{"id":8486,"date":"2022-07-11T17:18:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=8486"},"modified":"2023-07-21T22:44:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T22:44:50","slug":"new-pbs-series-america-outdoors-with-baratunde-thurston-explores-our-crucial-relationship-with-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/new-pbs-series-america-outdoors-with-baratunde-thurston-explores-our-crucial-relationship-with-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"New PBS Series \u2018America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston\u2019 Explores Our Crucial Relationship With Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the new series from PBS titled America Outdoors<\/em>, New York Times best-selling author and comedian Baratunde Thurston brings viewers on an inspiring and reflective journey through America\u2019s extraordinary natural landscape, meeting fascinating people along the way.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt last, a breath of fresh air. In a place like this, you can let go of whatever weighs you down, and fill your lungs with the joy of being outside,\u201d said Thurston while meditating in the vastness of Death Valley. In the six episodes of the show, Thurston hikes through the Great Dismal Swamp, surfs with a Black surf group in Los Angeles, and more in the six-episode series. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking with <\/strong>Outside Online<\/strong><\/a>, Thurston said that his goal for the show is to create \u201ca more holistic version of the story of being American.\u201d By visiting a wide range of areas in the United States and forming connections with the diverse people he meets there, Thurston is opening minds in regards to our relationship with nature, specifically as people of color.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No matter our differences, we should all be allowed to freely enjoy and become rejuvenated from the power of nature. And yet, that unfortunately hasn\u2019t always been the case. \u201cThe outdoors is supposed to be a place where we all belong,\u201d Thurston said. While jogging in Death Valley with ultramarathon runner Mosi Smith, the two discuss Ahmaud Arbery\u2019s murder, who was shot and killed while jogging. \u201cI can\u2019t go out the door without thinking about that,\u201d said Smith. Even still, he refuses to let the outside world determine his joy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dive deeper into Thurston\u2019s thoughtful conversations with the locals he meets and feel the restorative effect of nature (from home) by streaming America Outdoors<\/em> on PBS or Amazon Prime. Watch the trailer below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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