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The Good Road
St. Thomas, USVI - Not Just a Rock
Season 4
Episode 402
The U.S. Virgin Islands - St. John, St. Thomas, and St. Croix - were formerly a colony of Denmark and were sold to the U.S. in 1917 for military reasons. Tourism on all three is under threat from coral disease. Earl and Craig follow Dr. Marilyn Brandt and her team of scuba diving scientists who study and combat this threat to coral – known to be the “lungs of the planet.”
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A trip to the National Museum of African American Music and the iconic Parthenon.

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Kurdish Christians and extremist Islamists participate together in a play about conflict.

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Craig and Earl enter Music City’s “off brand” spaces inhabited by musicians and artists.

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Discover Music City’s true history through Jefferson St. before it was erased by I-40.

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In Virginia, exploring balance in the land, the people, and a thriving community.