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December 23, 2015

Season 2

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

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

25min
December 23, 2015

02. Bahia: Brazil's African Connection

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

25min
December 29, 2015

03. The Rainforest Nisei: Japanese Immigrants in the Amazon

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.

25min
January 20, 2016

04. Panama: A City and a Canal

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

25min
December 29, 2015

05. Two Millennia of Mayas: Guatemala's Cultural Legacy

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

25min
December 26, 2015

06. Fiesta in the Yucatán: Maya Traditions

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

25min
January 6, 2016

07. Whistles in the Mist: Whistled Speech in Oaxaca

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

25min
December 29, 2015

08. Tultepec: Mexico's Skyrocket Central

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

25min
December 14, 2015

09. Ice, Rock, and Water: The Sierra Nevada

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

25min
January 1, 2016

10. Winter in the Caldera: January in the Yellowstone Hotspot

A wintertime visit to Yellowstone National Park.

25min
December 26, 2015