To kick off the third season of 30 Days, series creator Morgan Spurlock returns to his home state of West Virginia, to work as a rookie apprentice coalminer known as a "redhat" for 30 days.

Morgan goes to Bolt, West Virginia and lives with Dale and Sandy Lusk. Dale, the supervisor of the mine where Morgan works, has mined coal for 35 years and introduces Morgan to a miner's way of life. Morgan gains an understanding of the financial benefits that draw people to coal mining, but also learns, first hand, the dangerous conditions that miners must face every day.

As a new miner, Morgan is assigned much of the grunt work, including plastering, building wooden roof supports, shoveling coal and hauling heavy

Great show.... According to promos run during the season premiere of The Riches, Season 3 of 30 Days will premiere on June 3, 2008 and Spurlock has announced that each third-season episode will be an hour long.

Third season hit on these topics/dates...

Working in a Coal Mine June 3, 2008
Living in a Wheelchair June 10, 2008
Animal Rights June 17, 2008
Same Sex Parenting June 24, 2008
Gun Nation July 1, 2008
Life on an Indian Reservation July 8, 2008

If you have never seen 30 Days you should... :)

30 Days Returns to FX June 3rd 2008