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The Good Road Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2020 - 2020
Episode 1
River of Change (Bangkok, Thailand)
Mon, Apr 6, 2020
Born in the USA and raised overseas, a cadre of friends across the globe, and a passion for philanthropy-Earl and Craig have a lot of explaining to do, where better to start than home-Bangkok, Thailand.
Episode 2
Big Life in the Wild (Chyulu Hills, Kenya)
Mon, Apr 13, 2020
Earl and Craig embark on an adventure that starts in Nairobi, Kenya and ends at a wildlife ranger base in a remote region of the Chyulu Hills. The Good Road team joins a convoy of land rovers and motorcycles helmed by TED Fellow Erik Hersman and his fellow BRCK co-founders on this grand expedition. BRCK is a for-profit tech company based in Nairobi with the mission to provide free internet access across the continent of Africa. BRCK is attempting to solve all kinds of different problems and create new opportunities for anyone in remote areas ignored by big internet service providers. First stop on the expedition was the Big Life Foundation HQ, an Anti-Poaching organization where we met up with Craig Millar. After going on patrol with the rangers there is word of an incident and the arrest of a poacher. Craig and Earl discover that the issue of poaching isn't as clean cut as you might imagine. It is a matter of life and death not just for the animals but also for the poor, desperate farmers protecting their farms or just trying to eat. The episode concludes at sunset on a plain with Mount Kilimanjaro in the distance with "sundowners" (A Kenyan tradition the whole group can get behind). Earl, Craig, the BRCK team and the rangers chat about what is possible through combining modern technology with anti-poaching efforts in the information age.
Episode 3
Light of the Village (Alabama Village, Alabama)
Mon, Apr 20, 2020
Earl Bridges and Craig Martin travel to Alabama Village, a small community only a few miles outside of Mobile, but seemingly worlds apart. It is an impoverished and often violent community, largely ignored by the world around it. But not by everyone. While there, Craig and Earl meet John and Delores Eads. John and D-Lo have a community center and church called Light of the Village. In their 15 years serving the people of Alabama Village, and the surrounding communities they have buried more than 30 of the young people who have been through their program, due to gun violence. This is a violent, desperately poor community surrounded by drugs, crime and few legitimate people like Jesse Darrington have a chance at escaping the cycles of crime and violence. The Good Road team follows the life of Jesse as he makes his way through his senior year of high school and out of Alabama Village. Along the way, they meet Da'cino Dees. Da'cino is a role model for Jesse who explains what it's like to grow up in "The Village" and why it's important for Jesse to leave. The road out wasn't easy for Jesse though, and along the way he loses the most important person in his life, his mother, to the same violence he is trying to escape. Craig and Earl are genuinely worried about what will happen to Jesse during this most trying time. Then Jesse and the other youth of Light of the Village show true compassion by turning their attention to those even less fortunate than they are. They volunteer and then raise money for a mission trip doing philanthropic work in the poor Mexican border-town of Ciudad Juarez. This is a big moment for Jesse, and after returning home, and with the support of Da'cino, John, and Delores, Jesse becomes the first in his family to graduate High School and take the first real steps to a college education.
Episode 4
Islands of Isolation (Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania)
Mon, Apr 27, 2020
Sailing to a remote island with a tech company who promise connection to the world through access to the internet. But nothing is easy on this trip. Weather, extreme travel - but the result is something that none of them thought possible.
Episode 5
The Big House... of Blessing (Bangkok, Thailand)
Mon, May 4, 2020
Getting into prison is harder than it looks. But once inside, Earl and Craig find that there is a lot more good happening in the Big House than one would imagine.
Episode 6
The Power of Story (Nairobi, Kenya)
Mon, May 11, 2020
Can you imagine what it would be like to finally tell your own story? In your own voice? From the slums of Nairobi, to the television set and beyond, Earl and Craig find kindred spirits in the most unlikely places.
Episode 7
Five Years if You're Lucky (Mbale, Uganda)
Mon, May 18, 2020
There are so many heroes in the world of philanthropy and The Good Road crew learns so much from these heroes. Earl Bridges and Craig Martin meet two such heroes in the eastern part of Uganda. Their journey to find them begins in a Matatu that takes them through the Ugandan countryside to a series of geographic gems like the "source of the Nile". But after a long journey they arrive at their true destination- the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital. Once there, they meet up with an amazing couple, Kathy Bourgoine and Adam Hewitt-Smith, and their daughters Eseld and Lowenna. Despite the fact that Kathy (a neonatologist) and Adam (an anesthesiologist) could be crushing it back in London, UK where they are from, they have decided to live and work in this remote city of Uganda not making a dime from their labors. And contrary to what you might think, they're not doing it for Jesus. They're both self-avowed atheists who are simply doing it for the people whose lives they change. They are do-gooders because doing good is the right thing to do. Kathy's work in the NICU and Adam's work in the hospital is saving lives, but the work is hard and stressful and takes its toll on their children. Earl and Craig explore Kathy and Adam's inspiring and at times heartbreaking world and discover all kinds of bizarre, funny, and interesting Ugandan cultural details along the way.
Episode 8
Punk Rock Buddha (Yangon, Myanmar)
Mon, May 25, 2020
Forget what you thought you knew about Myanmar - and punk. Craig and Earl find out that there is more than meets the eye, and ears as they embed with Rebel Riot, the punk band in Yangon.
