Reconnecting RootsReconnecting Roots

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Reconnecting Roots is a series hosted by Gabriel McCauley. It's purpose is to bridge the generational gap by portraying American Progress through music, culture, and history over the last 150 years while highlighting what values we may be losing as time goes on.

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4 episoder

Photography: “Picture This”
E1
Photography: “Picture This”With a snap of a button, Americans started turning memories into art. But is a picture still worth a thousand words when we take millions of photos per day? How photography 'developed' from dark rooms to phone screens.
Food: Around the Table
E2
Food: Around the TableAmerica’s menu includes family recipes, TV dinners, company luncheons, and everything in between. Gabe breaks bread with James Beard award winner Mashama Bailey in Savannah dinner destination The Grey and helps her prepare one of her favorite dishes based on regional ingredients. We explore the concept of foodways and why Americans now have more culinary choices than most families can agree on.
Clothing: Cut From Whole Cloth
E3
Clothing: Cut From Whole ClothClothing is an essential need, but in America, clothes are so abundant they are given away. From seamstresses in textile mills using organic materials, to offshore fast fashion with man-made fabrics, the way we get our looks has changed drastically. Gabe meets with celebrity designer Jeff Garner to find out the true cost of our fast-evolving fashion. Gem Sweater sensation Leslie Hall guest stars.
Shelter: "House & Home"
E4
Shelter: "House & Home"How the typical American house was transformed to reimagine the American Dream and balance the nightmares that challenge home ownership.