The Best Episodes of Explorer

The Last Days of Osama Bin Laden

#1 - The Last Days of Osama Bin Laden 8.67

Season 2011 - Episode 14

CNN Correspondent Peter Bergen travels to Afghanistan to interview key players and reveals never-before-told facts that tell the real story of Bin Laden's final moments.

24 Hours After Hiroshima

#2 - 24 Hours After Hiroshima 8.00

Season 2010 - Episode 10

Explorer tells the second-by-second story of a moment that changed the world forever: the dropping of the atomic bomb on August 6, 1945. Through the eyes of those in the air and on the ground, including the last interview with the weapons test officer who armed the bomb, we'll experience the events as they unfolded that tragic day.

Electronic Armageddon

#3 - Electronic Armageddon 6.00

Season 2010 - Episode 7

What do future presidents need to know about existential dangers this country could face? Explorer investigates the science behind the dangers of a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse, or HEMP. Picture an instantaneous deathblow to the vital engines that power our society, delivered by a nuclear weapon designed not to kill humans but to attack electronics. What could happen if an electromagnetic pulse surged to earth, crippling every aspect of modern society's infrastructure?