The Good Road

Episode 1

Northern Iraq & Istanbul - Iraqi Freedom

Tue, Oct 1, 2024

Episode 2

Havana, Cuba - Behind Closed Doors

Tue, Oct 8, 2024

Dance, Art, and Music are helping to usher Cuba into a new future. From Instagram savvy dance groups to Art first economic development plans we discover the many innovative ways that Cubans are supporting one another from within this isolated island. Because everything they do is steeped in the resilience and generosity that anchors their heritage and culture.

Episode 3

NYC - Liquid NA Courage

Tue, Oct 15, 2024

Craig and Earl explore the lower east side through the lens of Craig's personal sobriety journey. Their guides are three creative women for whom wellness and mental health involve writing, dance, and exploration. From discussing sober sex to voguing for pride month and a non-alcoholic elixir bar... The Good Road is on the wagon.

Episode 4

St. Thomas, UVI - Rock City Kids

Tue, Oct 22, 2024

Julius "The Chef" Jackson is a household name in St. Thomas, and comes from a Caribbean boxing dynasty. We discover how he, and his world champion father Julian Jackson, give back to the island that gave them so much. We meet a boxing family dynasty giving back to the island that gave them so much.

Episode 5

Miami, FL - Little Haiti Healers

Tue, Oct 29, 2024

We explore Miami's Little Haiti and the experiences of the Haitian Diaspora through art, culture, food and the Little Haiti Cultural Complex as they aid refugees in their effort to build a new home in America. Vegan Healers, artists, and a Miami Herald reporter help us understand this complicated country and teach us what Haiti has to offer. What it doesn't have to offer on the menu are the dogs, cats or other pets of their neighbors.

Episode 6

Asheville, NC - Downstream

Wed, Nov 5, 2025

Earl, Craig and magazine editor Dave Dibenidetto get a left-of-center look into the Asheville food and farm scene by spending the day on the Farm Heritage trail. They meet the folks running heritage and family owned farms that help to bridge the urban / rural divide. We learn the ways in which we're all connected, because everyone is downstream from someone. The Farm Heritage Trail is a scenic driving route through the rural agricultural communities of Alexander, Leicester, Newfound and Sandy Mush in northwest Buncombe County. The public is welcome to travel the public roads of this trail and enjoy viewing the conserved family farms, with designated signage, that are along the route. The entire route is a leisurely two hour drive while enjoying a few stops along the way. Trail riders may choose to follow the specific route or enter and exit at any point, selecting farms they may want to drive by or visit along the way.

Episode 7

St. Croix, Charleston, Asheville - Bees!

Tue, Nov 12, 2024

Bees are critical to food production across the world. Bees are also dying off at an alarming rate. We journey from Earl's little beehive in downtown Charleston to Honeyman's 100's of hives on the island of St. Croix, USVI and end up at The Honey Bee Research Center in Asheville. The Center for Honeybee Research is a charitable educational, research organization founded in 2011 to collect objective data in an open-sourced, non-proprietary platform for the benefit of researchers, beekeepers, and policy makers - to ensure the survival of the honeybee. We learn more about Bees than we knew you could and meet some of the folks fighting for their existence.

Episode 8

Havana, Cuba - Cuba Inc.

Tue, Nov 19, 2024

A recent change in Cuban Law has made privately held corporations a possibility for the first time since the Revolution. We learn about the unique challenges of entrepreneurship in Cuba while exploring its deep cultural roots. From Cigars to dried fruit and afro-cuban hair products Cuba is undergoing an explosion of growth in the private sector.