Life After People

What would happen to planet earth if the human race were to suddenly disappear forever? Would ecosystems thrive? What remnants of our industrialized world would survive? What would crumble fastest? Life After People is a television series on which scientists, structural engineers, and other experts speculate about what might become of Earth should humanity instantly d... Read all

Genre: Documentary, Sci-Fi

Cast:James Lurie , Steven S. Ross , Gordon Masterton , Tanya Wattenburg Komas , Jan Zalasiewicz , Howard Oliver , Travis Taylor , Ray Coppinger , Alan W. Pense , David Brin , William Leffler , Gene Kritsky , Frank Lowenstein , John Anderson , Stein Sture , Richard Gutkowski , Trevor S. Valle , Leslie Lyons

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ The Bodies Left Behind

Tue, Apr 21, 2009

Looks at the future of Boston and Houston after people disappear. It also looks at what will happen to the mummified and cryogenically frozen bodies that are left behind.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Outbreak

Tue, Apr 28, 2009

Life After People looks at the future of Chicago, Atlanta, and London after people disappear. It also looks at what will happen to the dogs and pigs that humans have left behind.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Capital Threat

Tue, May 5, 2009

Life After People looks at what happens to Washington, Los Angeles, and Hollywood after people disappear. It also looks at what will happen to the zoo animals and the ocean garbage that have been left behind.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Heavy Metal

Tue, May 12, 2009

Life After People looks at the future of New York and St. Louis after people disappear. It also looks at what will happen to gold at the Federal Reserves, the horses of Manhattan, and the Gateway Arch after people are gone.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Invaders

Tue, May 19, 2009

Life After People looks at what happens to Miami, Phoenix, and Shanghai after people disappear. It visits the abandoned village of Tyneham and looks at what will happen to the invasive species that have been left behind.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Bound and Buried

Tue, May 26, 2009

Life After People looks at what happens to several landmarks including the Liberty Bell, Mona Lisa, and Golden Gate Bridge after people disappear. It also looks at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and visits the abandoned town of Centralia.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Sin City Meltdown

Tue, Jun 2, 2009

Life After People looks at the future of Las Vegas and Atlantic City after people disappear. It also looks at what will happen to cats and the Voyager spacecraft and visits Americana Amusement Park in Monroe, Ohio.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Armed and Defenseless

Tue, Jun 9, 2009

Life After People looks at the future of military hardware like the USS Missouri in a world without people. It also looks at the future of dairy cows and visits North Brother Island in New York and the Atlantic Wall.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Roads to Nowhere

Tue, Jun 16, 2009

Life After People examines at the future of Detroit and San Antonio. It also looks at what will happen to oil refineries, longhorn cattle, and the Alamo and visits Detroit's abandoned Packard Plant.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Waters of Death

Tue, Jun 23, 2009

Life After People looks at the future of Seattle and New Orleans. It also looks at what will happen to off shore oil platforms and weather satellites and visits parts of New Orleans devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Wrath of God

Tue, Jan 5, 2010

Religious buildings in a world without people. It looks at St. Peter's Basilica, Crystal Cathedral Megachurch, and the Christ the Redeemer Statue and visits Kolmanskop in the Namibia Desert.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Toxic Revenge

Tue, Jan 12, 2010

Life After People examines what happens to nuclear power plants and other hazardous areas in a world without people. It also looks at the future of Niagara Falls and visits Pitcher, Oklahoma.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Crypt of Civilization

Tue, Jan 19, 2010

Life After People examines what will happen to time capsules and monuments in a world without people. It looks at the Crypt of Civilization, the Iwo Jima Memorial, and visits the Norwich State Hospital in Connecticut.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Last Supper

Tue, Jan 26, 2010

Life After People examines what happens to packaged food and grocery stores in a world without people. It also looks at Da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' and visits Tranquille in British Columbia.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Home Wrecked Home

Tue, Feb 2, 2010

Life After People examines what happens to human dwelling places. It looks at the suburbs, high rise apartments, co-opts in a world without people and visits the empty village of Balestrino in Italy.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Holiday Hell

Tue, Feb 9, 2010

Life After People looks at what happens to places associated with holidays and leisure after people disappear. It also examines what happens to fireworks, reindeer, turkeys and visits the abandoned Salton Sea.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Waves of Devastation

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

The destructive effects of water in a world without people. It also looks at the Alaskan Pipeline, Sydney Opera House, Santa Monica Pier and visits the abandoned Russian town of Pyramiden.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Sky's the Limit

Tue, Mar 2, 2010

Life After People examines what will happen to skies in a world without people. It also looks at what will happen to Air Force One, the Cassini space probe, and visits the abandoned Berlin-Tempelhof Airport and Edgar Radar Station.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Depths of Destruction

Tue, Mar 9, 2010

Life After People examines what will happen to mankind's subterranean constructions. It also looks at Cheyenne Mountain, Carlsbad Cavern, Prairie Dogs and visits the Bonne Terre Mine and the Steamboat Arabia.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Take Me to Your Leader

Tue, Mar 16, 2010

Life After People examines what will happen to the houses and tombs of world leaders in a world without people. It looks at the White House, Versailles, Grant's Tomb, and Monticello.