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Desert Speaks

THE DESERT SPEAKS is an Emmy award-winning series focusing on desert regions around the world. Much more than a nature documentary, THE DESERT SPEAKS presents stories about the people, cultures, plants, animals and geological features encountered on travel adventures in deserts near and far away. Host David Yetman is a research scientist at the University of Arizona's Southwest Center and is a nationally known author and accomplished photographer who specializes in the plants, geography and people of northwestern Mexico. Using boats, bikes and burros, Yetman takes viewers from Bolivia to Baja California, bringing his boundless enthusiasm, energy and knowledge to the series.

Upcoming Episodes of Desert Speaks

Channel

Date

Time

Episode

PBS 6

Dec 21st

12:30 a.m.

Ageless Mud: Adobe Homes In The Desert

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 23rd

7 a.m.

Beyond The Asphalt Part 1

PBS 6

Dec 23rd

6:30 p.m.

Living Traditions Of The Tohono O'Odham

PBS 6

Dec 24th

12:30 a.m.

Living Traditions Of The Tohono O'Odham

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 24th

7 a.m.

Beyond The Asphalt Part 2

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 25th

7 a.m.

Desert Venom

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 26th

7 a.m.

Jaguars And Vaqueros

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 27th

7 a.m.

Utah's Slick Rock Country

PBS 6

Dec 27th

6:30 p.m.

Sonora's Forgotten River

PBS 6

Dec 28th

12:30 a.m.

Sonora's Forgotten River

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 30th

7 a.m.

Into The Swell: Utah's High Desert

PBS 6

Dec 30th

6:30 p.m.

Origins Of A Royal Road

PBS 6

Dec 31st

12:30 a.m.

Origins Of A Royal Road

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 31st

7 a.m.

Dying Traditions In A Mexican Pueblo

PBS 6 Plus

Jan 1st

7 a.m.

Navajo Canyon Lands

PBS 6 Plus

Jan 2nd

7 a.m.

The Driest Desert In The World

PBS 6 Plus

Jan 3rd

7 a.m.

Ancient Andean Civilizations

PBS 6

Jan 3rd

6:30 p.m.

Patagonia's Glacial Landscape

PBS 6

Jan 4th

12:30 a.m.

Patagonia's Glacial Landscape

PBS 6 Plus

Jan 6th

7 a.m.

People And Their Prickly Plants

PBS 6

Jan 6th

6:30 p.m.

Royal Road Across The Frontier

PBS 6

Jan 7th

12:30 a.m.

Royal Road Across The Frontier

PBS 6 Plus

Jan 7th

7 a.m.

The Lost Palm Weavers Of Sonora

PBS 6 Plus

Jan 8th

7 a.m.

Monumental Dunes

PBS 6 Plus

Jan 9th

7 a.m.

Tracks In The Shifting Sand

PBS 6 Plus

Jan 10th

7 a.m.

Sea To Sky: Along An Incan Road

PBS 6

Jan 10th

6:30 p.m.

Argentina: Ancient Patagonia People

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