My Favorite Newsletter: The Great Human Odyssey - Thursday on The Nature of Things

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The Great Human Odyssey - Thursday on The Nature of Things

Wednesday, February 25th 2015

What's On: CBC Television

The Great Human Odyssey - The Nature of Things

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26 AT 8PM ON CBC-TV
Early humans eventually colonized Australia, the South Pacific, and the Americas. But how did our ancestors master the oceans? Learn how new discoveries in ancient DNA research are changing our understanding of the earliest sea voyages, from Easter Island to the Bering Strait.

Learn about nomadic cultures, explore out evolution as a species on an interactive timeline and watch 14 behind-the-scenes stories online now.

Transforming Gender - Doc Zone

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26 AT 9 PM ON CBC-TV
The era of transgendered enfranchisement is upon us. Through personal stories we pull back the curtain on what it means to be — fundamentally and in your deepest core — in conflict with the gender you were assigned at birth.
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What's On: CBC News Network

Mega-Tsunami - The Passionate Eye

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28 AT 10 PM ET/PT ON CBC NEWS NETWORK
Could we survive a mega-tsunami in North America? Using CGI simulations, scientists predict a volcanic eruption could trigger a wave even bigger & more destructive than the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami & the 2011 tsunami in Japan.
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Point and Shoot - The Passionate Eye

SUNDAY MARCH 1 AT 10 PM ET/PT ON CBC NEWS NETWORK
Armed with a motorcycle & a video camera, American Matt VanDyke heads to the Middle East for a "crash course in manhood". Embedding with US soldiers & fighting beside rebels in Libya, he learns the difference between reality & the movie fantasy of war. Winner - Best Doc, Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by Academy Award nominated Marshall Curry.
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Great Human Odyssey - The Adaptable Ape
How did we become our planet’s only global species, at home in every environment on Earth. Learn how our ancestors found a way through the deserts and out of Africa. Explore the meeting of Neanderthals and humans. And discover how we survived the Ice Age.
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The Age of the Drone
There’s a revolution happening and it’s overhead. The drones are coming. From Amazon to Google, the government and your neighbours, everyone is embracing the drone. The big question is: who gets to use them, and how?
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Pedophile Hunter
Controversial online vigilantes pose as underage girls luring men they suspect are sexual predators into dramatic confrontations which they film, post on the internet, & turn over to police.
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