National Geographic Weekend

This week, we walk through the conflict zones in Israel and Palestine, then we learn about the difficulties that face undocumented children as they migrate from Central America to the United States, and finally, we join up with NASCAR's Sam Hornish Jr. to see how fast we can drive.

This week, we encounter blue whales, pirates and tropical storms while rowing across the Indian Ocean, then we meet some glow-in-the-dark sharks, and finally we jam to some music remixed from the sounds of Antarctica's glaciers melting.

This week on National Geographic Weekend, join host Boyd Matson and his guests as they survive a deadly avalanche in Washington State, honor fallen war journalists through music, and try to determine which animal has the meanest bite force in history.

This week, we talk with hippos while exploring the Okavango Delta, then we learn the secrets of the American seafood industry, road trip 25,000 miles with young children, and find out what our nose knows about love.

This week, we climb with no excuses and join the first climbing team on El Capitan where everybody is missing a limb, then we learn the secrets of Africa's greatest animal trackers, and finally, we look at modern day slavery around the world, including in the United States.

This week, we cure cancer in our spare time between high school prom and taking SAT tests, then we learn the science behind fireflies, and finally, we extract venom from snakes at great personal risk.

In a rerun from May 2013, we survive a shotgun shell to the head in the Amazon, then we investigate a mysterious disappearance -- first of a kayaker, then of a crocodile -- and finally, we revisit the first American ascent of Mount Everest.

This week, we run 200 miles through mountains on three continents, then we transport human skulls across borders (in the name of science), meet the newest forms of antibiotic resistant bacteria, and dance with elephants while they play music.

This week, we talk pushing boundaries and risk with NASCAR's Jeff Gordon, then we learn about the everyday risk for women seeking education under Afghanistan's Taliban, jam with a Grammy-nominated country musician, and learn how to put an opossum back together again.

This week, we fly rhinos to safety in a cargo plane, then we meet the man who discovered Ebola, and finally, we visit every country in the world without a plane ticket.

This week, we refuel a satellite at 17,500 miles per hour, then we learn to play futbol the Brazilian way, and finally, we run out of air 100 feet below the Arctic Ocean.

This week, we fly with a dog on our backs (no airplane required), then we pursue snow leopards through the Himalayan foothills, and finally we travel to the North Pole for the last time.

This week, we negotiate a truce between armies to save elephants, then we jam at the intersection of jazz and physics, and finally, we run 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days.

This week, we run 1,000 miles through the Middle East in the name of peace, then dive 90 feet off a cliff, and finally, we learn to farm the oceans.

This week, we slackline 4,000 feet above the ground between hot air balloons, recycle a cruise ship, and search for sobriety in the South Pacific's remotest islands.