Episodes
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Shelter: “House & Home”
S4 Ep404 |How the shape of the average American home has changed and the way it reshaped our lives.
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Clothing: Cut From Whole Cloth
S4 Ep403 |Fashion icons Leslie Hall and Jeff Garner show how Americans and clothing are intertwined. - Image
Games: Rolls to Roles
S4 Ep408 |Gabe rolls the dice with actress/gamer Felicia Day to discuss the renaissance of gaming. - Image
Journalism: “Pressing American Issues”
S4 Ep407 |How the free press forged the American identity and equips us with diverse perspectives. - Image
Firefighting: Forging American Heroes
S4 Ep406 |Brutal extortionists and brave volunteers play into the story of America’s firefighters. - Image
Weather: “Field to Forecast”
S4 Ep405 |From superstitions to science, Jim Cantore explains our fascination with the forecast. - Image
Food: Around the Table
S4 Ep402 |Exploring our foodways and how recipes are derived with chef/restaurateur Mashama Bailey. - Image
Photography: “Picture This”
S4 Ep401 |National Geographic’s Joel Sartore talks photography and how it developed our lifestyle. - Image
Hollywood: The Imagine Nation
S3 Ep308 |Gabe takes a journey through cinema history.
About Reconnecting Roots
Reconnecting Roots is a half hour television series featuring stories of America told through music, history, & a series of field trips alongside host Gabe McCauley. Portraying American life across the past six generations, this series exhibits the American journey of unbounded progress with the hope of understanding how exactly we fit in and why.