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Reconnecting Roots is a half hour television series featuring stories of America told through music, history, & a series of field trips alongside host Gabe McCauley. Portraying American life across the past six generations, this series exhibits the American journey of unbounded progress with the hope of understanding how exactly we fit in and why.

Gabe visits Ben Stein to help make “cents” out of our money.
Gabe takes a journey through cinema history.
Gabe finds out what it takes to give power to the people.
Distributed nationally by American Public Television.
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How the free press forged the American identity and equips us with diverse perspectives.
Exploring our foodways and how recipes are derived with chef/restaurateur Mashama Bailey.
National Geographic’s Joel Sartore talks photography and how it developed our lifestyle.
How the shape of the average American home has changed and the way it reshaped our lives.
Brutal extortionists and brave volunteers play into the story of America’s firefighters.
Fashion icons Leslie Hall and Jeff Garner show how Americans and clothing are intertwined.
From superstitions to science, Jim Cantore explains our fascination with the forecast.
Gabe rolls the dice with actress/gamer Felicia Day to discuss the renaissance of gaming.
Gabe explores America’s favorite pastime.
What happens when spreading the wealth gets complicated?
Mike Rowe helps Gabe figure out if working hard is worth all the hard work.
Gabe hikes the bourbon trail to learn how bourbon changed America and was changed by it.
Gabe takes a journey through cinema history.
Gabe finds out what it takes to give power to the people.
Gabe visits the Johnson Space Center.
Gabe visits Ben Stein to help make “cents” out of our money.
How trains catapulted America into the future.
How the (stolen) land of the free neglected to make a home for the braves.
Insight into the complicated history of hunting in America.
Journeying back to the ways we traveled and how they changed the reasons why we travel.
Exploring why so many Irish left for America and why it’s worth looking back on.
What does religious freedom mean to America today?
Find out if the vinyl resurgence is just a fad, or if it's here to stay.
Exploring America's hard working horses still in need today.
Explore the ins and outs of the american education system.
See how the bicycle led to advancements in technology while remaining an American staple.
Explore the American Natural Park service and its accomplishments.
Take a look at how farming in America has changed.
Has America lost anything to the tides of progress?
Review tech heritage from the first electronic dashes to the boom of the dot coms.