Overview:
With the burst of bigdata and info-graphics, maps aren't just about tradition . They can inform us all kinds of stuff about the experience. National Geographic Channel's new show"The Large Picture With Kal Penn" is about choosing the most unexpected -- and sometimes surprising -- realities in both world at our own backyard, shown by crunching the numbers and finding new ways to picture data. Producer Kal Penn and host is taking viewers on a journey to understand how our lives are influenced by things like food, sex, money, sports and offense. Assessing and generating info graphics from data analyses and information banks, we investigate different themes throughout the visualization of information, the mapping of data that is new, and personal stories with characters.