Connected

Season 1

2020 · 6 episodes · 4h 24m in all · 6.0/10

Episodes

1. 

   1. Surveillance

   2 Aug 2020 · 45 min · 6.0/10

   While surveillance technology raises real privacy concerns, some of it is being used in positive ways, especially when it comes to our animal friends.

2. 

   2. Poop

   2 Aug 2020 · 46 min

   Sure, it's smelly and gross but excrement is more complex than we think. It holds many secrets, many problems, and—potentially—many solutions.

3. 

   3. Dust

   2 Aug 2020 · 39 min

   A speck of dust seems insignificant, but a swarm of it can do everything from generating oxygen to tempering hurricanes to fertilizing the rainforest.

4. 

   4. Digits

   2 Aug 2020 · 46 min

   Latif explores a law of numerical probability that applies to classical music, contemporary social media, tax fraud and perhaps the entire universe.

5. 

   5. Clouds

   2 Aug 2020 · 49 min

   A 19th-century shipwreck led to weather forecasting as we know it, and laid the groundwork for other predictive models as well as ... well, the cloud.

6. 

   6. Nukes

   2 Aug 2020 · 39 min

   They may be our worst creations. But Latif uncovers how nuclear bombs did some surprising good and visits those who ensure that they stop blowing up.