Season 8 of the This Is Life with Lisa Ling series
EPISODE 1
Filthy Rich
The booming oil industry in North Dakota has created jobs and opportunity. At first, the oil fields lured predominantly men, but more women are seeking their fortunes there. Along with opportunity, there is hardship, hard labor, and danger.
EPISODE 2
Unholy Addiction
In the past decade, deaths from prescription drug overdoses in Utah have increased 400%, and more residents die from overdoses than car accidents. Lisa Ling learns how this addiction has taken root in one of the most clean-living communities.
EPISODE 3
Road Strip
A road strip with four traveling dancers, who leave their homes in order to chase more profitable, or entertaining prospects. A glimpse inside the lonely motels and miles behind a wheel, to the night time strip scenes of glitz and sleaze.
EPISODE 4
Sugar Daddies, Sugar Babies
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 5
The Genius Experiment
More than 30 years ago, an eccentric millionaire had a solution for the decline of the human race- selectively breed children for intelligence. A visit with the progeny to find out if you can really engineer a generation of smart children.
EPISODE 6
Jungle Fix
Thousands of Americans are flocking to the Amazon rain forest to drink a psychedelic plant mixture called ayahuasca. Why are these tourists leaving home to travel deep into the jungle in search of a mind-bending trip that could prove fatal?
This Is Life with Lisa Ling: Complete Series
Lisa Ling
Amy Bucher
David Shadrack Smith