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America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston

AMERICA OUTDOORS with BARATUNDE THURSTON returns with a brand-new season as the best-selling writer, podcaster and comedian travels the country to uncover our complex relationship with the outdoors. From biologists saving snapping turtles to BIPOC mountain bikers, Baratunde meets a fascinating cast of characters with one thing in common: a passion for being outside.

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Maine: Embrace the Cold

Season 2 Episode 6 | 53m 11s | CC

With its magnificent coastline and densely wooded interior, Maine is a place where outdoor adventure has a long history, and a love of wilderness starts in childhood. Baratunde meets a Mainer reviving the timeless craft of harvesting ice, straps on snowshoes to understand how being outside can help folks recovering from addiction and takes an icy plunge in the winter ocean to embrace the cold.

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Major support is provided by Anne Ray Foundation, a Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropy and the Richard King Mellon Foundation. Support is also provided by John and Ruth Huss, Susan and Thomas McCarthy, Linda Willette and Jan Willette, and Mildred McLean and Daniel Waugh.