This program paints a controversial picture of the events of September 11, 2001. It describes how the attacks on the United States have been elevated to a sacred, near-religious level - and that to challenge the orthodox view, regardless of the quality of the contrary arguments, is considered blasphemy and to be rejected.

Our country house turns into a haunted house. We take ten fear junkies and see if we can really make them scared on our fright night. We meet the Reverend Peter, who has a soft spot for evil, and Zoe, who bonds with her dad over horror—but there's one scare that even she can't stomach... Fear is one of our most basic human emotions. In the past, it kept us from being eaten by a wild animal. But today that isn't so much of a threat, and yet we live...

On August 23, 1973 a bank robbery at the Kreditbank in Stockholm went badly wrong. It turned into a hostage situation that lasted six days, and gave its name to a phenomenon.Stockholm Syndrome is a way of describing the emotional bonds which some people can form with a captor or abuser. And it all started in that bank in Stockholm.During the siege, despite being held against their will in a dangerous situation, the four hostages bonded with the bank...

This film explores the nature/nurture debate through the case study of gangsters growing up in Honduras, one of the most dangerous cities in the world. We follow Daniel Pacheco, a priest and furniture maker, who risks his own life to save others. We also meet Orlin Castro, a journalist who has become desensitized to the violence, and Matathan, a hitman who talks openly about his profession. Getting frighteningly close to the horrific violence, we...

Explores the different types of communities people create to meet their need for companionship. Includes glossary.

Brainwave: By the Book features a panel discussion on the significance of the holy books of Christianity, Judaism, Islam and the Sikh religion.Panelists includeReverend James Parks Morton, Professor Manjit Singh, Rabbi Rolando Matalon and Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf.

In this TEDTalk, management professor and bestselling author David Logan discusses the societal tribes that people form naturally when they spend time together in schools, workplaces, or even at Super Bowl parties. Elaborating on what he has identified as five distinct cultural stages the various tribes represent, Logan argues that these groups can influence world events, and so urges us to "nudge them forward" toward the phase of highest consciousness....

As time creeps by, the exercise of reward and punishment and the friction of social inequality within the microsociety of prison take their toll, fraying nerves among the prisoners and generating anxiety among the guards. In this episode, two inmates form an unlikely alliance-and the guards are taken by surprise when three prisoners launch a nighttime revolt. Contains harsh, inflammatory, and explicit language.

It’s understandable that first responders like police, EMTs and firefighters might suffer some trauma after working through a natural disaster, or saving victims from wildfires or an earthquake. But what about meteorologists? They’re often left helpless watching severe weather, like a tornado, unfold and causing havoc in their own town.

Are we really in control of our own thoughts? In this documentary, filmmaker Jason Brett Serle travels from the mall to the mountains to expose just how powerful the subliminal messages of advertising, politicians, and mass media really are. Arguing that "we don't perceive what's there, we change what we perceive, and we perceive what's not there," Serle simplifies complex neurological theories with the help of his young son, then explains how neuro-linguistic...