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A travelogue that explores the landscapes, people and histories of North and South America.
Episode 10 : Winter in the Caldera: January in the Yellowstone Hotspot
December. 26,2015
A wintertime visit to Yellowstone National Park.
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Episode 9 : Ice, Rock, and Water: The Sierra Nevada
January. 01,2016
California's Sierra Nevada is toured with tectonic specialist Eldridge Moores.
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Episode 8 : Tultepec: Mexico's Skyrocket Central
December. 14,2015
Season 2 opens in Tultepec, Mexico, a small city near Mexico City that specializes in the production of fireworks.
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Episode 7 : Whistles in the Mist: Whistled Speech in Oaxaca
December. 29,2015
The Season 2 finale visits northern Oaxaca, Mexico, where the indigenous Chinantec people speak by whistling as well as talking.
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Episode 6 : Fiesta in the Yucatán: Maya Traditions
January. 06,2016
The ancient Maya city of Tizimín on the Yucatán peninsula is visited.
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Episode 5 : Two Millennia of Mayas: Guatemala's Cultural Legacy
December. 26,2015
The excavation of the Maya city of Ceibal along the Passion River in the Petén forest of Guatemala is examined.
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Episode 4 : Panama: A City and a Canal
December. 29,2015
Panama City is visited. A pivotal shipping port, it is considered the Hong Kong of the Americas.
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Episode 3 : The Rainforest Nisei: Japanese Immigrants in the Amazon
January. 20,2016
The story of Japanese peasants who relocated to the Amazon in the early 1920s. Their descendants have become successful farmers, raising tropical crops and pepper.
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Episode 2 : Bahia: Brazil's African Connection
December. 29,2015
A visit to Salvador, Brazil, which is considered the center of African-Brazilian culture.
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Episode 1 : In the Shadow of the Volcanoes: Chile's Melting Pot
December. 23,2015
A visit to southern Chile, which is home to Mapuche Indians as well as German and Italian immigrant communities.
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