Lesson 601 – Havana: Inside the City In 2016, the U.S. government made it easier to visit Cuba. Now, a Cuban cultural expert shows us Havana once...
Lesson 602 – Ecuador: Native Peoples meet the Oilmen Revenues from Amazon oil mean prosperity to many Ecuadorans, but the benefits for native peoples of the Amazon are less...
Lesson 603: Mexico City: 600 years of Urban Glory Six centuries ago, the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was the world’s grandest urban center and its...
Lesson 604: Our Warming Oceans: Biosphere to Bahamas In the Arizona desert, scientists study a small ocean at Biosphere II facility, where researchers measure sea changes under controlled...
Lesson 605: Mexico’s Sierra Pinacate Situated along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Pinacate Volcanic Range houses a violent history of fire and brimstone. Visible from outer...
Lesson 606 – Costa Rica: Laboratory of the Biosphere Researchers at Biosphere II in Arizona have re-created tropical rainforest in a closed environment to study the effects of climate...
Lesson 607: Dominican Republic: Of Baseball, Whales and Limping Devils Dominican Republic has survived a troubled history of dictators and intervention from the north. Now it is a hotbed of...
Lesson 608: Oregon: Violent Past and Verdant Present More than any other of the contiguous United States, Oregon has been shaped by volcanoes. East and west of the...
Lesson 609 – Cuba’s Far East Santiago de Cuba, a thousand kilometers southeast of Havana, was once Cuba’s most important city. Ravaged by hurricanes and impoverished...
Lesson 610 – Chiapas Highlands: Mexico’s Indian Empire In the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state, we find nations apart from mainstream Mexico. Populated for centuries by people...
