Explorer

EXPLORER, hosted by Richard Bacon, tells stories of death. Featured segments include a town in Indonesia where people keep their dead at home until they can afford a proper funeral; a panel about death with comedian Larry Wilmore, writer Chuck Klosterman and undertaker Amy Cunningham; a segment on the Hanford Nuclear site, which is still leaking after 72 years; a one-on-one studio interview with environmental activist Erin Brockovich; and a piece on a librarian in Timbuktu who moved books and artifacts to protect them from al-Qaida.

EXPLORER returns in new magazine format with host Richard Bacon. Correspondents investigate racial profiling in Gretna, Louisiana; the 80 billion dollar private prison business; and hallucinogenic honey hunters in the Himalayas. The New York Times’ Bill Keller is interviewed on prison reform. Michael Moore is a guest panelist discussing institutional racism along with Lt. Randy Sutton. Eric Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, joins via satellite.

EXPLORER, hosted by Richard Bacon, offers stories on surveillance. Featured segments include a panel on The Kill List, a list of suspected terrorists marked for death, with commentary from James Woosley, former CIA director.

EXPLORER investigates the Russian camps teaching men and women traditional gender roles and Uganda’s burgeoning action film industry — and forensic experts make us safer by blowing up a bus. Rapper David Banner, former NFL player Chris Kluwe and Vice media co-founder Gavin Mcinnes join EXPLORER host Richard Bacon for a heated debate about the meaning of manhood. Explorer correspondent Billie Mintz weighs in on Uganda’s movie magic.