Todd Sampson investigates some of the world's extraordinary people using science as a guide, looking at how they live and how it impacts the human body.
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Civilians of Gaza
Dealing with 13 years of violence, oppression and war, Todd visits the civilians and medics at the frontline of one of the most violent confrontations in the world - the Gaza Strip.
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Hamar and Suri Tribes of Ethiopia
In Ethiopias Omo Valley the cradle of human civilization host Todd Sampson meets two tribes and witnesses ancient extreme rituals With the Suris Todd meets women who reject stretching their bottom lip to wear a plate He then travels south to the Hamar where a boy becomes a man by jumping over a line of cattle while his female relatives are whipped until they bleed as a sign of devotion
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Lucha Libre of Mexico City
Todd investigates the most resilient athletes in the world in the theatre of pain.
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Nenet Reindeer Herders of Siberia
Todd braves some of the coldest conditions on earth as he ventures to the extreme Arctic wilderness in the hopes of living with the nomadic reindeer herdsmen.
U.S.A.
In Utah, Todd examines the mental powers of fear and adrenaline as he takes on high speed racing and a demolition derby.
West Africa
Travelling to its cultural home of Benin, Todd undergoes his own initiation into voodoo, hoping to delve past the stigma and truly understand this unique and powerful religion.
Todd Sampson
