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The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper Season 3 Episodes

Season 3 Episode Guide

25 Episodes 2025 - 2025

Episode 1

K-Pop: A Star Is Made

Sun, Jan 5, 2025

K-Pop bands, popular worldwide, originate from South Korea and are uniquely molded in the music industry. CNN's Kyung Lah explores the intense training of seven aspiring stars, just one week before their audition for a premiere idol group.

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Episode 2

LA Burning

Sun, Jan 12, 2025

The worst wildfires in the history of Los Angeles are still burning. How did they start? How bad and long-lasting is the damage? And is this the start of a new era of climate disaster that we all need to face? CNN's Anderson Cooper reports.

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Episode 3

Operation Panda

Sun, Jan 26, 2025

The Smithsonian National Zoo is set to reopen its panda exhibit. CNN's David Culver covers the arrival of the first giant pandas sent from China to the U.S. in 24 years and examines the history of panda diplomacy.

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Episode 4

Flight Risk

Sun, Feb 2, 2025

The collision between a jetliner and an Army helicopter near Washington DC is the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 2001. CNN's Anderson Cooper examines the circumstances around the crash and the airline safety issues of recent years.

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Episode 5

Bill Gates

Sun, Feb 23, 2025

CNN's Anderson Cooper interviews Bill Gates about the moments that shaped him, his career at Microsoft and the future of AI. Gates also discusses meeting with President Trump and Elon Musk's intervening with USAID.

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Episode 6

Adaptation Nation: A Climate Crisis Survival Guide

Sun, Mar 23, 2025

From the hurricane-afflicted Gulf Coast to the fire-ravaged mountains of California, communities are rebuilding in the face of disaster. CNN's Bill Weir explores the lessons learned and how we can adapt to a changing climate.

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Episode 7

Fentanyl in America: A Way Out

Sun, Mar 30, 2025

CNN's Kate Bolduan reports on America's opioid overdose epidemic, speaking with EMTs, physicians, and people struggling with addiction. As the crisis enters its "third wave", she examines efforts to find new solutions.

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Episode 8

MisinfoNation: Extreme America

Sun, Apr 13, 2025

CNN's Donie O'Sullivan marks 30 years since the Oklahoma City bombing by exploring how technology and social media fuel modern far-right extremism. Along the way, he encounters a newly radicalized generation justifying political violence.

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Episode 9

100 Days of Trump

Sun, Apr 27, 2025

As President Trump approaches his first 100 days back in office, he has moved with astonishing speed to issue a record number of executive actions. CNN's Abby Phillip takes a closer look at the real-world impact of his decisions on average Americans.

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Episode 10

The Wired Rainforest

Sun, May 4, 2025

CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports on the impact of the internet being introduced to the Amazon jungle's indigenous Kanamari community for the first time and how its people grapple with a technology that has transformed every part of Western life.

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Episode 11

Saving Venice

Sun, May 11, 2025

CNN's Erica Hill explores the future of Venice, a city threatened by rising sea levels and the more immediate threat of overwhelming tourism; she speaks with locals working to preserve the city's traditions and address climate change.

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Episode 12

The Case Against Diddy

Fri, Jul 11, 2025

As the public processes the verdicts in the federal trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs, CNN's Laura Coates charts his rise, fall and the key moments in the case against him.

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Episode 13

The Idaho Murders

Fri, Jul 18, 2025

CNN's John Miller examines the case against Brian Kohlberger who pled guilty to the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students; how did police identify him and will the motive for his grisly crime ever be revealed?

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Episode 14

Change Amplified: Live Music and the Climate Crisis

Sun, Jul 20, 2025

CNN's Bill Weir speaks with big stars working to revolutionize the environmental impact of live music; exploring their efforts to reform an industry known for its massive energy use and waste.

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Episode 15

Ecuador: The Narco Superhighway

Sun, Aug 10, 2025

Ecuador is one of the most environmentally diverse countries in South America, home to rainforests, the Andes Mountains and the Galapagos Islands. It was once considered one of the safest, most peaceful countries in the region with the lowest homicide rate. But that is quickly changing. A rise in drug trafficking has led to a rise in power for the cartels in the region. Around 70 percent of the world's cocaine moves through Ecuador now, and that has plunged the country into a state of chaos and violence. CNN's David Culver takes us inside Ecuador where he'll show you firsthand what the government forces are doing to try to contain the violence and speaks with Ecuadorians, including current gang members, about why so many civilians are getting caught up in this war, either by force or sometimes by choice.

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Episode 16

Sports Betting: America's Big Gamble

Sun, Aug 24, 2025

CNN's Nick Watt takes us inside the sports betting world with those who make a living out of it and those who've lost everything. He'll also show you how these apps are designed to draw people in and why it can be so hard to quit.

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Episode 17

The Simril(l)s: A Family in Black and White

Sun, Sep 21, 2025

CNN's Sara Snider shares a powerful portrait of a multi-racial Southern family that confronts and explores its painful shared history and comes together in spite of it. United, they consider how they can serve as a blueprint for racial healing.

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Episode 18

No Laughing Matter: Free Speech Under Attack

Sun, Sep 28, 2025

CNN's Jake Tapper examines the events leading to Jimmy Kimmel's suspension from ABC and the role of government and business in the decision to take him off the air; exploring issues of freedom of speech and press under different administrations.

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Episode 19

The United States vs. Harvard

Sun, Sep 28, 2025

CNN's Omar Jimenez reports from Harvard on how the Trump administration's crackdown on academia came to a head; uncovering how the university quietly adapted to conservative pressures while publicly fighting federal overreach.

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Episode 20

Bad Sports: When Fans Turn Violent

Sat, Oct 11, 2025

As violent fan behavior escalates worldwide, CNN's Ed Lavandera speaks with sports fans, officials, and authorities to investigate how the hive mentality of sports fandom, fueled by adrenaline and frustration, can erupt into violent conflict.

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Episode 21

The Hidden Homeless

Sun, Nov 2, 2025

As affordability continues to be a key issue in the NYC mayoral election, the city's worst housing shortage in half a century serves as the backdrop for an intimate portrait of its forgotten victims - homeless youth.

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Episode 22

MisinfoNation: White Genocide

Sun, Nov 16, 2025

CNN's Donie O'Sullivan investigates why the narrative of alleged "White Genocide" in South Africa, fueled by fears of demographic change in the U.S., has gained traction among Americans, including Donald Trump; and reveals a more complex reality.

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Episode 23

The Exorcists

Sun, Nov 23, 2025

CNN's David Culver delves into modern exorcisms in America, revealing how old rituals of religious cleansing are being revived today as a last resort for people seeking relief from trauma and abuse.

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Episode 24

Justice Defenders: Change Inside Prison

Sun, Dec 7, 2025

CNN's Anderson Cooper travels to Kenya to report on the work of Justice Defenders, a non-profit seeking to help those incarcerated in Africa's overcrowded prisons return to society, and whether their model could work in America's justice system.

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Episode 25

Rob Reiner: His Life & Legacy

Sun, Dec 21, 2025

CNN's Sara Sidner reports on the latest in the investigation and unanswered questions around the death of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner and looks at their long legacy in Hollywood and beyond.

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