Connected

Season: 1

Science journalist Latif Nasser investigates the surprising and intricate ways in which we are connected to each other, the world and the universe.

Documentary

1Sun, Aug 02, 2020

Surveillance

While surveillance technology raises real privacy concerns, some of it is being used in positive ways, especially when it comes to our animal friends.

2Sun, Aug 02, 2020

Poop

Sure, it's smelly and gross but excrement is more complex than we think. It holds many secrets, many problems, and—potentially—many solutions.

3Sun, Aug 02, 2020

Dust

A speck of dust seems insignificant, but a swarm of it can do everything from generating oxygen to tempering hurricanes to fertilizing the rainforest.

4Sun, Aug 02, 2020

Digits

Latif explores a law of numerical probability that applies to classical music, contemporary social media, tax fraud and perhaps the entire universe.

5Sun, Aug 02, 2020

Clouds

A 19th-century shipwreck led to weather forecasting as we know it, and laid the groundwork for other predictive models as well as ... well, the cloud.

6Sun, Aug 02, 2020

Nukes

They may be our worst creations. But Latif uncovers how nuclear bombs did some surprising good and visits those who ensure that they stop blowing up.