America Revealed
America Revealed is a four-part documentary series hosted by Yul Kwon, revealing a nation of sophisticated networks that help power the United States, produce millions of goods and transport people great distances. Journeying above America's landscape, Yul Kwon explores how the biggest food machine in the world feeds nearly 300 million Americans every day; how the massive and complex transportation systems make Americans the most mobile people on earth; how the biggest and complex electric power grid in the world works; and how American manufacturing has changed over the past few decades.
| Episode 1 - Food Machine |
Episode 1 - Food Machine
Over the past century, an American industrial revolution has given rise to the biggest, most productive food machine the world has ever known. Yul Kwon explores how this machine feeds nearly 300 million Americans every day.
Episode 2 - Nation on the Move
America is a nation of vast distances and dense urban clusters, woven together by 200,000 miles of railroads, 5,000 airports, and 4 million miles of roads. Yul Kwon journeys across the continent by air, road and rail.
Episode 3 - Electric Nation
Our modern electric power grid has been called the biggest and most complex machine in the world - delivering electricity over 200,000 miles of high tension transmission lines. Yul Kwon travels around the country to understand its intricacies, its vulnerabilities, and the remarkable ingenuity required to keep the electricity on every day of the year.
Episode 4 - Made in the USA
American manufacturing has undergone a massive revolution over the past 20 years. Despite all the gloom and doom, America is actually the number one manufacturing nation on earth. Yul Kwon crosses the nation looking at traditional and not-so traditional types of manufacturing.
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