This Is Life with Lisa Ling
Award-winning journalist and former co-host of The View Lisa Ling goes on a gritty, breathtaking journey to far corners of America.
- 2014-2022
- 9 seasons
- CNN
- Documentary
- TV-PG
Award-winning journalist and former co-host of The View Lisa Ling goes on a gritty, breathtaking journey to far corners of America.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2014
Episode 1
Sugar Daddies, Sugar Babies
Sun, Sep 28, 2014 42 mins
Lisa Ling dives into this world of youth, beauty, money, and sex. A host of websites have sprung up to match wealthy older men with young, attractive women. What are the true costs and benefits when sex, money, and power are on the line?
Episode 2
Unholy Addiction
Sun, Oct 5, 2014 42 mins
It's a community many might not associate with addiction - the Mormon Church. For years the Mormon Church has struggled to help those who are addicted to painkillers and other drugs.
Episode 3
The Genius Experiment
Mon, Dec 1, 2014 42 mins
About the use of specific sperm will create a smarter child. From the theory of the Repository for Germinal Choice, a sperm bank from the mind of Richard K. Graham.
Episode 4
Filthy Rich
Sun, Oct 19, 2014 42 mins
New life in the Dakotas. Working the oil rigs for a possible six figure salary. Women to men ratio is 1/100.
Episode 5
Jungle Fix
Sun, Oct 26, 2014 42 mins
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.
Episode 6
Road Strip
Sun, Nov 2, 2014 42 mins
Strippers that travel from city to city chasing their dreams as well as money.
Episode 7
Gay Rodeo
Sun, Nov 9, 2014 42 mins
Lisa will explore the world of the International Gay Rodeo Association, which has over 5,000 registered members. Here in Sante Fe, they are bucking stereotypes, proving that you don't have to be straight to rope, ride, and wrestle a steer.
Episode 8
Called to the Collar
Sun, Nov 16, 2014 42 mins
Lisa Ling visits a predominately Roman Catholic town to uncover why a growing number of young men are drawn to the priesthood. The call to God includes a lifetime of celibacy and often public scrutiny due to papal controversy and scandals.