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Hosted by research social scientist David Yetman, explore the landscapes, peoples and history of North and South America — from the coldest towns in Canada to the tropical islands of the Caribbean.

Explore the Four Corners portion of the Colorado Plateau.
Protecting whales and cultivating the friendship between people and the gentle giants.
Exploring a once booming tourist mecca that is now a nearly dead body of water.
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The natural monuments that define the territories of native peoples in New Mexico.
Explore the Four Corners portion of the Colorado Plateau.
Conservation groups work for the ideal habitat for jaguars, mountain lions and ocelots
The falling water levels of Lake Powell reveal fragments of ancient peoples.
Protecting whales and cultivating the friendship between people and the gentle giants.
Exploring a once booming tourist mecca that is now a nearly dead body of water.
Understanding Columbus and the influence and destruction heaped on the Americas.
Exploring Huelva, its surroundings and its wealth of cultural and historical influences.
Exploring the resistance and reception of Europeans to the Americas.
Explore how southwestern U.S. native peoples established the Colorado Plateau.
Visit Brazil’s northeast coast and a tree that has become a major tourist attraction.
Visit the ABC Islands--Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao in the Caribbean.
Visit Colombia to learn the history of the world’s most popular beverage, coffee.
Visit the Chinantecan people of mountainous northern Oaxaca, Mexico.
Decipher the mysteries of the Sierra Nevada with tectonic geologist Eldridge Moore.
Visit the region known as the Reconcavo in Brazil.
Visit Lake Superior, the largest lake in the world and the coldest towns in the Americas.
Discover Nicaragua and its diversity of cultures and natural wonders.
Visit the remote city of Cuetzalan where past traditions and languages continue today.
Jump into Recife’s carnival, for a week of parades, dancing and elaborate costumes.
Discover two of Alaska’s vast national parks, Lake Clark and Katmai.
Visit the descendants of Japanese peasants that have become prosperous farmers.
Travel to the ancient Maya city of Tizimín in the Yucatán peninsula to celebrate Epiphany.
Visit the Sierra Nevada, the largest and highest mountain range in the Continental US.
Visit Yellowstone National Park, our first and one of the most visited national parks.
Visit Panama City considered the Hong Kong of the Americas thanks to its booming canal.
Travel to the Maya city of Ceibal with scientists directing the latest excavations.
Visit the city of Salvador a vibrant repository of African influence in Brazil.
Visit the small city of Tultepec, a suburb of Mexico City, known for producing fireworks.
Visit Southern Chile, home to Native American and immigrant communities.
Arizona's landscape is the product of millions of years of volcanic explosions.
With distinct Afro-Cuban roots, Santiago de Cuba was once Cuba's most important city.
In Mexico's southernmost state, David finds nations apart from mainstream Mexico.
The Pinacate Volcanic Range on the U.S.-Mexico border has a history of fire and brimstone.
Join researchers in Arizona and the Bahamas making startling climate change findings.
A hotbed of baseball, whalewatching, and a lively carnival, after years of turmoil.
Amazon oil means prosperity for Ecuador, but benefits for native peoples are less clear.
Revealing a Havana that was once off-limits, beyond the architectural first impression.
From a biosphere to a Costa Rican rainforest reserve, scientists observe climate change.
More than any other of the contiguous United States, Oregon has been shaped by volcanoes.