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[Assistant] He shows us his apartment on Manhattan's upscale Upper East Side.


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[Assistant] Emerita Ramon can't afford her rent, and now she's paying in installments.


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[Assistant] Can foods and pasta to get her and her son Isaac through this difficult time? Emerita is in free fall, but there's no social welfare net to catch her, and she's not the only one.


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[Assistant] The reason overburnt in bureaucracy and one that makes many mistakes. Emerita stays strong for her son. Gardening in the backyard is her therapy.


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[Assistant] Evening on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Ian's having dinner with his mentee, James.


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[Assistant] It's the first time they've met in person for a long time. James has great news.


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[Assistant] For Kevin, things start looking up in September. Everything he thought he had lost has suddenly become possible again.


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[Assistant] The theatre is nearly 600 kilometres away, but at least Kevin gets to make his directorial debut. Now it just needs to get off the ground.


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[Assistant] It's mid-September and it's Fashion Week in New York.


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[Assistant] Summer's over and Charlotte and Sophie are back from the Hamptons. They're getting made up.


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[Assistant] It's one of very few live events. Most of Fashion Week this year is happening online.


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[Assistant] The town of 2200 has hardly any Covid cases. Kevin Smith Kirkwood is getting ready for the premiere.


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[Assistant] The theatre is one of the first in the whole country to open up again. Kevin has had to quarantine and get tested, like everyone on his team.


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[Assistant] Theatre goers are only allowed in to see the performance under the tightest safety measures.


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[Assistant] It's October, and the city is trying to get back on its feet.


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[Assistant] Six months ago, this was the epicentre of the pandemic. New Yorkers are still traumatised.


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[Assistant] Masks are only taken off to eat at the newly established curbside restaurants. They're allowed to fill a quarter of inside seating, but few people take the opportunity.


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[Assistant] The number of people applying for unemployment benefit has dropped again sharply.


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[Assistant] But it's still eight times what it was in 2019.


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[Assistant] New York is facing a massive tax deficit with no end in sight.


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[Assistant] And despite all the health precautions, some districts are seeing a rise in coronavirus cases again.


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[Assistant] Without a job, savings are spent on rent. And it's the poorest who are left struggling to survive.


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[Assistant] Isaac and Emerita Ramoon still feel trapped in their apartment.


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[Assistant] Emma Rita doesn't want her son to go back to school in case he catches the virus.


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[Assistant] Home schooling is made possible thanks to an iPad from school and an old computer.


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[Assistant] Emerita hasn't found a new job and she's broke. Soon she won't be able to afford this apartment.


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[Assistant] The effects of the pandemic have made the Bickleys reflect. Sophie has her doubts now about the world of influences.


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[Assistant] The Bickley family has gained a new perspective on their city and their life.


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[Assistant] Three lives, three worlds, one city.


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[Assistant] The contrast existed long before the pandemic, but the coronavirus has amplified it and cemented the gaping division in society. Not just in New York, exposed as the metropolis of inequality, but also across the whole country. A challenge facing the United States and its new president.


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[Assistant] Japan, located off the eastern coast of the Asian continent, is an arc-shaped string of islands 3,000 kilometers long.


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[Assistant] At the heart of the country lies Honshu, the main island, which accounts for 60% of Japan's land mass.


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[Assistant] It is home to Kyoto and Tokyo, the two most recent capitals. Three-fifths of Japan is mountainous. On the coastal plains the population is very dense. Eighty percent of the Japanese live in cities.


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[Assistant] Moreover, the mountainous terrain limits the size and output of the farms.


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[Assistant] The society takes care of the neediest, for social cohesion is a fundamental value here in Japan.


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[Assistant] The omnipresent mountains are an obstacle to expanding habitations.


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[Assistant] To make the most of their reduced living space, the Japanese plant crops on any plot of land available, no matter how small.


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[Assistant] The traditional architecture has given way to high-rise constructions. To this general lack of space, they found a vertical solution.


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[Assistant] Zen Buddhism, which was introduced into Japan in the 12th century, is based on meditation.


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[Assistant] The extremely sober Zen Garden is designed to be conducive to meditation and self-awareness.


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[Assistant] The attitudes, the gestures and clothing have been handed down through the centuries in often complex rituals full of symbolism. The ancient traditions nourish artistic creation.


