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Roadtrip Nation
Make it Your Own (Season 12 | Episode 6)
Season 12
Episode 6
The road-trippers try their hand at spinning molten glass with glassblower Jessica Schimpf. The world isn’t looking for you, she says, you have to go out and find it--she left a big-time welding gig to follow her dreams. In Texas, the team interviews Austonites on the street and goes for beignets and palm readings in New Orleans before hitting crowd-powered T-shirt purveyor Threadless in Chicago.
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24:54
Human rights lawyer Brittan Heller; race car mechanic Sal Donato; 2 inspiring educators.

24:54
The team meets a chef, a chimp veterinarian, an alligator wrestler, and a fire spinner.

24:55
The team interviews NASA engineer Adam Steltzner and river guide Sherry Grathler.

24:55
Roy Remer, Zen Hospice Project; Omar Cardenas, Children’s Defense; comedian Ian Harvie.

24:55
A new team starts their journey by interviewing outdoor expedition guide Jakob Laggner.

24:40
Finishing up their 5,000-mile journey, the team moves forward with new-found direction.

24:41
The team interviews a video game designer and Scientific American’s Editor-in-Chief.

24:41
Flexible thinking is encouraged when the team talks failure with radio host Jad Abumrad.

24:40
The team talks embracing risk with a skydive instructor and innovative CEO.

24:41
Career change is the topic of discussion with space scientists, engineers, and marketers.

24:41
The team meets a food scientist, nuclear engineer, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.

24:40
A filmmaker, outdoor school director, and Facebook data director are interviewed.