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Finding Your Roots — Season 4

Episodes

  • E01 The Impression

    Oct 2, 2017 · 1h

    Join Larry David and Bernie Sanders, who learn they have more in common than they thought.

  • E02 Unfamiliar Kin

    Oct 10, 2017 · 1h

    Guests: Carly Simon, Christopher Walken, and more. In this episode, three guests each learn about a grandparent whose real identity and background had been a mystery to them. Along the way, two of them also discover that their close relatives were on the wrong side of history.

  • E03 Puritans and Pioneers

    Oct 17, 2017 · 1h

    Guests: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen and William H. Macy. Three mainstays of modern-day Hollywood discover family legacies that predate the United States itself.

  • E04 The Vanguard

    Oct 24, 2017 · 1h

    Guests: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ava DuVernay and Janet Mock. Three guests who have helped to redefine Black America in the last decade find their identities challenged as they learn about their family origins.

  • E05 Immigrant Nation

    Oct 31, 2017 · 1h

    Guests: Scarlett Johansson, Paul Rudd and John Turturro. In this episode, three guests explore the tremendous challenges faced by their immigrant forebears.

  • E06 Black Like Me

    Nov 7, 2017 · 1h

    Guests: Bryant Gumbel, Tonya Lewis-Lee and Suzanne Malveaux. Three African-American guests delve deep into their family trees, discovering unexpected stories that challenge our assumptions about black history.

  • E07 Children of the Revolution

    Nov 14, 2017 · 1h

    Guests: Lupita Nyong’o, Carmelo Anthony and Ana Navarro. Three guests explore how their family trees were shaped by political turmoil and violence, discovering sometimes unexpected ancestry along the way.

  • E08 Relatives We Never Knew We Had

    Nov 21, 2017 · 1h

    Guests: Gaby Hoffmann and Téa Leoni. Two guests whose lives have been shaped by family mysteries are introduced to biological ancestors they never knew they had thanks to genetic detective work.

  • E09 Southern Roots

    Dec 12, 2017 · 1h

    Guests: Questlove, Dr. Phil and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Three guests of disparate backgrounds dig into their Southern roots, where slavery and its aftermath shaped families both black and white.

  • E10 Funny Business

    Dec 19, 2017 · 1h

    Guests: Amy Schumer and more. Guests who have found fame mining their family stories for comedy learn about ancestors who overcame immense suffering.

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