In the Americas

Season 2

10 episodes · Dec 23, 2015

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  • S2E1

    In the Shadow of the Volcanoes: Chile's Melting Pot

    Dec 23, 201525m

    A visit to southern Chile, which is home to Mapuche Indians as well as German and Italian immigrant communities.

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  • S2E2

    Bahia: Brazil's African Connection

    Dec 29, 201525m

    A visit to Salvador, Brazil, which is considered the center of African-Brazilian culture.

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  • S2E3

    The Rainforest Nisei: Japanese Immigrants in the Amazon

    Jan 20, 201625m

    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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  • S2E4

    Panama: A City and a Canal

    Dec 29, 201525m

    Panama City is visited. A pivotal shipping port, it is considered the Hong Kong of the Americas.

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  • S2E5

    Two Millennia of Mayas: Guatemala's Cultural Legacy

    Dec 26, 201525m

    The excavation of the Maya city of Ceibal along the Passion River in the Petén forest of Guatemala is examined.

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  • S2E6

    Fiesta in the Yucatán: Maya Traditions

    Jan 6, 201625m

    The ancient Maya city of Tizimín on the Yucatán peninsula is visited.

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  • S2E7

    Whistles in the Mist: Whistled Speech in Oaxaca

    Dec 29, 201525m

    The Season 2 finale visits northern Oaxaca, Mexico, where the indigenous Chinantec people speak by whistling as well as talking.

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  • S2E8

    Tultepec: Mexico's Skyrocket Central

    Dec 14, 201525m

    Season 2 opens in Tultepec, Mexico, a small city near Mexico City that specializes in the production of fireworks.

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  • S2E9

    Ice, Rock, and Water: The Sierra Nevada

    Jan 1, 201625m

    California's Sierra Nevada is toured with tectonic specialist Eldridge Moores.

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  • S2E10

    Winter in the Caldera: January in the Yellowstone Hotspot

    Dec 26, 201525m

    A wintertime visit to Yellowstone National Park.

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