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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 peoples...
