Human: The World Within

Human: The World Within

Diverse personal stories from around the world reveal how lives, passions and goals are facilitated by the human body's various complex systems; narrator Jad Abumrad.

Genre: Documentary

Cast:Mandy HarveyJad Abumrad


1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Birth

Fri, Jun 4, 2021

A look at how bodies create and sustain new life through the eyes of parents preparing for a birth; what is fundamental and unique about the birth experience.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Pulse

Wed, May 5, 2021

How the heart and circulatory system power the physical and emotional and lives of humans.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Fuel

Wed, May 12, 2021

A journey through the human gut and the process of turning food into energy to keep the body going.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Defend

Wed, May 19, 2021

A look into how the body defends itself against all odds through the stories of a nature survivalist, rancher twins, a doctor who survived Ebola and a cancer therapy recipient.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Sense

Wed, May 26, 2021

Exploring the world of human sensation and how it defines reality, with stories from a pairs figure skating team, a perfumer, a cave explorer and a musician.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ React

Wed, Jun 2, 2021

Exploring the technology of the human brain and the vast nervous system it controls.