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[Assistant] And new traditions have appeared. A host of charming little characters are catching on quickly. These are the kawaii, which means cute.


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[Assistant] Children are taught to be socially responsible, but adults also get caught up in the game.


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[Assistant] The amount of farming is constantly decreasing and now accounts for barely 1% of the gross domestic product. Rice farming is surviving thanks to government subsidies.


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[Assistant] Japanese is the world's second most powerful economy after the United States.


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[Assistant] Industry accounts for one-fourth of the country's wealth and employs one-fourth of the workforce.


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[Assistant] Despite the handicap of the mountainous terrain, the Japanese have done wonders with their highway system.


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[Assistant] The mountains are not very high, but it takes works of art to cross them.


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[Assistant] Telecommunications are a way to save a good deal of time in this country whose roads often take roundabout paths.


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[Assistant] The highway tolls in Japan are among the highest in the world.


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[Assistant] The high speed train, the Shinkansen, connects the major cities. It's a quick, reliable way to travel.


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[Assistant] The island of Hongshu is widest at the centre, 250 kilometres across.


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[Assistant] In the heart of the Chubu region, we come upon the city of Takayama.


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[Assistant] Despite its modern districts, the city has been spared the unchecked urbanization of the 20th century.


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[Assistant] The Japanese consider plant proteins as an antidote to aging.


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[Assistant] The city has conserved its wooden buildings which date back to the 17th century. The local craftsmen are renowned throughout all of Japan.


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[Assistant] In the past, the town would pay its taxes by sending its best carpenters to the capital to work on the temples and palaces.


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[Assistant] The traditional craftsmen of Takayama are highly skilled in a variety of fields.


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[Assistant] Even for transporting tourists, the traditional ways are still in practice.


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[Assistant] The local craftsmen turn out a variety of works, from fish kebabs to the preparation of dorayaki.


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[Assistant] A karakuri marionette executes a series of intricate movements perched atop a float called a dashi.


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[Assistant] He is the intermediary between the world of humans and that of the divine forces.


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[Assistant] The Karakuri Marionettes are protected like precious works of art. Their machinery is incredibly complex.


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[Assistant] He brushes a character on a sheet of paper that will then be placed at the entrance of a house to bring good luck to the family.


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[Assistant] They are true masterpieces composed of wood, cloth, metal and lacquer.


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[Assistant] The festivities are held in honor of the divinity Sakurayama Hachimangu.


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[Assistant] A divinity of Shintoism, the original religion of Japan.


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[Assistant] After nightfall, the dance of the shishi, the mythical lion dance, makes its way through the different parts of the city.


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[Assistant] At the end of the procession, the floats come to a halt before the festival officials.


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[Assistant] After the customary greetings and exchanges of civilities, they receive an offering of several bottles of sake, also known as rice wine.


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[Assistant] The region of Chubu is crossed by the Japanese Alps.


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[Assistant] The volcano of Yakedake reaches a height of 2,500 meters.


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[Assistant] The clouds drifting by the summit blend with the wisps of smoke and gas coming from the crater.


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[Assistant] The contour of the land was drastically changed by a violent eruption in 1915.


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[Assistant] volcanic projections dammed the river draining the valley forming a lake


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[Assistant] They express their admiration for nature down to the most subtle nuances.


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[Assistant] The architectural heritage was for the most part designed to be in harmony with nature.


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[Assistant] These thatch-roofed houses are characteristic of the village of Ogimachi.


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[Assistant] They were designed to stand up to the harsh winters and in particular the heavy snowfalls.


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[Assistant] In the region of Kansai, Mount Koya at an altitude of 900 meters is covered by a forest.


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[Assistant] In the 9th century the monk Kukai ascended this mountain with a handful of followers.


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[Assistant] In the Buddhist tradition, the term sect doesn't have the pejorative sense it often does in the West.


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[Assistant] The rituals may vary, but they all follow the teachings of Buddha.


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[Assistant] The Kongobu-ji temple is the official headquarters of Shingon Buddhism.


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[Assistant] A path shaded by Japanese cedars winds through the Okuno-in cemetery.


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[Assistant] These statues dressed in red are the god Jizu, protector of deceased children and women who've had miscarriages or abortions.


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[Assistant] The monk Kukai has such prestige that many Japanese want to be buried here.


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[Assistant] Several major companies have burial vaults reserved for their personnel.


