Season 3 |
| 16 :03x01 - Touching Death (Aug/06/2008) | | A dead body fills most people with fear, and touching one is considered taboo. But what if this was your job? Would you dig up a rotting corpse for $2 a day? Can you see yourself rushing to the scene of a fatal car crash to pick up the bodies? Or maybe dissect a woman to see why she died? Is it money, faith or the search for the truth which makes us break this taboo and touch a dead body? | |
| |
| 17 :03x02 - Extreme Kids (Aug/06/2008) | | Some may consider one way of raising kids is normal while another would not. See kids who help with the family income by boxing, a five year old who is still breast fed by his mother, and sons who attend a religious self-mutilation festival. | |
| |
|
| |
| 19 :03x04 - Body Extremes (Aug/20/2008) | | A look at the Philippines thriving black market for human organs. Also, a look at Papua New Guinea's intimate bond between humans and pigs. Plus, an Australian health therapist who uses urine as a topical medicine is profiled. | |
| |
| 20 :03x05 - Extreme Healing (Aug/27/2008) | | An exploration of cultures in which the people will entrust their health to faith in place of modern medicine in Arizona, Venezuela and Philippines. | |
| |
| 21 :03x06 - Trial by Fire (Sep/03/2008) | | A spotlight on dangerous initiation rituals, including a fire dance in Papua, New Guinea, and riding untamed bulls in India. | |
| |
| 22 :03x07 - Extreme Eats (Sep/10/2008) | | A look at the taboos concerning foods, including what is acceptable and what may disgust others. Whether it includes chewing on a spider, devouring duck embryo, chomping on an animal penis or even biting into horseflesh, it all depends on the tastes of the beholder. | |
| |
| 23 :03x08 - Outsiders (Sep/17/2008) | | A profile of individuals and societies which are considered outcasts. Among those included are rat catchers in India, Nepal leprosy sufferers, and Australian scavengers. | |
| |
| 24 :03x09 - Drugs (Oct/15/2008) | | A look at drug uses and how it's perceived in different cultures and societies. Also, the drug scene in Washington, DC and the Andes mountains in Peru. | |
| |
| 25 :03x10 - The Third Sex (Oct/27/2008) | | An exploration of the societies in India, Indonesia and Albania which recognize more than just two genders. | |
| |
| 26 :03x11 - Extreme Punishment (Nov/03/2008) | | An investigation of the lengths some societies go to in which to punish their criminals. Includes a look at kids in Tennessee who were forced to wear a sign around their neck after being caught shoplifting. | |
| |
| 27 :03x12 - Bizare Bodies (Nov/10/2008) | | A profile of people who have gone to extreme lengths to change their looks. includes a man who has had surgery to attach horns on his head, an a woman was is believed to have the world's tiniest waist. | |
| |
| 28 :03x13 - Extreme Rituals (Nov/24/2008) | | An examination of rituals from around the world which deal in the passage of one phase of life to another. Included is a headfirst leap from a 70 foot high tower by boys on an island in the South Pacific. In Papua, New Guinea, a young woman gets her face tattooed before her marriage ceremony. A man in West Africa participates in a bloodletting ceremony which will ready him for the priesthood. | |
| |
| 29 :03x14 - Spilling Blood (Dec/01/2008) | | A look at traditions from around the world in animal bloodletting. Included is a ancient ritual in Nepal which ends in an animal sacrifice, Denmark's annual Whale slaughter, and the sport of cockfighting in Bali. | |
| |
| 30 :03x15 - Sex (Dec/08/2008) | | A look at how different societies express love and sex, including swingers in Australia, and a Chinese ethnic group which encourages sexual boldness. | |
| |
|
| |
Settings
Digg
Furl
Del.icio.us
Google