Digging for the Truth is a History Channel documentary television series. The first three seasons of the show focused on host Josh Bernstein, who journeyed on various explorations of historical icons and mysteries. Bernstein is the president
and CEO of BOSS (Boulder Outdoor Survival School) and has a degree in anthropology and psychology from Cornell University. The show airs every Monday night at 9:00 EST on the History Channel. The series premiered in January,
2005 and has since become the highest-rated series in the history of The History Channel.[1] The third season premiered on January 22, 2007, with a 2-hour special event on the quest for Atlantis.
Bernstein announced on February 20, 2007, that he would be leaving The History Channel and Digging
for the Truth, and would, as of April, join the The Discovery Channel as an executive producer and host of a new prime-time series and specials.[citation needed] Hunter Ellis, host of Tactical to Practical and Man, Moment, Machine for The History Channel, has replaced Josh Bernstein as host.
Synopsis
Each episode typically deals with an event or subject in history that is not completely understood
by modern historians. As such, many of the topics covered are controversial in some respect. Josh Bernstein usually mentions
the various theories that exist on the subject, although the episode may not actually explore all of them. He then travels
to various locations to ask questions of researchers, and he often he puts himself into situations (e.g. working in a quarry,
climbing a rockface) that simulate the activities of people in the time period he is exploring. Almost all of the researchers
he talks to are professionals in the subject at hand, and many of the places he visits (e.g. the inside of a pyramid) are
not open to the general public. At the end of the each episode, Josh pulls together everything discussed in the episode to
either formulate a hypothesis of what actually happened historically or to conclude that what really happened remains a mystery
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