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[Assistant] The decoration of the vault is often inspired by the nature of the business.


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[Assistant] From the coffee producer to the aerospace industry.


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[Assistant] The company spirit lives on into the next life.


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[Assistant] The omikuji that announce bad news are tied to a rope.


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[Assistant] Water is sprinkled onto the Buddhas to purify oneself before entering the temple. Rituals like this are part of daily life.


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[Assistant] The Sea of Japan borders the north coast of Chubu. Kanazawa on the coast is the major city.


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[Assistant] It was once the fourth largest city of Japan, but now, with its half million inhabitants, it's no more than a small provincial city.


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[Assistant] Its vitality, however, gives it a prominent position. The train station is a good example.


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[Assistant] As is contemporary art, which has its own museum here in Kanazawa.


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[Assistant] The man who measures the clouds by Jan Faber is a fitting symbol for the museum.


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[Assistant] In The Swimming Pool, a work by the Argentine Leandro Ehrlich, the illusion is perfect.


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[Assistant] The explanation is to be found underwater.


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[Assistant] And in certain sushi restaurants, it's the Shinkansen itself that serves you your meal. Quick service, guaranteed.


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[Assistant] A touch screen to order and the meal is delivered in a few seconds.


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[Assistant] When it's time to pay the bill, just count up the plates. The color indicates the price of each dish.


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[Assistant] In addition to fish, the connoisseurs can find a wide variety of vegetables and spices, like this root of a plant that comes from Asia, ginger.


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[Assistant] Roofed with its distinctive whitish lead tiles, it's a very elegant fortress.


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[Assistant] It was destroyed by fire several times after it had resisted a number of sieges thanks to its perfectly assembled walls.


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[Assistant] In the middle of the 19th century, a lord of the Maeda clan had the Saison Kaku villa built for his mother.


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[Assistant] The villa now houses a collection of dolls that are supposed to keep children safe from evil spirits.


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[Assistant] In the Kenrokuen garden, man admires nature, gives it support, and protects it.


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[Assistant] The garden possesses the six attributes that make a perfect Japanese garden.


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[Assistant] Panoramic views, spaciousness, artificiality, antiquity, seclusion, and of course an abundance of water.


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[Assistant] Here, before the oldest fountain in Japan, one can savor the simple beauty of nature.


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[Assistant] It is now an active centre for the decorative arts, and in particular, one of Kanazawa's specialities, maquillé.


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[Assistant] The decoration of objects with lacquer and precious metals.


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[Assistant] Objects of such refinement have, of course, their price.


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[Assistant] Here in the Higashi district, lined with former geisha houses, the young women like to stroll around in the traditional costume.


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[Assistant] A geisha house, a chaya, is traditionally a two-storey dwelling built of wood. Some of them here are still inhabited by geishas.


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[Assistant] The Geisha is a highly trained hostess who, thanks to her culture, knows how to enliven a dinner party and make conversation with the guests.


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[Assistant] The Noto Peninsula thrusts northward into the Sea of Japan.


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[Assistant] And motor vehicles are allowed to make the most of this phenomenon.


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[Assistant] At Notocongo, the jagged volcanic rock is continually changing shape due to erosion from the sea.


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[Assistant] Nature's displays never leave the Japanese indifferent. They respect them and enjoy them as a pageant, a gift from the heavens.


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[Assistant] To achieve natural harmony, there are no straight lines in a zen garden.


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[Assistant] And if one places a stone to evoke a mountain, one must be sure that nature could have done exactly the same.


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[Assistant] A certain city made a brutal entry into the pages of history. Hiroshima.


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[Assistant] The American bomber dropped the atomic bomb from an altitude of 9,500 meters.


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[Assistant] It exploded directly over the Institute of Industrial Development, the only building left standing. They've kept it in that state as a testimony. And they renamed it the Atomic Bomb Dome.


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[Assistant] The Americans had chosen other cities as possible targets.


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[Assistant] But on the tragic day, they were overcast with clouds.


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[Assistant] The catastrophe took place at Hiroshima because the weather was fine here that morning.


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[Assistant] Now the youth of Japan are encouraged to visit the Peace Memorial Park.


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[Assistant] Several monuments have been erected here, like the Children's Peace Monument.


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[Assistant] This is a space entirely devoted to the tragedy and shows the suffering that the country endured before it once again was at peace.


