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The actions of Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs during the financial crisis highlight a pattern of greed that led to global economic instability and widespread unemployment.
JP Morgan accelerates America's industrial growth in Season 1, Episode 5 of the series.
60,000 square meters of the Geneva Freeport store priceless artworks, gold, and wine, all hidden from public view and scrutiny.
Two independent White House panels found that surveillance programs have never stopped a single imminent terrorist attack in the United States.
The Oligarch's Wife reveals the life of a hunted Russian billionaire and his wife, Countess Tolstoy.
China generates over 200 billionaires a year, reflecting its rapid economic growth and the challenges faced by its wealthy elite under government scrutiny.
In September 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, marking the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history and triggering a global financial crisis.
Mary I and Elizabeth I, sisters and rivals, navigate a brutal dynasty in England's history.
Twenty-five racist tattoos are removed from Bryon Widner's face, neck, and hands over a year and a half in a painful quest for redemption.
For more than 150 years, the Ku Klux Klan has spread terror across the United States, symbolizing deep-rooted racism and violence.
An Orthodox Mennonite colony in Pampa de los Guanakos, Argentina, has over 170 families who live without running water or electricity.
Rael, the leader of the Raelian movement, claims to have nearly 100,000 followers who believe humans were created from alien DNA.
More than half of the world population has been added during Hans Rosling's lifetime, growing from 3 billion to over 7 billion people.
800 Chinese workers disassembled the Vest Fan Iron Works in Dortmund within 12 months, marking the largest industrial transport in history.
A two-ton stone sarcophagus was uncovered beneath the Protestant Church of St. John, possibly belonging to a medieval bishop from the year 1021.
Bhutan measures happiness through a unique scale while retreating from globalization.
Archaeologists found bones that may belong to the founder of a 6th-century chapel on the Isle of Mull, revealing a lost community from over 1,500 years ago.
Meet the Mormons in Rockland Ranch, a Fundamentalist Community with Three Wives, One Husband.
1,000 billion euros worth of natural resources lie beneath Afghanistan, including emeralds that could potentially transform the country's economy.
This episode questions the missing chapters of the Holy Bible and its inspired writings.
40,000 Jews live in Manchester, making it the second largest Jewish community in Britain after London.
Colorado accounted for a third of the country's $2.7 billion marijuana market last year, despite ongoing federal restrictions and cash-only operations.
80% of people who start a vegan diet stop within three months, raising questions about the effectiveness and health implications of plant-based eating.
For more than 1,500 years, Christians viewed the Bible as the primary source of knowledge until the Scientific Revolution began to challenge this belief.
The Harvey Weinstein case in 2017 catalyzed a global movement against abuse in Hollywood, exposing a troubling history of misconduct involving figures like Roman Polanski and Kevin Spacey.
38,000 new Marines complete boot camp each year, undergoing intense training at the USMC School of Infantry to prepare for combat.
Philip Baker faced charges of absconding with $460 million from the FBI for fraud after his hedge fund collapsed during the financial crisis.
In Papua New Guinea, Bob Connolly examines the lasting effects of the Ganiga tribal war on local communities and their coffee plantations 25 years later.
On December 26, 1973, audiences lined up around the block to see a film that would become a cultural event and a defining moment in horror cinema.
Since 1900, there have been four times more weather-related disasters in the last 50 years than in the previous century, driven in part by animal agriculture.
Speculation and financial engineering have driven the soaring prices of contemporary art in the 21st century, culminating in a significant market crash.
Kazike Ibã Huni Kuin leads ayahuasca ceremonies in his village, where he preserves ancient verses and traditions of his people amid growing tourism.
Catharism, a 12th century Christian sect challenging Catholic doctrine, faced violent persecution during Pope Innocent III's Holy War in medieval Europe.
Every year, about ten small transporters die on the roads while carrying illegal petrol in Nigeria's Niger Delta, a region rife with danger and pollution.
Since 2015, India ranks third in the world for billionaires, with four times more than 25 years ago, reflecting the country's rapid economic growth.
15 million people live in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where many work in dangerous conditions to produce cheap clothing for global markets.
The Spanish Inquisition, initiated by Catholic Monarchs Fernando and Isabel, targeted Conversos in a brutal campaign against perceived heresy and treachery.
Two years after escaping a cult, Samuel Stefan reflects on his experience of psychological manipulation and the tactics used to control followers.
Last year, a man was discharged from a local hospital just nine days after open heart surgery and left to fend for himself.
In the United States, nearly 450,000 religious groups are classified as cults, with many Americans drawn to new spiritual movements led by figures like Unicole.
Over one billion dollars was lost by Barings Brothers due to risky trades made by trader Nick Leeson, leading to the bank's collapse in 1995.
55,000 families move each year in the UK, with 10% of those in the millionaire bracket, driving growth in the high-end removals industry.
500 million smokers died in the 20th century, and if trends continue, a billion will die in the 21st century due to tobacco use.
J. Robert Oppenheimer's leadership at Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project is examined alongside his later advocacy for nuclear weapons control.
Depleted uranium munitions were used extensively in the 1991 Gulf War, where hundreds of Iraqi tanks were destroyed in just 10 hours.
Fetal stem cell injections have been administered to one in 15,000 people globally, prompting ethical debates about their use in medical treatments.
The episode reveals how food titans innovate during the Great Depression to feed America.
Colombia, the birthplace of the global narcotics industry, is examined through the experiences of Special Forces soldier Jason Fox as he meets those involved in cocaine trafficking.
