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Trees

Season 2 Episode 3
26:48
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Recovery

Season 2 Episode 4
26:46
Migrant Workers

Migrant Workers

Season 2 Episode 5
25:35
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Veterans

Season 2 Episode 6
26:35
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The Calling

Season 4 Episode 5
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When Whales Could Walk

Season 51 Episode 1
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Life In The Heart Land

Aging

Season 2 Episode 2

Social disconnection adds some $7 billion to annual health care costs in our country. As our society has grown more mobile, the elderly are especially at risk for isolation, depression or abuse at nursing homes when their adult children are not present to care for them. We take a look at a variety of existing programs meant to provide the elderly with more fulfilling lives in their later years.

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Food Insecurity
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Explore issues and solutions of food access and equity in rural communities of Virginia.
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