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[Assistant] There's a scale model of the city as it was before the bomb.


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[Assistant] Hiroshima was an ideal target, for it had never been bombed.


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[Assistant] Thus it would be easier to evaluate the bomb's destructive power. Most of the victims were burned, and radiation went on killing for years after.


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[Assistant] The city is now resolutely turned towards the future, but conserves the memory of its past. Hiroshima is proud of its tramway system.


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[Assistant] It was created in the early 20th century and was completely rebuilt after the atomic explosion.


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[Assistant] At the Tramway Museum, a few of the venerable old timers are remarkably well conserved.


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[Assistant] Spare parts are quite scarce, but the streetcars are all kept in working order, even though they're now retired.


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[Assistant] Streetcar number 651 experienced the bomb. It was restored.


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[Assistant] And even if it does rock a bit, it can still hold its own against today's streetcars.


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[Assistant] Later, the castle was torn down, except for its four-story keep, which was levelled by the blast from the atomic bomb, and then rebuilt about ten years later.


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[Assistant] Barely ten years after the end of the Second World War, Japan became the world's leading ship builder, and remained so for half a century.


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[Assistant] Now Japan is in second place after South Korea.


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[Assistant] Processing industries play a major role in Japan's economy.


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[Assistant] As the country has very few natural resources, Japan has to import its raw materials before transforming them.


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[Assistant] In 2007, Japan passed the United States to become the world's number one carmaker.


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[Assistant] There are very few workers on the assembly lines because just about all the operations are automated.


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[Assistant] The machine is there to serve man, and man checks the machine's work.


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[Assistant] The sharp edges have been smoothed out, and the motors consume less.


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[Assistant] Japan is the world's leading importer of seafood products.


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[Assistant] The country does have its own resources, but they don't cover the demand.


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[Assistant] There are a good number of oyster farms off the island of Miyajima.


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[Assistant] In the corner of a cove is nestled a sacred place signalled by the characteristic torii gate.


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[Assistant] It's a vast Shintoist shrine built on piles.


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[Assistant] The entire island of Miyajima is considered a divinity.


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[Assistant] The Shintoists venerate the spirits, the kami in Japanese. The sea, the sand, the wind, the seaweed, all have a divine soul.


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[Assistant] A horse offered to the temple turns white after five years.


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[Assistant] With his black cap and his white robe, the Shinto priest officiates in a religion that has no founder, no dogma, and no commandments.


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[Assistant] The Tahoto Pagoda is built in the Japanese style, but it has Indian and Chinese features.


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[Assistant] An extremely refined music played at the Imperial Court.


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[Assistant] To the east of Hiroshima lies the island of Naoshima. A traditional lantern marks the entrance to the port.


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[Assistant] In just a few years, the island has made quite a name for itself.


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[Assistant] And yet the architecture of the houses is nothing special.


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[Assistant] Life on the island changed the day a publisher launched several ambitious projects for the arts. For example, the Art House project gave certain artists the opportunity of turning an ordinary building into a work of art.


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[Assistant] The creator wanted the project to integrate art into nature.


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[Assistant] The concept of blending art and nature is quite zen.


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[Assistant] Outside, the beings conjured up by Niki de Saint Phalle set the tone for works of art that have sprouted up everywhere in the grounds.


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[Assistant] With works by Giacometti and César exposed side by side. The artists play with vision and illusion.


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[Assistant] Painting or landscape? Wall or painting? The museum is a work of art in itself.


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[Assistant] In the heart of the Kansai region, Kyoto was the capital and religious center of the country for more than 1,000 years.


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[Assistant] The patrimony is remarkably well preserved, for the city was spared the bombings of the Second World War.


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[Assistant] Several houses are grouped around a single entrance. For in the old system, property taxes were calculated not according to the building's surface area, but according to the width of the facade. Traditional neighborhood, traditional encounters.


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[Assistant] It's known as the Golden Pavilion, for it is covered in gold leaf.


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[Assistant] A monk burned it down because he couldn't bear its beauty.


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[Assistant] The temple is surrounded by a garden laid out by a Zen Buddhist monk, where there is a stand of giant bamboos.


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[Assistant] The gardeners try to outdo each other in creativity when they design the surroundings of the temples.


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[Assistant] To reach some of the temples one must take the path of philosophy, which winds through the undergrowth.


