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America Revealed Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2012 - 2012
Episode 1
Food Machine
Wed, Apr 11, 201254 mins
Over the past century, an American industrial revolution has given rise to the biggest, most productive food machine the world has ever known. In this episode, host Yul Kwon explores how this machine feeds nearly 300 million Americans every day.
Episode 2
Nation on the Move
Wed, Apr 18, 201260 mins
America is a nation of vast distances and dense urban clusters, woven together by 200,000 miles of railroads, 5,000 airports, and four million miles of roads. These massive, complex transportation systems combine to make Americans the most mobile people on earth. Yul Kwon journeys across the continent by air, road and rail and ventures behind the scenes with the workers who get us where we need to go.
Episode 3
Electric Nation
Wed, Apr 25, 201260 mins
Our modern electric power grid has been called the biggest and most complex machine in the world -- delivering electricity over 200,000 miles of high-tension transmission lines. Yul Kwon travels around the country to understand its intricacies, its vulnerabilities and the remarkable ingenuity required to keep the power on every day.
Episode 4
Made in the U.S.A.
Wed, May 2, 201260 mins
Contrary to recent widely held beliefs, America is actually the number one manufacturing nation on earth. Yul Kwon meets the men and women who create the world's best and most iconic products; engineers who are reinventing the American auto industry; steelworkers who brave intense heat to accommodate radical new ideas about recycling; and engineers who are re-imagining the microchip.
