Discovery Channel HD At critical junctions along the U.S./Mexico trade arteries, hidden goods worth billions of dollars cross the southern border. Drug seizures at that border are at an all-time high as the cartels attempt smuggling both large and small loads of narcotics. 2026-08-11 After nearly two decades of economic decline and a surge in methamphetamine use, Wood County, Wisconsin opened a new $93 million jail, where staff face mounting pressure to help a community searching for a way forward. 2026-08-11 As an opioid epidemic grips the county, a law-and-order sheriff uses rehabilitation to help inmates break the cycle of addiction while officers work around the clock to maintain safety, security and order inside one of New York's busiest jails. 2026-08-11 A traveler is caught with blades for cockfighting, a cartel-run blood sport; every year, Mexico grows millions of dollars of flowers for the U.S., but cartels are taking advantage of the influx of shipments during major holidays to stash something extra. 2026-08-11 At critical junctions along the U.S./Mexico trade arteries, hidden goods worth billions of dollars cross the southern border. Drug seizures at that border are at an all-time high as the cartels attempt smuggling both large and small loads of narcotics. 2026-08-11 After nearly two decades of economic decline and a surge in methamphetamine use, Wood County, Wisconsin opened a new $93 million jail, where staff face mounting pressure to help a community searching for a way forward. 2026-08-11 As an opioid epidemic grips the county, a law-and-order sheriff uses rehabilitation to help inmates break the cycle of addiction while officers work around the clock to maintain safety, security and order inside one of New York's busiest jails. 2026-08-11 A traveler is caught with blades for cockfighting, a cartel-run blood sport; every year, Mexico grows millions of dollars of flowers for the U.S., but cartels are taking advantage of the influx of shipments during major holidays to stash something extra. 2026-08-11 Colorado locals compete in the thin air at Bandimere Speedway and this field has some relatives of familiar faces; the last local standing goes up against Jeff Lutz to see who wins the cash prize and gets to call themselves king of the mountain. 2026-08-11 With Dustin M.I.A., the crew take matters into their hands and are hellbent on getting to the gold on Nugget Creek; bad blood between crew members derails the momentum and Mother Nature deals a killer blow, obliterating the creek. 2026-08-11 Deep in New Mexico's Chihuahuan Desert, Joe struggles to escape from an abandoned mineshaft; rattlesnake is on the menu. 2026-08-11 Joe and Cody are marooned on the banks of the mighty Amazon River and surrounded by an unforgiving jungle. 2026-08-11 Stranded in the South African bush, Joe and Cody struggle against deadly predators -- both animal and human. 2026-08-11 Beneath the mountains of Romania, Joe and Cody become lost in a labyrinth of underground caves. 2026-08-11 Matt and Joe take on an injury that requires medical intervention, while they are caught in a thick jungle. 2026-08-11 In the Bolivian Andes, Joe and Matt battle against dehydration and altitude through toxic water and mountain peaks. 2026-08-11 The Raneys struggle to revive an inherited Wyoming hill country homestead; to bring water to the property, Marty must solve the mystery of an untapped well; Misty and Matt combine forces on one of their most ambitious builds. 2026-08-11 The Raneys bring some homesteading mastery to a Vermont couple; Marty creates viable access through dense terrain; Misty builds an underground garden; Matt bear-proofs the homestead with ingenious builds. 2026-08-11 The Raneys face an emotional rescue of young, inexperienced homesteaders in Alabama; to save the legacy of an eighth generation family property, they must use all new ingenuity including a solar kiln, tornado bunker and upcycled predator-proof coop. 2026-08-11 In Montana, the Raneys intervene with a family on winter's doorstep; they must scramble to expand their shelter and food storage before being snowed in for good; a surprising revelation in the middle of the rescue threatens to upend the Raneys' plan. 2026-08-11 In Montana, the Raneys intervene with a family on winter's doorstep; they must scramble to expand their shelter and food storage before being snowed in for good; a surprising revelation in the middle of the rescue threatens to upend the Raneys' plan. 2026-08-11 The Raneys ambush failing homesteads when loved ones intervene. 