From PBS, DHARMA RIVER is a timeless journey through legendary rivers to the greatest Buddhist temples and mystical sites of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar. This is the first documentary in John Bush’s Yatra trilogy, which World Movie Reviews called “a spirit...

In between two of the islands of Indonesia, there’s an ancient line that is both real and…not real.

Thanks to a recent adaptation, instead of getting sick from the boozy, fermented fruits, one of our primate ancestors could digest them safely, and get more calories at the same time. This new superpower would open up a whole new nutritional landscape for...

These relatives of ours lived in Eurasia for more than 300,000 years. They were expert toolmakers, using materials like stone, wood, and animal bone. They were also skilled hunters and foragers, and may even have created cave art. So what caused the decli...

The life and times of the human. We will forever be discovering new truths about ourselves and how we came to be who we are as a species; but there is so much we already know.

Explore the world’s greatest icons of water. From the mighty Nile river, over Victoria Falls, into Mexico’s crystal cave, and onwards to the water-worlds of Kakadu, the Amazon and Dead Sea, this is water in all its glory.

THE GILDED AGE presents a compelling and complex story of one of the most convulsive and transformative eras in American history. In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, the U.S. population doubled in the span of a single generation, national we...

Maybe it’s the unblinking eyes, staring at you, emotionless, day and night. Or, perhaps it’s their small size acting as a cloak of innocence. Or their human-like appearance that makes them seem just slightly too real. However, you want to spin it—there’s...

Explore the life and times of author L. Frank Baum, the creator of one of the most beloved, enduring and classic American narratives.

J. Robert Oppenheimer was brilliant, arrogant, proud, charismatic - and a national hero. The two-hour film traces the course of Oppenheimer’s life: his rarefied childhood, his troubled adolescence, his emergence as one of America’s leading nuclear physici...

Experience the colossal geologic forces that shaped our continent over billions of years.

Across the globe, queer communities have relied on secret lexicons known as "argots" to communicate safely, which have developed over the years into what some call "verbal jazz."

Discover the science behind Leonardo da Vinci's masterpieces—and Mona Lisa's iconic smile.

If we can see ourselves in the way our ancient cousins dealt with death…what else could we have in common?

Tank Ball explores the origins of Hoodoo, a unique and powerful form of spiritual practice deeply rooted in African American culture and the ancient ritual of ancestral worship.