Human: The World Within

Overview

Diverse personal stories from around the world reveal how lives, passions and goals are facilitated by the human body's various complex systems.

Episodes

Birth

S01E01 Birth

May 5, 2021 8.0 52 min
Go on a journey with parents who are preparing for babies to see how our bodies create and sustain new life. Through their stories, we learn about what is fundamentally shared and absolutely unique about...
Pulse

S01E02 Pulse

May 5, 2021 53 min
Dive into the world of an ice climber, a bus driver, a woman in labor and a senior dance club to show how the human heart and the circulatory system power our physical and emotional...
Fuel

S01E03 Fuel

May 12, 2021 53 min
Through the worlds of a religious faster, an ultra-marathon runner, a farmer and a young girl beating allergies, go deep into the world of the human gut, which processes the fuel our bodies need to...
Defend

S01E04 Defend

May 19, 2021 52 min
Look at a nature survivalist, rancher twins, a doctor who survived Ebola and the recipient of a cutting-edge cancer therapy to uncover the wildly advanced biology that keeps us alive against all odds.
Sense

S01E05 Sense

May 26, 2021 53 min
Explore the incredible universe inside each and every one of us. An examination of diverse personal stories from around the world reveals how our lives, passions and goals are powered by the amazing systems that...
React

S01E06 React

June 2, 2021 51 min
Through the lens of a boxer, a first responder, a cell tower climber and a man with a bionic limb, go deep into the universe of the most powerful machine on earth: the human brain...

Cast

Jad Abumrad
Jad Abumrad
Narrator

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