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In the Americas with David Yetman, the new HDTV series by multiple Emmy Award-winning producer & director Dan Duncan and internationally renown writer, host, & producer David Yetman, takes a fresh look at the lands that make up much of the Western Hemisphere. Each country contains landscapes, peoples, and history that have not received the attention they deserve on the world stage. In the Americas with David Yetman undertakes a new approach to travel and adventure.

 

903 -The Lower Colorado River: Dwindling lifeblood of the Southwest

Forty million people rely on water released from Lake Mead, on the Colorado River not far from Las Vegas. That booming city, renowned for vice, is also a world leader in water conservation.  Far downstream huge canals de-water the river, as farmers look to technology to maintain their productivity, Californians...

905 Snakes and Culture in the Amazon

The abundance of reptiles, especially snakes, in the Amazonian jungle is hardly surprising. Native cultures, far from fearing snakes, view them as spiritually significant elements of nature. From the gigantic anaconda to tiny tree vipers, snakes are part of life—and religion–in Brazil’s Amazon.

906 -The potters of northwest Mexico—past and present

Potters in northwest Mexico have been producing fine ceramics for more than a thousand years. Excavations at Paquimé, Chihuahua reveal a culture renowned for its designs—and exports—500 years before Europeans arrived. Sixty years ago, villagers not far away discovered that they, too could produce fine ceramics. Today their products are...

907 Re-claiming the Gulf in Baja California

Only a few decades ago, Baja California was mostly unknown to the outside world, sparsely populated, and difficult to visit. And most of it is very dry desert. But crowds and developers have discovered the southern part of the peninsula and have arrived in droves, threatening the very features that...

909 Mexican Carnival

Carnival or Mardi Gras is a time of parades and exuberant partying just before the forty days of Lent, when many Christians must adopt a more austere way of life. Latin America features hundreds of variations on the festivities. Mexico has two sensational parades like no others, in towns that...

910 – Arizona’s volcanic heritage

Arizona is not known for its active volcanoes, but its landscape is dominated by the products of millions of years of volcanic explosions.  And the plumbing that funnels molten lava to the surface is still intact and waiting for the opportunity to erupt.  The last explosion occurred around the time...
401 – Belize

401 – Belize

Belize has a decidedly different history and culture from the rest of Central America. English is the first language of this small nation, reflecting the its British ancestry, yet Belize retains deep historic connections among its many residents of Maya ancestry, and is proud of its strong African roots among...
402 – Beer

402 – Beer

The explosion of craft beer brewing across the United States has created a widespread interest in the process of beer making. A beer festival in Tucson, Arizona, leads us to some local brewers and sends us on a quest to the origin of what makes beer different—hops. Nearly all our...
403 – Panama

403 – Panama

An hour or so distant from Panama’s burgeoning capital and its great canal, a broad peninsula juts into the Pacific Ocean. The Azuero Peninsula is home to traditions, landscapes, and people different from those of the capital and its suburbs. Residents of Azuero celebrate what sets them off from the...
404 – Ceara

404 – Ceara

A small state in Brazil’s dry northeast, Ceará is home to a variety of traditions not found in the rest of the vast country. The inland bush, called the sertão, is home to cowboys and an odd rodeo, while the coast supports fishermen whose wooden boats are little changed over...

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