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Rules:

1. They have to work minimum-wage jobs.
2. They must start off with only $206 (slightly less than one week's minimum wage pay).
3. They must secure all their credit cards and other money, and are not allowed to access any savings accounts.

Rules:

1. He must take daily injections of growth hormones and other medications.
2. He must eat better and get exercise.
3. He must get weekly checkups from his doctor.

Rules:

1. Dave must act accordingly with all Muslim traditions, from what he wears to what he eats.
2. Dave must study the Qur'an daily.
3. Dave must grow a beard.

1. He must familiarize himself with the city's gay culture by socializing with his roommate's friends.
2. Get a job in the Castro.
3. Meet with the reverend of the local "gay" church for a one-on-one conversation.

Rules:

1. They must leave cars, electricity, and live completely off the grid.
2. They must engage in manual labor.
3. They must recycle everything, including their human waste products.

Rules:

1. The mother must drink as much as a college student – at least four days a week.
2. To count as "binge drinking," the mother must drink at least four drinks in two hours.
3. She must go about her daily schedule as normal, despite sickness or hangovers.

Rules:

1. Leave any and all identification behind.
2. Move in with a family of immigrants and live in their house.
3. He will be put to work as a day laborer.

Rules:

1. Chris must relocate to India.
2. Chris must live with a family that works in outsourced jobs.
3. Chris must train and work in an outsourced job.

Rules:

1. Must live with a family of devout Christians
2. Must go to Church once a week
3. Must go to Bible Study once a week

Rules:

1. Tom has to accept a life coach as his spiritual mentor and advisor.
2. He must open his consciousness and release his body to new age healers.
3. He must attend and participate in a variety of new age rituals.

Rules:

1. Must move into a religious, pro-life crisis pregnancy center
2. Must obey house rules
3. Must participate in pro-life activities

Rules:

1. Must be treated exactly the same as all other inmates.
2. Must spend 72 hours in solitary confinement.
3. Limited to two visits only from friends or family outside. His first visit is from his mother and brother, and the second is from his fiancée, Alex.

At the end of the episode, it is revealed that two of the inmates Spurlock befriended (and were released during the 30 days) were re-incarcerated a few months later.

Morgan Spurlock goes to West Virginia to work in a coal mine. He explores the detrimental effect burning coal has on the environment. Spurlock talks about the practice of surface mining, which is destroying the landscape in his native West Virginia.

Rules:

1. He'd work regular shifts in a coal mine and face the same dangers as other coal miners.
2. He would explore the impact of the coal industry on the environment.
3. He would live with a family that's been in coal mining for generations.

Cornerback for the Super Bowl winning Denver Broncos, Ray Crockett, spends 30 days in a wheelchair to simulate living with a spinal cord injury. He restructures his life to resemble that of a paraplegic. He has full movement of his arms. In the process he learns about disabled sports, the stigma associated with disabled people and the difficulties that they face.

Rules:

1. He cannot move his legs, except for stretching exercises daily to avoid permanent side effects.
2. He has to take part in a wheelchair rugby league.
3. He has to tag along with patients at a local spinal cord rehabilitation program.

An avid hunter lives in Los Angeles with a campaign coordinator for PETA, participating in PETA initiatives and working at an animal rescue center.

Rules:

1. Must live with vegan family, and can't eat meat or wear animal skin.
2. Must take a job in an animal rescue center.
3. Must take part in animal rights demonstration.

A mother (who was adopted herself) opposed to gays and lesbians adopting has to live with two gay men and their adopted children.

Rules:

1. Move in with the gay couple and their four adopted sons.
2. Must get involved the gay community and attend same sex family events.
3. Must work with gays and lesbians who are fighting for equal rights for their families.

A gun-control supporter, who had a friend murdered by a shooting, moves in with a father and son who are strong gun advocates.

Rules:

1. Move in with pro-gun family.
2. Must work at a gun store and sell guns to people.
3. Must get firearms training.

Morgan Spurlock spends 30 days on the Navajo Nation to study Native American life.

Rules:

1. Move onto the reservation and live with a Navajo family.
2. Learn some of the Navajo language.
3. Take part in Navajo ceremonies.

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