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[Assistant] Kyoto's first emperor reigned at the end of the 8th century, and the city remained the capital of Japan until the 19th century.


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[Assistant] In the old quarter of Gion, the names of the streets are embedded in the sidewalks.


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[Assistant] Many women wear kimonos in Kyoto. It's a way of showing their attachment to the traditions.


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[Assistant] And one of those traditions is the tea ceremony, which has its origins in Zen Buddhism.


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[Assistant] And the guest must rotate the bowl three times before drinking.


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[Assistant] They buy incense sticks to purify themselves. The gestures are the same as if one were washing with water.


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[Assistant] So on the roof of the Kyoto train station we find a Zen space placed above a buzzing hive of activity.


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[Assistant] Traditional Japanese archery, which demands a good deal of self-control.


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[Assistant] It is painstakingly assembled from strips of bamboo. Bamboo is the ideal material for the bow, but it is very sensitive. Not your ordinary material.


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[Assistant] They say that the target is hit even before the arrow is released.


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[Assistant] The event was founded to commemorate the 1100th anniversary of the founding of Kyoto as Japan's imperial capital. It's also called the Festival of Ages.


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[Assistant] The participants don costumes from different periods going back to the 8th century.


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[Assistant] The different periods take their places for the grand parade that is the highlight of the festival.


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[Assistant] The festival also offers a complete panorama of hats and headpieces. According to the age, social standing, the profession, the region, and the period.


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[Assistant] Reinforced protection, but easy on the feet.


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[Assistant] The parade gets underway and it's the history of Japan passing in review.


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[Assistant] In the western tradition, man seeks to impose his will on the forces of nature.


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[Assistant] According to the religious beliefs and aesthetic values in Japan, man's life should be in harmony with nature. Through different means, interior decoration, music, the tea ceremony, and the garden.


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[Assistant] Man achieves awareness of his place in the natural elements.


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[Assistant] This is the message of the philosophy called Zen.


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[Assistant] By the way, I got an important question. Sure. We need to hash out here. At what age should kids start wearing deodorant?


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[Assistant] She's like, uh, your son has BO for the first time that I've noticed.


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[Assistant] But there was a time where the Browns were supposedly trying to get Watson, and then the report was the Browns were out of it, remember that? And so there was a day or two where players could have, and nobody said anything.


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[Assistant] The thing that stood out most to me was, in the end, Joe Burrow said, Baker's a good quarterback, Deshaun Watson's a great quarterback.


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[Assistant] That's right. And De'Quel, in the end, like, the game has changed so much, even since you've retired, right? Like, the game is so much about, more than ever, it's about the quarterback. And if you look at the AFC,


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[Assistant] I don't know if we've ever seen a better group of quarterbacks. You've got Joe Burrow, you've got Lamar Jackson, you've got Josh Allen, Mahomes, Herbert, Russell Wilson's almost an afterthought.


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[Assistant] I mean, it's crazy what you, it's crazy. You know, Derek Carr is like the ninth or tenth best quarterback in this division and he's a really good player. You can, I don't care what anybody says. You, with Baker Mayfield is not better than any of those guys. You cannot go to the Superbowl with Baker Mayfield as your quarterback. I don't,


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[Assistant] You could have 15 years ago, 20 years ago, you've got a great defense, great running game. I don't think you could win that that way anymore with a decent quarterback. You're decent, but I don't think you could win in this NFL, especially in this AFC anymore. You agree with that?


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[Assistant] In that same vein to quell, you know, I think back to when last year they beat the Lions, right? Lions are terrible.


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[Assistant] It was an ugly game. They barely won. And Baker was, he played a bad game, but they still won. And he was angry after the game and blew off his media session.


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[Assistant] I don't know if they can bring him back, but you look at that Browns D line right now, obviously they got some rookies, you got some young guys who've drafted the last few years.


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[Assistant] Yep. But he's not a major league pitcher right now. So I think the Tigers are going to win this game tonight. Jose Ramirez is probably not going to play.


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[Assistant] They're not hitting at all. I'm not feeling good about the team at the moment. And I think Savalli's gonna get smoked and finally get sent down on the line. I hope I'm wrong.


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[Assistant] We all, I am so angry about this. I know we are. I'm so angry about this because...


