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East Meets West (Season 12 | Episode 2)
Season 12
Episode 2
The East Coast born-and-bred road-trippers experience a totally foreign way of life—laidback and Californian—as they ride jet packs, talk to the creator of Frozen’s Elsa in L.A., and venture north to Ventura where Patagonia designer John Rapp instructs them in the relaxed ways of West Coast work-life, finding what you love and digging in, and creating balance wherever you are.
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25:15
Stories from engineer Katherine Kuchenbecker, artist Zaria Forman, CEO Jewel Burks.
25:11
The road trip begins with Harvard professor Evelynn Hammonds and artist Janet Echelman.

25:10
As their trip comes to an end, the team reflects on everything they learned along the way.

25:08
The team has an action-packed week highlighted by stops in Las Vegas, Denver, and Chicago.

25:14
The team’s journey takes them into Silicon Valley, the hub for innovation in technology.

25:10
Three computer science students embark on a road trip to meet leaders in their field.

24:42
The journey ends in NYC with designer swissmiss and Helvetica director Gary Hustwit.

24:42
The team meets an exhibition designer in Chicago, an inventor-turned-entrepreneur in NYC.

24:42
Breaking out of comfort zones with glassblowing, palm readings, and impromptu interviews.

24:42
The team explores the Experience Music Project and talks indecision with Michael Franti.

24:42
The road-trippers talk fear, failure, and taking chances at Skywalker Ranch and Pixar.

24:42
To NorCal with Snap Judgment host Glynn Washington and Santa Cruz Guitar’s Richard Hoover.