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Reconnecting Roots

Trains: Tracking Progress

Season 2 Episode 207 | 26m 43s

In the Season 2 finale, we ride the rails of history at the 150th Golden Spike anniversary. Gabe talks with descendants of Chinese railroad workers about their forgotten contributions to the Transcontinental Railroad, all while seeking to understand how the centuries-old technology keeps this country running today.

Aired: 04/07/20 | Expires: 04/07/26
Distributed nationally by American Public Television.
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Reconnecting Roots
Photography: “Picture This”
National Geographic’s Joel Sartore talks photography and how it developed our lifestyle.
Episode: S4 E401 | 26:46
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Reconnecting Roots
Energy: “Enter the Matrix"
Gabe finds out what it takes to give power to the people.
Episode: S3 E302 | 26:46
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Reconnecting Roots
Space: The Final Frontier
Gabe visits the Johnson Space Center.
Episode: S3 E301 | 26:46
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Reconnecting Roots
Philanthropy: For the Love of Man
What happens when spreading the wealth gets complicated?
Episode: S3 E305 | 26:46
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Reconnecting Roots
Working: Working on a Dream
Mike Rowe helps Gabe figure out if working hard is worth all the hard work.
Episode: S3 E304 | 26:46
Watch • 26:46
Reconnecting Roots
Dollar: Rise and Fall of the Dollar
Gabe visits Ben Stein to help make “cents” out of our money.
Episode: S3 E303 | 26:46
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Reconnecting Roots
Baseball: First Pitch
Gabe explores America’s favorite pastime.
Episode: S3 E307 | 26:46
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Reconnecting Roots
Bourbon: The Spirit of America
Gabe hikes the bourbon trail to learn how bourbon changed America and was changed by it.
Episode: S3 E306 | 26:46
Watch • 26:46
Reconnecting Roots
Hollywood: The Imagine Nation
Gabe takes a journey through cinema history.
Episode: S3 E308 | 26:46
Watch • 27:02
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Native Americans: An Uncommon History
How the (stolen) land of the free neglected to make a home for the braves.
Episode: S2 E206 | 27:02
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Photography: “Picture This”
National Geographic’s Joel Sartore talks photography and how it developed our lifestyle.
Episode: S4 E401 | 26:46
Watch • 26:46
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Energy: “Enter the Matrix"
Gabe finds out what it takes to give power to the people.
Episode: S3 E302 | 26:46
Watch • 26:46
Reconnecting Roots
Space: The Final Frontier
Gabe visits the Johnson Space Center.
Episode: S3 E301 | 26:46
Watch • 26:46
Reconnecting Roots
Philanthropy: For the Love of Man
What happens when spreading the wealth gets complicated?
Episode: S3 E305 | 26:46
Watch • 26:46
Reconnecting Roots
Working: Working on a Dream
Mike Rowe helps Gabe figure out if working hard is worth all the hard work.
Episode: S3 E304 | 26:46
Watch • 26:46
Reconnecting Roots
Dollar: Rise and Fall of the Dollar
Gabe visits Ben Stein to help make “cents” out of our money.
Episode: S3 E303 | 26:46
Watch • 26:46
Reconnecting Roots
Baseball: First Pitch
Gabe explores America’s favorite pastime.
Episode: S3 E307 | 26:46
Watch • 26:46
Reconnecting Roots
Bourbon: The Spirit of America
Gabe hikes the bourbon trail to learn how bourbon changed America and was changed by it.
Episode: S3 E306 | 26:46
Watch • 26:46
Reconnecting Roots
Hollywood: The Imagine Nation
Gabe takes a journey through cinema history.
Episode: S3 E308 | 26:46
Watch • 27:02
Reconnecting Roots
Native Americans: An Uncommon History
How the (stolen) land of the free neglected to make a home for the braves.
Episode: S2 E206 | 27:02