Taboo Episode Guide
All Episodes (77)
Sex
Original Airdate: 2008-12-08Synopsis:
Love and lovability may differ from one society to another.Spilling Blood
Original Airdate: 2008-12-01Synopsis:
Animal sacrifice in Nepal; the traditional whale-slaughtering tradition, Grind, in Denmark; cockfighting in Bali.Extreme Rituals
Original Airdate: 2008-11-24Synopsis:
Young men leap head-first from a 70-foot tower in a potentially deadly ritual; a girl tattoos her face before marriage as part of her transition to womanhood; a 70-year-old man participates in a bloodletting ceremony.Initiation
Original Airdate: 2008-11-12Synopsis:
Boys in Brazil put their hands in gloves filled with fire ants; boys have whipping competitions in West Africa; a woman in South Korea must become a shaman to save her life.Bizarre Bodies
Original Airdate: 2008-11-10Synopsis:
The lengths people will go to to change their looks.Extreme Punishment
Original Airdate: 2008-11-03Synopsis:
The lengths some societies go to to punish a crime.The Third Sex
Original Airdate: 2008-10-27Synopsis:
Some interpret sexuality as cultural or genetic.Drugs
Original Airdate: 2008-10-15Synopsis:
Some cultures incorporate mind-altering drugs into social and religious life.Outsiders
Original Airdate: 2008-09-17Synopsis:
Every society contains people who live on the fringe, either by force or by choice, and must suffer the consequences.
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Premiered: Oct 14, 2002
NGC
Next Episode: November 30, 2009
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Determining the line at which entertainment becomes grotesque.
Tue. Nov 24
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