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Taboo investigates the fine line between what is food and what is forbidden. It looks at the eating of durian, insects, cobra, fugu, and dog.
S1 • E2
Taboo investigates non-Western methods of healing. It examines the practices of a spirit healer Ethiopia, a Native American healer in New Mexico, and an indigenous healer in Bolivia.
S1 • E3
Taboo investigates the worldwide craft of tattoo by examining Iban tribal tattoos in Borneo, Bessoribe body scarring in Benin, and a tattoo convention is Oslo.
S1 • E4
Taboo investigates the religious practices of voodoo. It examines rites of sacrifice and possession in Benin, Haiti, and Venezuela.
S1 • E5
Taboo investigate the practice of witchcraft. It looks at the practices of a Witch in Mexico, a cleansing ceremony in Zimbabwe, and a group of Wiccans in the United Kingdom.
S1 • E6
Taboo investigates controversies surrounding marriage including child marriage in India, multiple marriages in Togo, and homosexual marriage in England.
S1 • E7
Taboo examines at drug use around the world. It looks at San Pedro use in Peru, ecstasy use in the United States, and peyote use in Mexico.
S1 • E8
Taboo looks at practices regarding spirits. It goes to Philippians, to observe and exorcism. It visits Brazil to see a conjurer cast a death spell. It also heads to Zimbabwe to interview a women haunted by spirits of her family.
S1 • E9
Taboo investigates gender issues around the world that challenge traditional notions of masculinity and femininity.
S1 • E10
Taboo visits Indonesia, India, and the United States and looks at how burial practices and dealing with death varies from culture to culture.
S1 • E11
Taboo looks at religious tests of faith including land diving on Pentecost Island, fire-walkers in Greece, and a man in the Philippines who braves crucifixion.
S1 • E12
Taboo looks at dangerous and violent sports including cockfighting in the United States, bullfighting in Mexico, and bare-knuckle brawling ritual in Bolivia.
Self - Narrator
Narrator
Self - Narrator
Self - Bioethicist, Princeton University
Self - Communications Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Self - National Geographic Explorer In-Residence
Self - Narrator
Self - Anthropologist, Skidmore College
Self - Psychiatrist, NYU Langone Medical Center
Self - Biological Anthropologist