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Discover stunning scenery with host Norm Vidal as he gets up close to exotic sea life on this string of volcanic islands 600 miles off the coast of South America. Norm scuba dives with schools of hammerhead and white-tipped sharks. Later, on a tour of the famous Charles Darwin Research Center, Norm meets "Lonesome George" - the last surviving giant turtle of its species left on the planet.
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Bermuda may be small, but as Ross Shimmon discovers, it has a ton of amazing attractions, including some awesome wreck diving opportunities and fabulous old British fortresses. Ross explores an underground cave complex, stops by the local racetrack, and scopes out the wildlife at an impressive little zoo. Ross winds up his trip swimming with some bottlenose dolphins, eating traditional rum cake, and exploring the original slave trade route in the...
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Host Jennifer Rego travels 2,000 kilometers across the cowboy trail in southern Alberta, stopping to fuel up on steak and eggs at a truck stop on the Trans-Canada Highway. She discovers why dinosaurs once roamed the Badlands region of Drumheller; bunks at an authentic cattle ranch; explores the elk population at Waterton National Park; swims in a sulfur pool in Banff, and goes whitewater rafting on the Athabasca River surrounded by stunning landscapes...
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Cuba is one of the most contentious yet colorful Caribbean islands in the entire Southern Hemisphere. Host Ross Shimmon wanders the back streets of old Havana, scopes out a local rum museum, learns how to properly roll cigars, and dances the night away at a smoke-filled flamenco bar. Ross sees Fidel Castro at a large street demonstration, explores an underground limestone cave and an 18th-century coffee plantation in the region of Pinar del Rio. Next,...
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After decades of war, Cambodia has emerged as one of the greatest escapes in Southeast Asia. Ross Shimmon tours the ancient villages and landscapes of the Khmer empire bordering Laos and Vietnam. Ross wanders the chilling "Killing Fields" of Choeung Ek where Khmer Rouge soldiers brutally murdered and tortured 17,000 Cambodian men, women, and children. He explores the magnificent temples of Angkor Wat, takes a helicopter ride across the flood plains...
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This episode of Scammed takes us through three classic scams. First we examine how credit card skimming works; then we briefly consider the trust required for scammers to pull off an investment fraud; and finally we look at the case of a woman who loses her entire business due to the deceptive advance fee scam, one of the most common types of confidence frauds.
27) Allen Ginsberg
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Videotaped shortly before his death, this interview gives an intimate overview of Ginsberg's work and of the Beat literary movement. Ginsberg begins by retelling the story of the famous 1955 San Francisco poetry reading, where three key themes of the Beat movement-candor in thought and language, spirituality, and environmentalism-were uncovered for the first time. Ginsberg reads from three of his poems, including "Kaddish," his masterpiece, and tells...
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Host Tanya Shaw travels by jeep trough the heart of the remote Negev Desert where she explores the ancient Roman trade route to Egypt. Tanya repels a steep cliff at sunset; swims with dolphins, and dives in pristine coral reefs in the gulf of Acaba along the border of Jordan. She sleeps in a working kibbutz, tours the historical ruins of Masada, and feels the healing power of medicinal mud at the Dead Sea. Tanya finishes her journey in the ancient...
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In a remote corner of southwestern China are the Mosuo, arguably the best remaining example of a matrilineal society in the world today. In this program, anthropologist Chou Wah-Shan-one of few outside scholars who have lived and worked extensively with the Mosuo-and Mosuo villagers offer insights into what life is like in the 91 communities where women rule and husbands don't exist. Commerce, belief systems, rituals and festivals, and the day-to-day...
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Mike Philpott boards a former Soviet spy ship and travels to the outer limits of Canada's Arctic Circle. From Nanisivik, he cruises Lancaster Sound in this storied "land of the midnight sun." When he's not dodging wild polar bears, Mike is photographing giant icebergs from his inflatable boat. He then visits the graves of British sailors who died on Beechey Island in 1848 along with the famed Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin while attempting to chart...
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Complex and highly sophisticated, sign languages have proved excellent tools for analyzing the foundation of human language capability. In this program, Dr. Jonathan Miller weaves together the history of sign languages for the Deaf with insights into the natural synergy between language, vision, and dexterity to support his conviction that there is a common mental structure underlying all languages, regardless of their outward expression. Along the...
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In this program, Maya Angelou interviews poet, playwright, and political activist Amiri Baraka, formerly known as Leroi Jones. Stressing the use of concrete images of time, place, and social condition in his work, Baraka discusses the use of literature as a catalyst for political change. Reading from his poem "Funk Lore," Baraka explains how he uses jazz and blues rhythms to create metric "melody" within his poems.
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From the Great Wall to the magnificent Forbidden City, Ellis Emmett discovers the changing face of this exotic Far East nation in the first leg of this two-part journey. The intrepid trekker partakes in Peking duck to keep up his strength for a 5:00 a.m. tai chi session in the gardens of Beijing. Next, it's a three-day cruise down the legendary Yangtze River to explore the Three Gorges region. Ellis hams it up with elementary school kids, visits some...
35) Will Rogers
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As a comedian, Will Rogers combined cracker-barrel philosophy with razor-sharp wit and became one of the country's most beloved celebrities. His love of air travel proved to be his undoing when he died in a plane accident in 1935.
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Host Karen Blaine travels deep into the heart of Patagonia to whitewater raft on one of the most challenging class 5 rapids on the planet. She sleeps in a cave, kayaks steel-blue waters, repels across raging rivers, and hikes through some of the most stunning scenery in South America.
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Lonely Planet publications recently named New Zealand the number one vacation spot in the world. After ten days tripping around the South Island, Ellis Emmett couldn't agree more. This tiny nation is bursting with stunning landscapes and some of the most laid-back people you'll ever meet. Whether it's swimming with sharks in Kaikoura, bungee jumping from the world's highest platform, or skydiving from 12,000 feet, Ellis is constantly challenged. He...
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Host Karen Blaine visits the last province in Canada to join the confederation in 1949. Wandering along the rocky coast, Karen learns how fishermen in a small village manage to survive the harsh climate and feed their families after the cod industry was virtually destroyed by greed and poor government management during the 1990s, throwing 30,000 families into instant poverty. Karen also attends a bizarre drinking ceremony, travels the Celtic route...
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Costa Rica is considered the jewel of Central America. David Rocco traverses wild jungle rivers by horseback, treks the cloud forest of Monteverde, and hangs from a harness 75 feet above the tree canopy for a wild cable ride in the rainforest. David also explores the golden beaches in the Gulf of Nicoya, views smoldering volcanoes in the central valley, and gets a close look at the endangered scarlet macaw, jaguars, and pumas on the border of Nicaragua....
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Born with no apparent knowledge of language, humans generally attain a basic mastery of their mother tongue in the course of only a few years. How do they do it? In this program, Dr. Jonathan Miller builds a case for Noam Chomsky's theory of a universal grammar and deflates misconceptions about childhood language acquisition while raising some very intriguing questions of his own. Dr. Miller's systematic investigation of a child's structured capability...