The New York Times Presents Season 3

The New York Times Presents Season 3

29 September 2023

Episodes

How to Fix a Pageant

1. How to Fix a Pageant

Decades of waning cultural credibility and recent scandals have left the Miss USA pageant in chaos. This film explores allegations that rotted the core of an iconic institution and questions if it has outlived its relevance.

29 September 2023

Broken Horses

2. Broken Horses

Churchill Downs, the cathedral of horse racing, turned into a horse graveyard at last year's Kentucky Derby. This film explores the sport beneath the pageantry, where a quest for faster horses is causing alarming breakdowns.

26 April 2024

Lie to Fly

3. Lie to Fly

A pilot's promising career takes a dark turn when he's accused of attempting to down a plane after taking psychedelic mushrooms; the film delves into pilot mental health protocols and urgent calls for reform within the aviation industry.

23 August 2024

Weight of the World

4. Weight of the World

As GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic soar in popularity for weight loss, following three people on their own GLP-1 journeys and exploring how decades of diet culture and society's relentless pursuit of thinness paved the way for their rise.

22 November 2024