Season 26 |
| 495 :26x01 - Cheney's Law (Oct/16/2007) | | The 26th-season opener examines how, in the aftermath of 9/11, Vice President Dick Cheney and others in the Bush administration have pushed to expand the power of the presidency. Included: comments from former assistant attorney general Jack L. Goldsmith and former Justice Department attorney Marty Lederman. | |
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| 496 :26x02 - Showdown With Iran (Oct/23/2007) | | The post-9/11 history of U.S.-Iran relations is chronicled. Included: Iran's initial help in Afghanistan; Iran's nuclear ambitions; Iran's threats to force the U.S. out of the Middle East. | |
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| 497 :26x03 - The Undertaking (Oct/30/2007) | | A look at funeral homes, featuring poet Thomas Lynch (“The Undertaking: Life Studies From the Dismal Trade”), proprietor of Lynch & Sons, a Central Michigan funeral home. Included: comments from customers. | |
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| 498 :26x04 - On Our Watch (Nov/20/2007) | | An examination of the genocide in Sudan's Darfur region, which has resulted in the deaths of some 200,000 people and forced some 2.5 million from their homes. Included: UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow visits refugee camps in Chad in hopes of drawing attention to the genocide. Also: comments from activist Eric Reeves; Dr. Mukesh Kapila, a former UN coordinator for Sudan; Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem, Sudan's UN ambassador; and James Traub (“The Best Intentions”). | |
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| 499 :26x05 - The Medicated Child (Jan/08/2008) | | The medication of children to treat behaviorial problems, and possible long-term consequences, are examined. Included: the increasing rate of bipolar diagnosis in children and use of anti-psychotics to treat it; insights from psychiatrists, researchers and pharmaceutical representatives. | |
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| 500 :26x06 - Growing Up Online (Jan/22/2008) | | A look at the ways that todays youth uses the internet, from MySpace profiles of themselves to YouTube uploads, are discussed by parents and their teenagers. Also includes the divide created between parents and their kids, cyber bullying, Internet fame, and online sexual predators. | |
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| 501 :26x07 - Rules of Engagement (Feb/19/2008) | | A look at what is known as "Iraq's My Lai," an incident on Nov. 19, 2005 in Haditha, Iraq, where 24 civilians were killed. Includes footage using an unmanned aerial drone to record the events, Gen. James T. Conway, the Marine Corps commandant's remarks, and remarks from Iraqi deputy prime minister Barham Salih as well as an Iraqi girl injured during the incident. | |
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| 502 :26x08 - Bush's War, Part 1 (Mar/24/2008) | | New and archival footage is used as we look into the history of the war in Iraq. Starting in the year following 9/11, when the Bush administration first started talking about ending Saddam Hussein's stay in power. Includes differences in strategies within the administration on this matter; the role in which the U.N. should play; whether intelligence linking Hussein to Al Qaeda could be trusted. | |
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| 503 :26x09 - Bush's War, Part 2 (Mar/25/2008) | | In the conclusion to this 2 part episode, we look closely at the history of the war in Iraq, including an unexpected quick defeat of Saddam Hussein's troops and the chaos and looting which took place shortly after. Also, the disbanding of the Iraqi military and banishment of Baathists from the government. Plus, the battle of the Iraq strategy between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and the surge of US troops in 2007. | |
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| 504 :26x10 - Bad Voodoo's War (Apr/01/2008) | | A look at the war in Iraq through the eyes of a unit of the California national Guardsmen known as the "Bad Voodoo Platoon," who have recorded their experiences via video cameras. | |
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| 505 :26x11 - Sick Around the World (Apr/15/2008) | | An inside look at the health care systems from countries all over the world, including England, France, Germany, Japan and Switzerland to get ideas of how the US system could be overhauled. | |
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| 506 :26x12 - Storm Over Everest (May/13/2008) | | The recollection of the May of 1996 storm on Mount Everest which trapped three expedition teams which included film maker David Breashears, and claimed the lives of five others. | |
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| 507 :26x13 - Young and Restless in China (Jun/17/2008) | | The chronicles of nine young people in China throughout a four year period. Among the stories is their attempt to keep up with a changing China's fast pace. | |
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