(Now Playing) Slab City - Episode 5 of 12
Aug 28, 2009
VBS travels to Slab City, an ex-military base-cum-squatter haven in Southern California. With the help of two booze-guzzling sherpas, we traverse the Colorado desert to understand why so many call this wasteland home.
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In Americana, we delve into the secret nooks and crannies of this great land and serve you up all the tender morsels we find inside. Investigative journalism home-cook…
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The Indy Mile 1 of 2
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The Indy Mile 2 of 2
The Indy Mile is the oldest contest for motorcycle racing's oldest discipline...
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Feb 3, 2010
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2nd Revolutionary War
The Department of Homeland Security classifies them as potential "domestic te...
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Jul 2, 2009
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Norm's Militia Scrapbook
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Nov 9, 2009
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Slab City
VBS travels to Slab City, an ex-military base-cum-squatter haven in Southern ...
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Aug 28, 2009
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The Taxidermist
Amy Ritchie is a true renaissance girl. She is a hunter, a piano prodigy, and...
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Feb 7, 2007
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Moonshine
Hunting for moonshine in South Carolina with the Black Lips.
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Feb 21, 2007
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The Firing Line
In this edition of Americana we take a little field trip out of the city to P...
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Mar 9, 2007
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Voguing
The world of underground drag queen voguing battles.
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Mar 2, 2007
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Soapbox Derby
Chris Nieratko gets friendly with the competitors.
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Jan 21, 2008
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In The Chutes With PBR
Professional bull-riding is the most intense and most intensely American spor...
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Feb 11, 2008
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Frontsight
Tactical firearms training in the middle of the Nevada desert.
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daddywheresmybourbon
2 months ago
he disgusts me to the point of wanting to expel liquid from every opening of my body forever and ...
daddywheresmybourbon
2 months ago
i honestly want one for xmas
daddywheresmybourbon
2 months ago
i feel like there's a lot of cities like this in cali