An Optimist's Guide to the Planet
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Original Air Date: Oct 29, 2025
Nikolaj travels the world to meet people transforming waste into resources; showing that waste isn't something to hide -- it's something we can rethink as valuable raw material.
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Season 2
Original Air Date: Nov 26, 2025
As the world faces climate challenges, imaginative individuals are leading the way toward solutions.
Dec 14
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9:30PM
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Original Air Date: Nov 19, 2025
Looking closely at water, a basic necessity for every human, animal and blade of grass on the planet, which is also in a global crisis; only 0.5% of water on Earth is usable and available freshwater, and climate change is affecting that supply.
Dec 16
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8PM
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3 Hr
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Original Air Date: Nov 12, 2025
Meeting humanity's insatiable demand for energy while still curbing greenhouse emissions will require creative solutions both big and small.
Dec 15
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12:30AM
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1 Hr
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Original Air Date: Nov 5, 2025
From transforming concrete into a carbon sink to mining nickel from genetically enhanced plants, we meet the bold inventors preserving and adapting to nature's offerings to help humanity thrive.
Dec 14
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11:30PM
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1 Hr
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Original Air Date: Oct 29, 2025
Nikolaj travels the world to meet people transforming waste into resources; showing that waste isn't something to hide -- it's something we can rethink as valuable raw material.
12-1AM
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1 Hr
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TV-PG
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Original Air Date: Oct 22, 2025
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau begins season two and we're reminded of the delicate balance between human progress and protecting our planet.
Dec 16
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11PM
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