Sounding the Alarm

Adjacent to pristine waters off Hawaii are steep underwater cliffs, resulting in some of the world's best deep-sea fishing. For years locals thrived here using nothing more than small, handmade canoes, fishing poles and their hands to catch monster fish. Reinventing this ancient art is a new breed of men and women who risk their lives aboard sea kayaks to land lucrative, 100-plus pound species like marlin and tuna. "Pacific Warriors" follows brave adventurers who bring their own techniques to the craft as they take on rough waters, bloodthirsty predators and one another to reel in their trophies.

Across America, violent crime rips communities apart. Loved ones are murdered. Young adults are sent to prison for life. Families lose children on both sides. For decades, this cycle of violence and punishment has persisted without remedy. Now, one group is taking dramatic action to encourage redemption and transformation in the boldest way possible...by facilitating meetings between offenders and victims of violent crimes. These are the stories of the Merciful Minds.

Battling deep depression, Jaeyoun returns to her roots on the island of Marano, South Korea, to visit her family of female free fivers known as haenyeo. To her surprise, she finds a connection to nature and her ancestors that literally saves her life.

Seven months pregnant and apprehensive of the effect motherhood would have on her career as a professional freediver, Kimi Werner took a trip to the island of Jeju in South Korea to meet her heroes, the haenyeo – a group of freediving and fishing women often regarded as Korea’s first working mother’s whose culture dates back centuries.

Follow Sofia Mulanovich as she pursues her childhood dream of becoming a professional women's world surfing champion. In the process, she became a national icon and role model in her homeland.