The BEST episodes of This is Life with Lisa Ling

#1 - Electronic Woodstock

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2015

Lisa joins a new generation of electronic dance music lovers at a festival called Mysteryland in Upstate New York as she relives her days as a 90s raver.

#2 - The Seduction Game

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/9/2015

Lisa Ling attends a boot camp in the desert that turns socially awkward men into pickup artists; she'll see what draws men to the pickup lifestyle and what they are really learning.

#3 - Fatherless Towns

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2015

Thirteen inmates in a Richmond City jail are preparing for an unprecedented father/daughter dance dubbed the "Date with Dad".

#4 - When Heroin Hits Home

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/6/2020

Lisa Ling witnesses what happens when heroin addiction hits home. From children forced to grow up way too soon, to people in the throes of addiction fighting to get clean and keep their babies, to families and agencies working with addicts to create safe homes and win custody of their children.

#5 - Children of Killers

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2018

Lisa Ling explores the lives of the children of mass murderers.

#6 - Lost Boys

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/29/2020

Lisa Ling explores the critical transition when boys become men and investigates how the digital age is impacting a generation of young boys.

#7 - Prison and Prep School

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/29/2020

Lisa Ling witnesses the melding of two worlds: a prison and a prep school and experiences the surprising outcome of the unlikeliest of bonds.

#8 - Fighting Terror In NYC

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2019

In the weeks leading up to New Year’s Eve, Lisa Ling embeds with the NYPD to find out what it takes to keep NYC safe from terror threats.

#9 - Swingers

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2019

Lisa Ling attends the country’s largest swingers party in New Orleans and learns how the swinging lifestyle is evolving into a movement for total sexual freedom.

#10 - When Women Kill

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2019

Lisa Ling meets two convicted female killers to explore what led them to their crimes, and the unique circumstances that connect the women who commit murder.

#11 - Twinning

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2019

Lisa Ling explores the endless fascination with identical twins and the unfathomable bond shared between them.

#12 - Mississippi Gangland

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2019

#13 - A Few Good Women

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2019

Lisa Ling gets a rare look inside the Marines' initiative to integrate the men and women in combat training, where they learn to fight and kill.

#14 - The Benzos Crisis

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2019

Lisa Ling delves into the world of benzodiazepine use and uncovers the troubling threat these drugs pose when used long term, and the challenges facing patients who try to quit.

#15 - Porn Ed

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2019

Lisa Ling takes on a topic most avoid: online pornography and how it is shaping a generation's perception on sex and intimacy.

#16 - Furry Nation

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/2018

#17 - The Dad Dilemma

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2018

Lisa Ling meets up with dads on the losing side of custody battles.

#18 - The Mediums of Lily Dale

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2018

Lisa Ling travels to the Lily Dale Assembly, a cozy lakeside village in upstate New York that is a community of mediums.

#19 - Interracial Love

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/18/2022

#20 - The Secret World of Massage Parlors

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/6/2020

Lisa Ling investigates the illicit massage parlor industry, from the police struggling to curtail trafficking, to the desperate circumstances that lead women into this lucrative yet exploitative trade.

#21 - Under the Gun

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/13/2020

Lisa Ling meets people from all walks of life who have joined “the club no one wants to be a part of” – families of victims and survivors – who are joining forces to support each other and fight gun violence.

#22 - Psychedelic Healing

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/20/2020

Lisa Ling explores the medical uses of psychedelics and examines how for some the hallucinogenic toolbox might hold the key to a healthier future.

#23 - Sex, Love, and Techology

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/27/2022

#24 - The Legacy of Vincent Chin

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/2021

#25 - American Militias

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/2021