Baratunde Thurston
Self - Host
America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (2022)
Season 1
Follow Baratunde Thurston, bestselling author and podcaster, as he explores the country’s diverse landscapes to see how they shape the way we work, play and interact with the outdoors. From coal miners turned beekeepers in Appalachia to Black surfers catching waves in L.A., uncover a deeper understanding of our passionate and complex relationship with the natural world.
Released July 5, 2022
8+
Genres: Adventure, Documentary
Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.nature
Watch Providers: Hoopla, PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel, PBS Living Amazon Channel, KQED, ThirteenWETA+
Production Companies: Part2 Pictures, Twin Cities PBS
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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.
July 5, 2022, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
July 12, 2022, midnight
S1E3 - 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.
July 19, 2022, midnight
S1E4 - 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.
July 26, 2022, midnight
S1E5 - 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.
Aug. 2, 2022, midnight
S1E6 - 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.
Aug. 9, 2022, midnight
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July 5, 2022
Oct. 11, 2023, midnight
Returning Series
TV-PG
8+
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