2026-08-12 On a mesa in Arizona, the Raneys step into a homestead and marriage under strain; to secure the family's future, they must pull an ambitious husband away from his years-long, unfinished passion project, and force a hard reset before total collapse. 2026-08-12 The Raneys ambush failing homesteads when loved ones intervene. 2026-08-12 On a mesa in Arizona, the Raneys step into a homestead and marriage under strain; to secure the family's future, they must pull an ambitious husband away from his years-long, unfinished passion project, and force a hard reset before total collapse. 2026-08-12 Mark, Digger and Tim judge as three amateur distillers compete to make the world's most notorious spirit; absinthe; building stills of their own design and mashing in from raw ingredients, only one will earn the title of Master Distiller. 2026-08-12 In the aftermath of a 40-year storm, Dustin and Kayla return to their claims to find them completely unrecognizable; the two crews stage the mother of all comebacks to recover, risking their lives as they turn rock bottom into bedrock gold. 2026-08-12 Josh Gates explores daring journeys, including the Kon-Tiki balsa raft crossing the Pacific, NASA's lunar rover making tracks on the moon and an airplane flying around the world without the use of fuel. 2026-08-12 Josh Gates boldly explores members' most heart-pounding journeys into space; Apollo 13 astronauts fight to bring their crippled spacecraft 238,000 miles back to Earth and futuristic SpaceShipOne could give others a chance to travel to space. 2026-08-12 Josh recounts a Himalayan mission to find the yeti and a filmmaker's pursuit of the dangerous elephant king; the starving crew of an Antarctic expedition makes difficult choices to survive. 2026-08-12 Josh Gates explores how club members' swashbuckling exploits inspired Hollywood; a bullwhip-cracking archaeologist may be the real-life Indiana Jones; a Nazi mountaineer's life-changing "Seven Years in Tibet" became a Brad Pitt star turn. 2026-08-12 Josh Gates recounts the death-defying exploits of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, who summit Mount Everest; two submariners plunge seven miles under the Pacific; a pilot skydives from the edge of space. 2026-08-12 Josh sends Phil and Jessica to Bangkok to search for the group behind terrifying warnings of global catastrophes and natural disasters. 2026-08-12 Phil Torres and Jessica Chobot power through camera malfunctions and emotional breakdowns in order to find an explanation of what is happening on the Island of the Dolls; a dangerous place that locals have long avoided. 2026-08-12 Josh Gates' team heads west to investigate America's most haunted town; locals claim the spirit of a notorious bandit haunts the town because of a wrongful hanging; Phil and Jess' investigation leads them into a dangerous abandoned gold mine. 2026-08-12 Josh gets potential video proof of a giant creature living in Lake Champlain, so Phil and Jess go to investigate this 30-foot serpent that's been spotted in the lake for generations. 2026-08-12 Chasing Bigfoot's origin story, Phil and Jessica uncover a rash of recent sightings and bone-chilling new evidence in the Pacific Northwest; new leads about a frightening encounter send them into rocky, dangerous terrain along Mount St. Helens. 2026-08-12 Josh Gates has a fresh lead on the massive lost treasure of the shipwrecked 1715 Spanish fleet; Josh returns to Florida waters to locate the fleet's flagship using the latest technology. 2026-08-12 Josh Gates chases leads across the Midwest; he searches for a childhood home, and dives into a frigid lake at a remote Wisconsin lodge as he joins the hunt for notorious bank robber John Dillinger's fortune. 2026-08-12 Josh finds treasure from the greatest score in pirate history; the most feared pirate of his time, Henry Avery stole a fortune worth more than $100 million today; Josh leaps into the frigid North Atlantic to recover Avery's riches. 2026-08-12 Josh braves the frigid, shark-infested waters off Cape Cod to dive the world's only confirmed pirate wreck; joining a high-tech recovery mission, Josh chases the multi-million-dollar treasure of Black Sam Bellamy, including coins, gold and jewels. 2026-08-12 Josh helps discover and explore a labyrinth of lost tunnels; he dodges traffic to assist in a first-ever radar scan below the busy streets of Cuzco, Peru; he joins them as they push into the tunnels and find priceless ancient treasures. 2026-08-13