Podcast
Route 66
Hosted by TRT World · EN
A journey down America's famous highway to explore the big issues dividing opinion in the United States.
10episodes
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Route 66: Who is benefitting from California's cannabis 'green rush'?
Mar 6, 201800:29:54Tap to summarizeIs California making reparations to communities of colour targeted in the war on drugs? #cannabis #greenRush #California
Transcribe →Route 66: Money
Feb 6, 201800:26:13Tap to summarizeMillions come to flash their cash, but Las Vegas has another side hidden away from the lights of its famous strip. #money #LasVegas #cash
Transcribe →Route 66: America's shrinking national monuments
Jan 8, 201800:25:35Tap to summarizeThe US president is ending protection of vast areas of wild land in two national monuments. The decision led to outcry but not everyone in Utah is against it. Peter Metcalf, the man behind Black Diamond mountaineering gear, is on the trail. #NationalMonuments #BlackDiamond #Route66
Transcribe →Route 66: What does the future hold for immigrants in America?
Dec 2, 201700:25:39Tap to summarizeWith talk of building a wall, deportations and repealing DACA; are immigrants still welcome in Trump's America? Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world
Transcribe →Route 66: Is a 'perfect storm' of homelessness headed our way?
Nov 6, 201700:25:50Tap to summarizeFires, unaffordable healthcare and the soaring cost of housing. Homelessness is on the rise across the U.S. and California and it’s only getting worse. Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world
Transcribe →Route 66: Free living and liberty at a rural commune
Oct 10, 201700:26:05Tap to summarizeWhat happened to the communes of the 60s and 70s? East Wind has adapted with the times to survive and prosper in the modern world. #route66 #america #highway Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world
Transcribe →Route 66: Chicago on the front line in gun control debate
Aug 7, 201700:26:35Tap to summarizeViolence in Chicago continues to run rampant. Officials and locals argue over gun control. Gun rights activist Antonia Okafor travels to the city to look at the debate dividing the nation. Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world
Transcribe →Route 66: Are Native Americans getting a fair chance of health and prosperity?
Jul 3, 201700:26:31Tap to summarizeNative Americans have a proud culture but are worse off than the rest of the US in so many ways: income, suicides, alcoholism, school drop-out rates and drug dependency. Aspiring actress and writer Allie Young goes back to her roots in the Diné, or Navajo Nation, to find out why. Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world
Transcribe →Route 66: How race divides one of America’s biggest cities
Jun 2, 201700:26:32Tap to summarizeRapper Nato Caliph looks at racial divisions in America and finds out why the city of St Louis is among the most segregated - and dangerous - in the country. Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world
Transcribe →Route 66: What does freedom really mean to Americans?
May 10, 201700:26:59Tap to summarizeMuslim American Marwa Balkar challenged Donald Trump about patriotism. She journeys down the most famous highway in the United States to explore what freedom means to Americans. Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world
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