In the Americas
Season 2
201510 episodes
Episodes
- E1
In the Shadow of the Volcanoes: Chile's Melting Pot
2015-12-23 · 25m
A visit to southern Chile, which is home to Mapuche Indians as well as German and Italian immigrant communities.
- E2
Bahia: Brazil's African Connection
2015-12-29 · 25m
A visit to Salvador, Brazil, which is considered the center of African-Brazilian culture.
- E3
The Rainforest Nisei: Japanese Immigrants in the Amazon
2016-01-20 · 25m
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.
- E4
Panama: A City and a Canal
2015-12-29 · 25m
Panama City is visited. A pivotal shipping port, it is considered the Hong Kong of the Americas.
- E5
Two Millennia of Mayas: Guatemala's Cultural Legacy
2015-12-26 · 25m
The excavation of the Maya city of Ceibal along the Passion River in the Petén forest of Guatemala is examined.
- E6
Fiesta in the Yucatán: Maya Traditions
2016-01-06 · 25m
The ancient Maya city of Tizimín on the Yucatán peninsula is visited.
- E7
Whistles in the Mist: Whistled Speech in Oaxaca
2015-12-29 · 25m
The Season 2 finale visits northern Oaxaca, Mexico, where the indigenous Chinantec people speak by whistling as well as talking.
- E8
Tultepec: Mexico's Skyrocket Central
2015-12-14 · 25m
Season 2 opens in Tultepec, Mexico, a small city near Mexico City that specializes in the production of fireworks.
- E9
Ice, Rock, and Water: The Sierra Nevada
2016-01-01 · 25m
California's Sierra Nevada is toured with tectonic specialist Eldridge Moores.
- E10
Winter in the Caldera: January in the Yellowstone Hotspot
2015-12-26 · 25m
A wintertime visit to Yellowstone National Park.