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Season 1

  • S01E01 Mother of All Conflicts

    • March 15, 2015
    • Travel Channel

    Mariana van Zeller and Michael Voltaggio travel to Israel and Palestine to bring both sides together for a meal and conversation. They get caught in the streets of Hebron among locals, soldiers and settlers as they explore the holiest sites on Earth.

  • S01E02 Bloody Saturday in Ireland

    • March 22, 2015
    • Travel Channel

    Mariana van Zeller and Michael Voltaggio travel to Northern Ireland to bring Catholics and Protestants together for a meal and conversation. They witness heated clashes during marching season, sip on Guinness and dine in the Crumlin Road Jail.

  • S01E03 Detained in Egypt

    • March 29, 2015
    • Travel Channel

    Mariana van Zeller and Michael Voltaggio visit Egypt to bring guests with rivaling views on the country's future together for a meal and debate. They are confronted by the police, have their passports confiscated and ride camels near the pyramids.

  • S01E04 Tears and Tunnel of Hope in Sarajevo

    • April 5, 2015
    • Travel Channel

    Journalist Mariana van Zeller and chef Michael Voltaggio visit Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to see how 3 groups coexist after ethnic cleansing wiped out thousands. They walk down Sniper Alley, visit the Tunnel of Hope, and hear the story of the "Romeo and Juliet" of Sarajevo.

  • S01E05 Dying for the American Dream

    • April 12, 2015
    • Travel Channel

    Journalist Mariana van Zeller and chef Michael Voltaggio drive to the US-Mexico border to see a conflict that exists in our own backyard: immigration. Mariana and Michael talk to men who search for illegal immigrants and hear stories of migrants trying to cross the border.

  • S01E06 Tortured Past and Present in Kashmir

    • April 19, 2015
    • Travel Channel

    Journalist Mariana van Zeller and chef Michael Voltaggio visit Kashmir to learn about the conflict that threatens its existence: to be part of India, part of Pakistan or its own independent state. Mariana and Michael walk through heavily guarded streets and visit a floating market.

  • S01E07 Vintage Cars, Cigars & New Freedom in Cuba

    • April 26, 2015
    • Travel Channel

    The last TV crew to enter Cuba before the announcement of the 50-year embargo being lifted, Mariana van Zeller and Michael Voltaggio go to the communist island to talk about the state of the nation, what has changed, and the future expectations and hopes.

  • S01E08 Gorillas and Growth in Rwanda

    • May 3, 2015
    • Travel Channel

    Mariana van Zeller and Michael Voltaggio travel to Rwanda, which experienced unprecedented genocide in 1994. They visit the Nyamata Church, where thousands of Tutsis were killed, and trek through the mountains to get up-close with the amazing gorilla.

  • S01E09 Fields and Dreams in Cambodia

    • May 10, 2015
    • Travel Channel

    After Pol Pot's reign of terror, Mariana van Zeller and Michael Voltaggio visit a rebuilding Cambodia. They travel to the Killing Fields, where millions of citizens were murdered; feed roaming moneys in Angkor; and dine with Pol Pot's assistant.

  • S01E10 Cyprus: Island of Hope

    • May 17, 2015
    • Travel Channel

    Mariana van Zeller and Michael Voltaggio go to Cyprus, an island nation where religious violence split a city in 2, creating tension and the need for United Nations protection. They explore an abandoned airport, fish near a ghost town and dine in the buffer zone.

  • S01E11 Lebanon: The Power of Peace

    • Travel Channel

    Journalist Mariana van Zeller and chef Michael Voltaggio travel to Lebanon to open the conversation between nationalists and Hezbollah supporters. Mariana and Michael tour bullet-riddled Beirut, meet with Syrian refugees and visit Byblos, one of the oldest cities in the world.ters and Hezbollah nationalists."