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NGC and Nat Geo Wild bring Dog Whisperer, Panamera, Ecstasy, Suicide sleds (VIDEOS)

By April MacIntyre Jan 3, 2012, 4:55 GMT

Cesar Millan with sons - Dog Whisperer back this week © Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos

Nat Geo and Nat Geo Wild bring you the Dog Whisperer, Porsche Panamera, Ecstasy, Suicide sleds and more this week.

Tune in highlights:

Taboo: New Episodes
- NEW SEASON- TUESDAY at 8P et/pt

The new season of Taboo starts Tuesday at 9P et/pt. Do we really know who our co-workers, loved ones and friends are? Maybe not as well as we think. Nat Geo opens a window into the lives of individuals leading a double life with surprising secrets.

Meet a successful businessman who also lives as a homeless man, a man who dresses up as superhero in an effort to fight crime, and a Ph.D chemist who lives with a body integrity identity disorder that makes her want to be paralyzed - though she is fully capable of walking.

 
 
This Week's Highlights
     
Alaska Wing Men:
Suicide Sled Race
- NEW - Monday at 10P et/pt
On the series premiere, pilots are put to the test while navigating through turbulence, high altitude, winter blizzards, and one of the tallest mountain ranges in North America.

 
  
  
 
Fortune Finders
- NEW - FRIDAY at 10P et/pt
Sometimes, when someone dies alone, their identity dies with them. Now we reveal the stories of those men and women who investigate and identify these people and track down their loved ones.
 
 
 
 
 
Ultimate Factories:
Porsche Panamera
- NEW - SATURDAY at 8P et/pt
Get a rare behind-the-scenes look at how Porsche builds the Panamera, the company's first four door high-performance sports sedan.

 
  
   
 

Drugs, Inc.: Ecstasy
- NEW - SUNDAY at 9P et/pt
With unprecedented access to the Ecstasy underworld - from traffickers and dealers to producers and users as well as the life-saving and law enforcing agencies - this film provides a snapshot of Ecstasy's impact around the globe.

 
 
  
Diving Into Noah's Flood
- NEW - THURS at 8P et/pt

Archaeologist Jeff Rose is on a journey to understand how an actual flood - the filling of the Persian Gulf basin - might have become the inspiration for the story of Noah's Ark and the flood.

 
 
What's on Nat Geo WILD
 
 
Dog Whisperer
- NEW SEASON - SATURDAY at 8P et/pt

New network. New season. New Cesar. The show is back with unique stories and intense situations that once again put Cesar's skills to the test.