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Out of Eden Walk: Walking Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor
Afghanistan’s wild and mountainous Wakhan Corridor is home to a culture that has gone unchanged for centuries. Host Marco Werman speaks with National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek, about his trek ...
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Out of Eden Walk: Walking through Uzbekistan
The Silk Road in Uzbekistan was a caravan route, it was a path for explorers and it was traversed by Soviet-era train tracks. National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek tells Host Carolyn Beeler about ...
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Out of Eden Walk Special
National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek began an epic walk in early 2013, tracing the first steps of human migration out of ...
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Out of Eden Walk: Walking through unknown parts of Pakistan
The feudal principalities of far northern Pakistan that are home to walled villages, yak herders, glacial rivers, golden poplar forests and snow leopards, held off — or played off — would-be ...
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Out of Eden Walk: Walking to the Holy Land
National Geographic explorer Paul Salopek has been recreating the journey, on foot, of the first humans. He tells Host Marco Werman about his walk, in 2013, through Jordan into the Israeli occupied ...
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Out of Eden Walk: on foot across northern India
National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek talks about his walk through northern India, where modern farming with high-yield seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, tractors and motorized well pumps have ...
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Out of Eden Walk: northeastern India, on foot
National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek tells Host Marco Werman about his walk through India’s northeastern region, where he traced the steps of Siddhartha Gautama, better known as the Buddha. He ...
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Flavors from the ‘contemporary African kitchen’
Chefs from countries across Africa share some of their favorite recipes in a new cookbook, “The Contemporary African Kitchen.” From grilled meats to aromatic curries, award-winning chef and cookbook ...
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Thanksgiving Food Special
As families and friends gather for meals together on US Thanksgiving Day, The World brings you a show packed with a variety ...
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A court in India hears the case over the origins of butter chicken
One of the most popular dishes in Indian cuisine is butter chicken, with its creamy tomato gravy and succulent chicken marinated in subtle spices. But who exactly cooked it up first is the subject of ...
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Gathering around the campfire in the Kurdish region of Syria
Ferhad Feyssal remembers when villagers gathered around the campfire every winter in the Kurdish region in Syria while a danûk, or big pot, cooked bulgur wheat. The memories are so vivid to Feyssal ...
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Which ice cream flavors were popular in the 18th century?
Brown bread ice cream was a popular flavor among some people in 18th century England. So too was Parmesan. Food historian Annie Gray had the chance to taste some forgotten flavors when they were ...