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Season 1

  • S01E01 Origins

    • October 13, 2019
    • Discovery

    Evolutionary anthropologist Brian Hare searches for the origins of hate in both the past and current day, exploring what causes humans to treat each other with cruelty and violence.

  • S01E02 Tribalism

    • October 20, 2019
    • Discovery

    Cognitive scientist Laurie Santos examines tribalism, asking why love for one group can inspire hate for other groups -- in politics, sports and even warfare -- and how tribal thinking shapes perceptions.

  • S01E03 Tools & Tactics

    • October 27, 2019
    • Discovery

    Journalist Jelani Cobb investigates how hate tools like propaganda, dehumanization, the internet, and symbols can incite, amplify and spread hatred.

  • S01E04 Extremism

    • October 27, 2019
    • Discovery

    Extremism expert Sasha Havlicek explores the complicated factors that draw people toward ideologies that fuel hate and violence from white nationalism to Islamic terrorism, or toward deradicalization.

  • S01E05 Crimes against Humanity

    • November 3, 2019
    • Discovery

    International criminal lawyer Patricia Viseur Sellers investigates the perpetrators of genocide and crimes against humanity, from leaders to followers, as well as those who resist the power of hate.

  • S01E06 Hope

    • November 3, 2019
    • Discovery

    Neuroscientist Emile Bruneau explores how people can use their capacity for critical thinking, their brain plasticity, and strategies like education and cooperation to help combat hate.

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Why We Hate: The Reckoning

    • June 21, 2020
    • Discovery

    A special 2-hour event hosted by Tamron Hall featuring the "Why We Hate" documentary and a roundtable conversation about the documentary and the ongoing events surrounding George Floyd's death.