471 Cuba on the Line; Trespassing Across America

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🗓️ 14 January 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Two Americans who've made their living in Cuba shed light on the influence Americans have there, then author Ken Ilgunas describes the 1700-mile trek he made on foot from Alberta to Texas in hopes of getting a local perspective on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

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0:00.0	Ken Il Gunna says it's our country so let's walk it.
0:04.0	He hiked 1,700 miles along the route proposed for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.
0:10.0	This was the first time that our country was opposing a public works project on the grounds of climate change.
0:18.0	He tells us what kind of welcome he found from Alberta to East Texas.
0:22.8	Brin Jonathan Butler shows us aside of Cuba a few outsiders get to see from 10 years
0:27.3	training with Cuba's Olympic boxing team.
0:30.0	Havana is one of the largest small towns on earth in terms of being able to connect to
0:34.7	incredible characters.
0:36.3	He's joined by tourism expert Christopher P. Baker on the ground in Cuba as we consider
0:40.9	the island's future in these rapidly changing times.
0:44.0	There's a great fear amongst Cubans that the Trump presidency may mean a reversal of the new opportunities
0:52.0	that travel, especially by Americans is supporting.
0:57.0	It's all just ahead on travel with Rick Steeves.
1:00.8	He wanted to learn what people thought of the proposed route for the Keystone
1:03.7	Excel pipeline, especially if they lived in its path. Ken Il goodness tells us about his
1:08.9	1700-mile hike to meet the people of mid-America.
1:13.0	That's in just a bit on today's travel with Rick Steeves.
1:17.0	Rapidly changing news is setting the stage for big change in Cuba.
1:21.0	Now that Fidel Castro is gone and Donald Trump is replacing Barack Obama in
1:24.8	Washington, D.C., there are a number of scenarios that could play out in the months
1:28.9	ahead. What will the impact on Cuban citizens be and what will the impact on Americans
1:34.0	traveling to Cuba be? Well we're going to talk about that now as we're joined on
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