics investigates why.

Episode 13

Inside the Nuclear Threat

Tue, Mar 2, 2010

Episode 14

Electronic Armageddon

Tue, Jun 15, 201046 mins

A scenario is explored concerning a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) generated by a nuclear weapon exploding in the upper atmosphere or a solar flare, that could have devastating results by wiping out all electronics in an instant.

Episode 15

Solitary Confinement

Sun, Apr 11, 2010

National Geographic explores solitary confinement and the devastating psychological effects of isolation. Some say that the practice helps to control unruly prisoners while others argue that it is tantamount to torture.

Episode 16

25 Years

Mon, Apr 19, 2010

Two hour special celebrating the first 25 years of National Geographic's Explorer series.

Episode 17

Journey to an Alien Moon

Tue, Apr 20, 201049 mins

Meet the scientists, adventurers, and engineers who are determined to launch a mission to Europa - and follow them through the challenges, frustrations, and triumphs that come with planning a distant mission to an alien world. Through CGI and quests to the edge of our planet, National Geographic goes on a journey to an alien moon to answer the basic question: are we alone in the universe?

Episode 18

Fatal Insomnia

Tue, Apr 27, 201050 mins

An extremely rare genetic disease passed down through generations, fatal familial insomnia's (FFI) primary symptom is sleeplessness, but with a fatal twist: victims are dead within months. National Geographic delves into the science of sleep to find out why we need sleep and what happens to us when we don't get it. Witness the pioneering research inside the sleeping brain as well as the mind forbidden to rest for days at a time.

Episode 19

Talibanistan

Tue, Jun 8, 2010

National Geographic heads to the front in Pakistan and Afganistan to see first hand the fight against the Taliban.

Episode 20

Fighting Back: Stories from the Spill

Wed, Jul 7, 2010

Episode 21

Inside the DEA

Tue, Aug 10, 2010

Episode 22

24 Hours After Hiroshima

Tue, Aug 17, 201046 mins

Using information from the investigation following the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, this documentary outlines the immediate 24 hours following the massive explosion. The first atomic bomb contained 140 lbs of enriched uranium and reduced the downtown to a wasteland with 70,000 people killed immediately. Another 40,000 died three days later when a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The Army spent 10 weeks studying the impact of the explosion focusing on thermal flash. The immediate impact was that some were vaporized leaving only atomic shadows. Triangulating these led them to conclude that the bomb exploded only a few hundred yards from its intended target. There was heavy damage for 3 miles in every direction. A great many were burned but there was very little information about radiation poisoning at the time. Today, scientists are still studying but the study continues today with the study of 120,000 Hiroshima survivors.

Episode 23

Albino Murders

Tue, Aug 24, 2010

Episode 24

Inside Bioterror

Tue, Aug 31, 201050 mins

They are some of the most lethal substances on earth -- transmitted through food, water, the people around you or even the air you breathe. These are bioweapons, strains of bacteria and viruses that include the most feared diseases in human history. Now, imagine that you have just become the leader of your nation and new intelligence confirms that terrorists are trying to make and unleash a biological weapon in one of your cities. What are their chances for success? National Geographic reveals a surprising picture of what could happen during a biological attack by examining potential scenarios, vulnerabilities, historical instances and the steps we can take to protect ourselves from the world's most dangerous pathogens.