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Season 8

CBS Reports Season 8

August. 26,2022
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Each CBS Reports documentary takes a deep dive into key issues driving national and global conversations. The stories cover a wide range of topics such as the ripple effects of America’s culture wars, climate change, the rise in extremism, the economic shifts impacting communities to countries and the ways technologies are both saving and threatening humanity. CBS Reports documentaries bring important stories to life from the people and voices who live them.

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CBS Reports Season 8 Full Episode Guide

Episode 18 - Space Tourism: The Next Great Leap
First Aired: September. 27,2023

In the aftermath of the Titan submersible tragedy, extreme travel has come under fresh scrutiny. But one industry stands out for both its allure and the lack of regulation protecting participants' safety: space tourism. CBS Reports explores the next great leap for humankind and whether regulators and industry stakeholders are striking the right balance between encouraging innovation.

Episode 17 - Funding Cartels: The Fentanyl Fight
First Aired: September. 20,2023

CBS Reports goes into a cartel stronghold in Mexico to uncover what’s behind the surge in fentanyl trafficking and why America is failing to stop it.

Episode 16 - Arming Cartels
First Aired: September. 13,2023

A CBS Reports investigation found that Americans have been aiding Mexican drug cartels by smuggling military-grade weapons across the U.S. border into Mexico, at a scale and scope previously unreported — providing the firepower cartels need to operate with impunity.

Episode 15 - Yellowstone Bison Revival
First Aired: August. 23,2023

The mighty bison was virtually wiped out a century ago. But a few remained in the heart of Yellowstone National Park. CBS Reports explores the American icon’s incredible return from the brink, and its remarkable role in revitalizing and restoring sacred tribal culture and traditions.

Episode 14 - Fighting for Haiti
First Aired: July. 05,2023

In July 2021, Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated, leaving a power vacuum seized upon by rival gangs that now effectively run the capital city of Port-au-Prince. It’s the latest in a long history of hardships, including some in which the US has played a role. Remarkably Haitians are undeterred in their optimism for a better future. CBS Reports explores Haiti’s current crisis

Episode 13 - 40 Acres and a Mule
First Aired: June. 21,2023

Today, the phrase “40 acres and a mule” represents the broken promises the U.S. government has made to Black American farmers, contributing to a vast racial wealth gap. CBS Reports explores the ways in which Black Americans are trying to reclaim their land, connect to their ancestry, and generate wealth that can be passed on for generations to come.

Episode 12 - The ChatGPT Revolution
First Aired: May. 31,2023

The artificial intelligence revolution has arrived. AI tools such as ChatGPT offer the power to transform fields like business, art, medical research and more. But this technology also brings ethical uncertainty and peril. CBS Reports explores the unleashing of this still rapidly evolving creation and some of the possible dangers.

Episode 11 - Eating Trash
First Aired: April. 20,2023

Nearly 40% of food in the U.S. ends up in the landfill, a problem exacerbating both climate change and food insecurity. But innovative chefs from gourmet eateries to soup kitchens are on a mission to change that. CBS Reports' Adam Yamaguchi dines across America to discover the creative ways chefs transform food waste into trendy eats.

Episode 10 - Pledge of Silence
First Aired: April. 12,2023

CBS Reports investigates why, in public school districts across America, some teachers have sexually abused students for decades before being stopped.

Episode 9 - Body Brokers
First Aired: March. 22,2023

In this eye-opening documentary, CBS Reports goes inside the $100 million market where bodies donated to science are bought and sold for profit.

Episode 8 - Black Twitter
First Aired: February. 22,2023

You may know the hashtags and the groundbreaking movements — #BlackLivesMatter, #OscarsSoWhite, #SayHerName — but now you'll get an inside look at where they were born: Black Twitter.

Episode 7 - Campaign of Deceit
First Aired: February. 08,2023

Since the day George Santos announced his bid for a seat in Congress, much of what he’s said about his life and career has proven to be false. So who is George Santos? CBS Reports follows his unlikely path from a basement in Queens to seaside Brazil to Long Island’s wealthiest suburbs – unwinding a campaign of deceit that delivered him to the loftiest halls of power in Washington.

Episode 6 - Elon Musk, Inc.
First Aired: December. 14,2022

Elon Musk has built a reputation for changing the game by ignoring the rules, and his recent acquisition of Twitter is no different. Is the turbulent Twitter buyout just the next chapter in Elon Musk’s odds-defying story? CBS Reports peels back the layers on the high-stakes and high-rewards journey of one of the most polarizing and influential people of our time.

Episode 5 - Guns in the Classroom
First Aired: November. 16,2022

As America grapples with the crisis of school shootings, solutions to school safety seem to divide into two sides — more restrictions or more guns. While victims’ families and survivors in largely conservative and pro-gun Texas now fight for gun control, others across the state are choosing to fortify schools by arming their children’s teachers.

Episode 4 - A New Conservative Alliance
First Aired: November. 03,2022

A segment of American conservatives has found inspiration in the success of the conservative cultural movement in Hungary. CPAC, the American Conservative Political Action Committee, is extolling President Viktor Orban's anti-LGBTQ and nativist policies as the way forward for the United States.

Episode 3 - CBS Reportes: El Poder
First Aired: October. 13,2022

CBS News Race & Culture Unit presents CBS REPORTES: EL PODER, Hosted by Adriana Diaz featuring CBS News correspondents Enrique Acevedo, Manuel Bojorquez, Skyler Henry, Lilia Luciano, Ed O’Keefe, and Omar Villafranca, exploring the cultural diversity and increasing power of Latino voters ahead of the 2022 midterm elections and the 2024 presidential election.

Episode 2 - Defending Taiwan
First Aired: October. 06,2022

An increasingly powerful China is stepping up its aggression against the self-governing island of Taiwan -- an alarming development that could result in a U.S.-China showdown with massive economic consequences. CBS Reports heads to Taiwan to examine how the Taiwanese are building resistance in the face of growing threats, and the global stakes of the island’s fate.

Episode 1 - Artemis: America's New Moonshot
First Aired: August. 26,2022

NASA's launch of the Artemis 1 mission signals America's intent to return to the moon, and beyond. This CBS Reports documentary reveals the incredible endeavor of America's next great leap in space exploration and the collective will required to see it through.

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