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Season 25 Episode 15

An Alaska Native family faces backlash from environmentalists due to whale hunting.

Hunting whales is a matter of life or death for the residents of St. Lawrence. When a shy Alaska Native teen becomes the youngest person ever to harpoon a whale for his village, his family is blindsided by thousands of keyboard activists brutally attacking him online—without full perspective on the importance of the hunt to his community's well-being.

AIR DATE 4/22/24

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Tuesday, Apr 29 at 9pm TPT 2
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Tuesday, Apr 29 at 9pm TPT 2
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Wednesday, Apr 30 at 3am TPT 2
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Wednesday, Apr 30 at 3am TPT 2
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