Life After People: The Series

Life After People: The Series

RETURNING3 Seasons28 Episodes7.2
NetworkHistory
First AiredApr 21, 2009
Last AiredSep 13, 2025
Runtime60 min
Created ByDavid De Vries

Life After People is a television series on which scientists, structural engineers, and other experts speculate about what might become of Earth should humanity instantly disappear. The featured experts also talk about the impact of human extinction on the environment, and the vestiges of civilization thus left behind.

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Cast

James Lurie
James Lurie
Self - Narrator
Hakeem Muata Oluseyi
Hakeem Muata Oluseyi
Self - Astrophysicist/Author
D
Dan Riskin
Self - Evolutionary Biologist
Don Wildman
Don Wildman
Self - TV Host/Historian
A
Andrew Patrick Nelson
Self - Historian

Seasons & Episodes3 seasons · 28 episodes

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Water World
E1Water World
Jul 14, 202544m
In a world without humans, water turns from life-giver to destroyer-flooding cities, collapsing dams, and triggering ancient forces long kept at bay.
E2
E2Shop 'Til You Drop
Jul 21, 202544m
When humanity disappears, the global retail machine collapses--malls rot, shipping lanes turn explosive, and ghostly grocery stores become battlefields for rodents, predators, and time. Yet from gold objects to jars of honey, some remnants of consumer culture might outlast civilization itself.
E3
E3Urban Jungles
Jul 28, 202544m
In the absence of humanity, the world's most iconic cities—from New York, to Orlando, to Rio de Janeiro—are reclaimed by nature, as forests rise, animals roam free, and fire and flood undo centuries of construction.
E4
E4Sands Of Time
Aug 4, 202544m
In a world without humans, the deserts we once tamed rise to reclaim our greatest triumphs—from the glittering lights of Las Vegas to the soaring heights of Dubai's Burj Khalifa.
E5
E5Home On The Strange
Aug 11, 202541m
After humanity ceases to exist, the homes we built—from suburban mansions and Miami condos to rural farmhouses—face a relentless siege by fire, flood, wildlife, and time.
E6
E6The Underground Rises
Aug 18, 202541m
When humanity vanishes, the vast and fragile infrastructure hidden underground—from subways and pipelines to one of the biggest coal seams in the United States—begins to unravel.
E7
E7Built To Last
Aug 25, 202544m
Humanity's strongest structures were engineered to defy disaster—but in a world without people, even the mightiest begin to crack.
E8
E8Ticking Time Bombs
Sep 13, 202544m
Hidden dangers once held at bay by humans erupt with catastrophic force—from everyday objects ready to explode to chemical plants and locust plagues—as nature and human legacy collide, these ticking time bombs threaten to send the world up in smoke.

About Life After People: The Series

Life After People: The Series is a documentary series on History. The show first aired on Apr 21, 2009 and currently has 3 seasons and 28 episodes. Life After People: The Series has been renewed and is returning for more episodes. It has a rating of 7.2/10 based on 143 votes. The cast includes James Lurie, Hakeem Muata Oluseyi, Dan Riskin, Don Wildman, Andrew Patrick Nelson. Created by David De Vries.

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