9.5/102 votesLoading...#1 - Unholy Addiction
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2014
Utah, home of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has the lowest rates of tobacco use and alcohol-related deaths in the nation. Yet, every year more people in Utah are dying from prescription drug overdoses than are dying in car accidents. In this episode, Lisa travels to Salt Lake City to discover how the hard hit LDS Church is battling an epidemic that is wreaking havoc on its faithful followers.
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9.0/101 votesLoading...#2 - Filthy Rich
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2014
Lisa Ling goes inside this modern day boomtown and explores its new women pioneers.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - Sugar Daddies, Sugar Babies
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2014
In the last decade, a host of websites have sprung up with a mission to match wealthy older men with young, attractive women, and for both parties, it can be an alluring opportunity. Dive into this world of youth, beauty, money and sex as Ling asks questions of Sugar Daddies and Sugar Babies alike: Why did you choose this lifestyle? Once you get deep into this world, can you ever go back to conventional relationships? And what are the true costs and benefits when sex, money and power are on the line?
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - The Genius Experiment
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2014
Lisa examines the question- can we manufacture genius; a genius sperm bank created by eccentric millionaire and businessman Robert Graham has produced 200 progeny in their 20s and 30s in hopes of being created more intelligent than their peers.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - Jungle Fix
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2014
Lisa goes inside the hidden, mystical world of Ayahuasca, and investigates the popularity of this unregulated form of self-exploration, the power and consequences that can come along with its ingestion.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - Road Strip
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2014
Lisa Ling goes inside Crane's world and that of other traveling strippers who leave their home turf to travel to areas that are more lucrative.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - Gay Rodeo
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2014
An exploration of the Gay Rodeo Association.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - Called To The Collar
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2014
Lisa travels to the Midwest, where more Catholic men are being drawn to the priesthood than anywhere else in the county, in a time where the Catholic population is on the rise, but the number of Catholic priests is dwindling.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - Children of the Prophet
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2015
Two children of Warren Jeffs make the revelations to Lisa Ling that the imprisoned leader of the polygamous Mormon sect sexually abused them as children.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - Inside Mongol Nation
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2015
Lisa Ling embeds with the Mongols Motorcycle Club.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - Fatherless Towns
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2015
Imprisoned dads learn to become fathers through an innovative program. 13 Inmates prepare for an unprecedented event: The father-daughter dance.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - Faces That Sell
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2015
Apparently men will pay a lot to be surrounded by beautiful women. Go inside the world of fashion modeling with Lisa Ling.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - Electronic Woodstock
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2015
Lisa relives her life as a 1990s raver, by embedding with a new generation of electronic music fans at a festival called Mysteryland.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - America's Busiest Coroners
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2015
Go Inside the LA County Coroner's Office where death is business as usual. “There are things that I saw... that will continue to haunt me forever,” said Lisa Ling.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - The Seduction Game
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/9/2015
Lisa attends a pickup artist bootcamp to explore what draws men to the pickup lifestyle and to discern what pickup masters are really teaching.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - The Satanists Next Door
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/13/2015
Lisa investigates Satanism, focusing on the story of its members including their desire to use their beliefs to promote equality in American society as well as to protest what they describe as oppressive values and rules of the Judeo-Christian religions.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - Locked Angeles
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2016
Lisa Ling gains unprecedented access to the Los Angeles County Jail to understand what it takes to manage the country's busiest jail.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - Women Who Fight
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2016
Lisa Ling enters the octagon with three female MMA fighters changing the perception of ultimate fighting.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#19 - The Black and White of Heroin
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2016
Lisa Ling visits Chicago to investigate whether a gentler approach to heroin use is being applied equally to the rich and poor, black and white.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#20 - 21st Century Brothel
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2016
Lisa Ling travels to the most famous legal brothel, the Moonlite BunnyRanch in Nevada, to meet women who make a living off lust.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#21 - Silicon Savants
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2016
Lisa Ling meets ambitious young people in San Francisco who hope to become the next Mark Zuckerberg.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - Wired Philly
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2016
Lisa Ling embeds with the Philadelphia Police Department to explore how new technology is changing what it means to be a 21st century cop in America.
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#23 - Sins of the Father
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2016
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#24 - Prison Love
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2016
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#25 - Sexual Healing
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2017
Lisa Ling goes on a journey through the scintillating worlds of Tantra and surrogate partner therapy in search of sexual healing.
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The Best Episodes of This Is Life with Lisa Ling
Every episode of This Is Life with Lisa Ling ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of This Is Life with Lisa Ling!
Lisa Ling's investigative documentary series goes behind the scenes to discover the secret societies within the American society.
Genres:NewsDocumentary
Network:CNN
Best Episodes Summary
"Unholy Addiction" is the best rated episode of "This Is Life with Lisa Ling". It scored 9.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/5/2014. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Filthy Rich".