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[Assistant] You're coaching football. We have people saving lives. We have military men going to fight for our country. Uh, we have, uh,


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[Assistant] Excellent. That's a good one. We like that. I don't like it. Nah, I don't think it's a good nickname. It doesn't roll off the tongue. Don't like it. Paul's such a hater. I'm a hater. He is a hater.


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[Assistant] He has, he has interesting takes, but you just feel dirty watching. I got another good under the radar. He's a hall of famer, but he's not a huge name. Uh, Andre Dawson was the Hawk. I love that. Yeah, that was a good one.


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[Assistant] And I'll tell you what I think of when I think of Cleveland sports. It's that everybody loves it. I've been to other parts of the country and there's people that love sports and people that don't care. But in Cleveland.


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[Assistant] Doing okay in Columbus, he's not been great. Let's give him a shot. Let's give him a shot. I'm sure it's more defensively. You know what? Listen, I know people hate this guy in Cleveland, but when the Cubs in 15-16 were getting good, they had a veteran catcher Miguel Montero, right?


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[Assistant] Uhm, but they knew Wilson Gutierrez, and Miguel Montero, much better hitter than Austin Hedges. But he wasn't as good a hitter as the potential of Wilson Gutierrez. And the Cubs worked him in, and then by 2016 he was their main guy.


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[Assistant] We're getting off track. Okay, Jose Ramirez is hurt. Yes, this is a major concern. He took a, you know, that, I hope this is not like, remember Jermaine Dye? I know, that's what I thought. I'm like, cause Jose is tough as nails, right? He stayed in the game after the injury. He stayed, got a hit, got a hit, got him a run.


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[Assistant] Uh, and then he had to come out of the game. It looks bad. Now we'll hope for the best. Hopefully it's a minor thing. He misses a couple of days and he's back. He's been in a slump and no surprise, you know, even the best hitters and Jose's one of the best hitters in baseball go into slumps. That's just the way it works. You know, Michael Jordan might have one bad game. He don't go into a long slump.


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[Assistant] Yes, and, and their offense has been bad lately after it was really good early in the season. When Jose's struggling, this team's gonna struggle because he's the straw that, that stirs the drink to his team. And now if he's gonna miss time, it's a disaster. That game, these last two games were horrible. You can't, who was it, was it, uh, who was the pitcher that, that picked up the button and threw it away? I can't remember now. Was it Sandlin?


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[Assistant] All day to throw the ball to first. You can't be throwing the ball away. There wasn't like a rush where you had to get it there quick. So very sloppy play.


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[Assistant] Baseball is a bad system where you're discouraged from bringing up your best.


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[Assistant] The reality is their best minor league hitters are all infielders and that's not really where they're struggling at second, short and third. Although Ahmed Rosario has been awful. He's not hitting at all.


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[Assistant] Because of Frank Kona, I think they will. They'll be up and down.


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[Assistant] It's tough these days because with so much information, you have to, the league adjusts to you and then you gotta adjust them.


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[Assistant] Plus, Jay, they're doing it in the minors, so the younger catchers are growing up that way. Right.


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[Assistant] What they should do if they're going to do this tournament, make it a three on three tournament. That would be exciting.


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[Assistant] I would much rather see that. What's the difference? What's the, why are they doing this tournament? What's the, it's just another game. Brad's right. It's about money.


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[Assistant] But here's my only beef with Mikey McNuggets, like if, I like his rule change, but if you're, if you have the ability, if you're the king of the land, supposedly, wearing a belt, and you could change one rule in sports, that's the rule you're gonna change?


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[Assistant] I played golf with my buddy, Jonathan Peter Lynn. He invited me. He was with his future father-in-law. Now his father-in-law. We played nine holes. I actually think it was the last summer we played. I was awful. Did you walk it or cart?


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[Assistant] We played at that course in the Metro Parks, uh, right by, uh, West Park. I think it was Big Mad or Little Mad.


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[Assistant] By the way, Jay, you know, I mentioned the store Dicks being a funny name, of course. There's a store that, that, uh, was where I grew up, and I want to see if it was still around, and it is still around. And it's called Duty Home Centers.


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[Assistant] This is a real place. It's like a, um, uh, what do you call it? Like a Home Depot type? Like a Home Depot type. Okay. I couldn't think of the word. Duty Home Center. Duty Home Center. So it was right by where I grew up in Brooklyn, and it's still around today.


