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America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston
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AMERICA OUTDOORS WITH BARATUNDE THURSTON goes off the beaten track to find the outdoors in the most unlikely places. The journey reveals a deeper understanding of our passionate, complex and sometimes quirky relationship with nature.
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Appalachia: A Different Way
Baratunde meets the people of Appalachia who are driving a revolution in how we see and interact with nature. Meet a record-breaking hiker, former coal miners raising bees, and activists working to make the outdoors accessible to everyone.
Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 7/5/2022 to 7/4/2032 -
Death Valley: Life Blooms
Baratunde explores the hottest place on Earth and finds it is remarkably full of life. Meet an ultra-marathoner who runs in the brutal heat of summer, the mayor of a town of one, and an elder of the Timbisha Shoshone tribe.
Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 7/5/2022 to 7/4/2032 -
Idaho: Tied to the Land
Baratunde ventures into the wilds of Idaho to explore its evolving outdoor culture. He finds ranchers and backcountry pilots sharing the wilderness with newly resettled refugees and sees how climate change is impacting an age-old salmon fishery.
Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 7/5/2022 to 7/4/2032 -
La: Its A Vibe
Baratunde explores his adopted hometown of Los Angeles to learn how Angelinos connect with the outdoors in their sprawling city. Meet kayakers saving a polluted river and Black surfers claiming their place on the waves.
Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 7/5/2022 to 7/4/2032 -
Minnesota: A Better World
Baratunde ventures to Minnesota's Arrowhead Region, one of the last places where you can hike or paddle into the remote wilderness. He meets with passionate birders and harvesters of wild rice and hears from them why wilderness means so much.
Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 7/5/2022 to 7/4/2032 -
Tidewater: Homecoming
Baratunde treks along the coast of North Carolina and discovers surprising ways in which history has shaped these environments. He explores a daunting swamp, soars above the dunes on a Wright Brothers glider and tracks wild horses on the beach.
Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 7/5/2022 to 7/4/2032