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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 Plus

Dec 7th

7 a.m.

Spring in the Sonoran Desert

PBS 6

Dec 7th

6:30 p.m.

Argentina's Upside-Down Desert - Part 1

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 8th

4:30 a.m.

Argentina's Upside-Down Desert - Part 1

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 8th

7 a.m.

Environmental Education

PBS 6

Dec 8th

6:30 p.m.

Argentina's Upside-Down Desert - Part 2

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 9th

4:30 a.m.

Argentina's Upside-Down Desert - Part 2

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 9th

7 a.m.

The Colorado River

PBS 6

Dec 9th

6:30 p.m.

Faces Of The Argentine Desert

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 10th

4:30 a.m.

Faces Of The Argentine Desert

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 10th

7 a.m.

The Gulf of California

PBS 6

Dec 10th

6:30 p.m.

Journey To The Rio Grande

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 11th

4:30 a.m.

Journey To The Rio Grande

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 13th

7 a.m.

Desert Islands

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 14th

7 a.m.

Biodiversity

PBS 6

Dec 14th

6:30 p.m.

Bikes, Boats And Big Bend

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 15th

4:30 a.m.

Bikes, Boats And Big Bend

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 15th

7 a.m.

Research in the Southwest

PBS 6

Dec 15th

6:30 p.m.

Heart Of The Sonoran Desert

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 16th

4:30 a.m.

Heart Of The Sonoran Desert

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 16th

7 a.m.

Restoring Desert Rivers

PBS 6

Dec 16th

6:30 p.m.

Desert Missions

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 17th

4:30 a.m.

Desert Missions

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 17th

7 a.m.

Insects and Spiders

PBS 6

Dec 17th

6:30 p.m.

Death Valley

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 18th

4:30 a.m.

Death Valley

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 20th

7 a.m.

Desert Grasslands

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 21st

7 a.m.

The Natural History of the Baja

PBS 6

Dec 21st

6:30 p.m.

Seasons Of The Mojave

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 22nd

4:30 a.m.

Seasons Of The Mojave

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 22nd

7 a.m.

The People of the Baja

PBS 6

Dec 22nd

6:30 p.m.

Lilies Of The Desert

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 23rd

4:30 a.m.

Lilies Of The Desert

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 23rd

7 a.m.

Saguaro: King of the Cactus

PBS 6

Dec 23rd

6:30 p.m.

Crossing The Great Basin Desert

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 24th

4:30 a.m.

Crossing The Great Basin Desert

PBS 6 Plus

Dec 27th

7 a.m.

Desert Sand Dunes

PBS 6

Dec 27th

6:30 p.m.

Great Basin National Park

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