How America Works

Season 2

10 episodes · Apr 25, 2022

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  • S2E1

    Law Enforcement

    Apr 25, 202260m

    Cameras follow the men and women of the Wilmington Police Department as they struggle to keep a lid on crime during the busy holiday season.

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  • S2E2

    Beef

    May 2, 202260m

    A team of modern-day cowpunchers works tirelessly to bring beef from a ranch in southern Oklahoma to dinner tables across the country; with branding day upon them, they must double their efforts to tend the herd and process calves before sundown.

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  • S2E3

    Corn

    May 9, 202260m

    Corn growers and millers labor year-round to bring America's top crop to the masses; with Super Bowl Sunday fast approaching -- the peak day for corn consumption -- mills like Lifeline Foods race to process 1 million pounds of product per day.

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  • S2E4

    Aluminum

    May 16, 202260m

    With supply chain issues the world over, demand for aluminum in the United States has never been higher; in Russellville, Ky., a thousand workers are laboring day and night to churn out the aluminum needed to keep the country running.

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  • S2E5

    Textiles

    May 23, 202260m

    Textile manufacturers in Stafford Springs, Conn., work long hours to keep the country clothed; with a last-minute order to fill in the middle of a staffing shortage, all of them are doubling down to hit their quotas by quitting time.

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  • S2E6

    Heavy Machinery

    May 30, 202260m

    Building booms are springing up all over the United States, and the men and women at Volvo are working harder than ever to assemble the heavy equipment that makes all those projects possible, but creating multiple machines in a day is no easy task.

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  • S2E7

    Navy

    Jun 6, 202260m

    Cameras board the USS George H.W. Bush to show what it takes to keep one of the country's largest aircraft carriers barreling forward and battle-ready; with 30 aviators to qualify for deployment, there's a lot to do before heading back to port.

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  • S2E8

    Sugar

    Jun 13, 202260m

    The men and women of U.S. Sugar work around the clock to harvest, mill and refine the sweet stuff that Americans crave.

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  • S2E9

    Brick

    Jun 20, 202260m

    While most brick makers now rely on automation, the workers at Old Carolina still create theirs the old-fashioned way... all by hand; with building booms spurring higher demand, they too must belt out bricks faster than ever before.

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  • S2E10

    Paper

    Jun 27, 202260m

    Paper manufacturers are experts at turning wood pulp into needed products, but in the wake of the pandemic, demand for those products has spiked and sent paper mills and plants across the country into overdrive.

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