This Is Life with Lisa Ling - Season 9

During one of the loneliest times in history, technology provided new ways to connect; VR, AI and even sex dolls have become a way for many people trying to assuage their loneliness.

In the world of online sperm donation, moms uninterested in sperm banks meet donors online; Lisa meets prolific donor Ari Nagel, father to more than 117 children.

A road trip into the soul of post-Tiger King America, where the abuse and exploitation of tigers continues, and a group of passionate female journalists, activists, scientists and conservationists work to shut it down.

Lisa explores serious mental illness and how it's affecting her home city of Los Angeles; she meets those who are suffering as well as those who are fighting to help people in need.

Lisa explores America's epidemic of alcoholism, and how its upsurge through the pandemic is having a shocking impact on the health of approximately 15 million people.

Even in 2022, stigma against interracial marriages continue; Lisa meets three different interracial couples who took the leap, and explores the story of their lives in a divided country.