A Walk In Your Shoes (1999)

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United States

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How it feels

Two different people switch places for a day to learn how the other lives. The show documents their experiences and helps viewers understand perspectives different from their own.

educationaleye-openingempatheticthought-provokingearnestseriouscompassionateinformative

What happens

A Walk in Your Shoes is an American educational television series that aired on the Noggin channel. The show documents the experiences of two different people who switch places for a day and learn how the other person lives. The show started out as a series of three shorts, which premiered on October 25, 1999, as part of Noggin's variety series Phred on Your Head Show. The first half-hour episode premiered on April 30, 2000, and the last episode aired on October 18, 2005. The show was originally aimed at pre-teens. By its third season, it had become a "serious-minded teenage documentary," with episodes about topics like homelessness, teen pregnancy, living with HIV/AIDS, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. From 2002 to 2005, the show was a fixture of Noggin's nighttime programming block The N. Noggin called A Walk in Your Shoes "The N's signature series." The show was critically acclaimed. The episode "Living with HIV/AIDS" won a Peabody Award and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award. The episode "Teen Parent" won a Sexual Health in Entertainment Award. The third season was also the recipient of a Parents' Choice Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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