The BEST episodes of This is Life with Lisa Ling

#1 - The Dad Dilemma

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

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

#2 - We Have a Drinking Problem

Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/18/2022

#3 - 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.

#4 - 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.

#5 - 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.

#6 - 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.

#7 - 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.

#8 - 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.

#9 - Inside Mongol Nation

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2015

Lisa explores one of America's most dangerous "one percenter" outlaw motorcycle club, the Mongols; examining what part they had, if any, in the May 2015 biker shootout.

#10 - 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.

#11 - 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.

#12 - 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.

#13 - 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.

#14 - Furry Nation

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

#15 - Patriot Movement

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2017

As the divide between right and left reaches new heights, one group is taking an extreme approach to politics; Lisa embeds deep in the Arizona desert preparing for threats; meets the family of a man who became a martyr for the movement.

#16 - 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.

#17 - Lost Vegas

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2017

Every year millions flock to Las Vegas trying to fulfill a dream and win big, but outside, and underground, another world stands in stark contrast; Lisa Ling investigates the dark underbelly of Sin City that few get to see.

#18 - Gay Panic

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/2021

#19 - Age of Consent

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2017

Lisa explores the legal and social consequences of convicting adolescents and young adults of sex offenses; when teenage sexuality crosses the line and becomes a crime.

#20 - 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.

#21 - 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.

#22 - Chinese in America

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2017

Lisa explores the massive and economically diverse movement of immigration from China to the United States; traces her own family roots to find out what it means to be Chinese in America.

#23 - 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.

#24 - 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.

#25 - The Meth Crossroads

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2018

Lisa Ling meets the law enforcement teams working to curb the crystal meth epidemic plaguing the people of Oklahoma.