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[Assistant] Okay, guys, uh, this is a problem that I've been angry about for a very long time. It's a bigger deal where I grew up in New York. It's not as big a deal here because you don't have to parallel park as much here. More people have driveways and garages or whatever, but it's still an issue. And it happens in parking lots too. It's people who are D-bag parkers.


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[Assistant] And their car is so freaking fancy that they gotta be, the middle of the car is on the line. You know what I'm talking about? The middle of the car is on the line so they're taking two spots. So the rest of us gotta walk 82 miles because this schmoe, uh, can't park in one spot because he's afraid somebody's gonna...


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[Assistant] You hit his door with their own door. But it's even worse when you're parking on the street.


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[Assistant] Look at where the curb is if you're parallel parking. Look at where the driveway is. If there's room for two cars in that space of land, then don't park right in the middle. Pull up, move back to this room for somebody else to park there. Don't be a D parker.


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[Assistant] Nobody's going to be near me. By the way, speaking of seven footers real quick, I keep, kept me in the mentions, but the show on HBO winning time about the Lakers. I finished it last night. It is so, I know some of the things were not completely accurate. Who cares? It's not a documentary. The show was phenomenal. The end was phenomenal and it makes me long for the days of 1980s basketball. I'll put that on my list.


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[Assistant] I think players that don't get drafted in the first round should be able to go back to college.


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[Assistant] Yes, because there was a mistake made with lap times. Yes. In the previous episode we tested how fast our Clio was around the track with the reduced weight and new brakes.


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[Assistant] It did it in 1 minute 26 seconds. I made a mistake remembering the previous lap times. The correct times are on the screen now. The Clio originally did a 1 minute 29 and the M3 a 1 minute 26. So you are as fast as an M3 in that Clio now? Yes, yeaah. Maybe I should take the M3 around again.


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[Assistant] Next time. In the future. Yeah, just to see if we've got any better about that. But no, definitely an improvement and three seconds shaved off the benchmark time. I'm happy with that, so it's all good. Yeah, and next time I'll, uh, check my facts before going live, but... Yes.


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[Assistant] So here's the kit of shiny new gaskets and clips for us to fix the exhaust.


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[Assistant] Looking underneath, it's blowing at the section where it joins the downpipe. It's also blowing at this section here, which links the centre section with the back box. You can see the black soot around the joint. And then moving on to the back, we've got these hangers.


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[Assistant] Which we've seen better days, the rubbers in particular, so we need to change those out as well. And then while the exhaust is off, hopefully we can do something with this heat shield.


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[Assistant] As you can see, it's issues like this. So the nut is still in there, but the hole is just sort of corroded and it's popped off the nut. So we're just going to need to put a washer on there, tying it back up. And then this obviously needs connecting onto there.


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[Assistant] Have you loosened these off? Take that. And the sensor off. That's done.


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[Assistant] So we've got the exhaust off the back of the car now and it's basically cracked at the silencer. Yeah, you can see where that's flexing. That is because of this crack. I think it was already a weak point anyway because it's black, black around here where it's been blowing. So what are our options now? There's buy a replacement.


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[Assistant] There's by a replacement silencer, but will the bore be the same size? Because this is an uprated system. Or there's by a new... A whole new exhaust? A new stainless steel system.


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[Assistant] So it's basically what do we want to spend the money on? Yeaah. I mean is it worth, is it worth spending money fixing this, going through the hassle of putting it all back on, and then at a later date fitting a stainless, a new stainless steel system? Or do we bite the bullet, order a stainless steel system now, and get it done in one hit?


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[Assistant] Well the thing was that we were gonna get this on a dyno, weren't we, and test the performance, stock, and then...


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[Assistant] Get a new exhaust and test what horsepower we got extra, so if we...


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[Assistant] Jump ahead and get a new exhaust now. It's kind of ruining that test.


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[Assistant] On further inspection, things were worse than we thought.


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[Assistant] After removing this heavily corroded bracket, we found there was a hole in the cat. But not a hole caused by rust. It looks like a cut made by a grinder. I can only guess that previously someone had cut the bracket off, but gone too far and nicked the cat. And instead of doing the decent thing and welding it back up,


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[Assistant] They just fitted it back on the car. Here's a close up of the silencer, showing just how bad it was. With cracks at the top and bottom, it was probably only a matter of time before the exhaust fell off. So as well as needing a new silencer,


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[Assistant] We need this cat repaired, or a new cat. Not much of a plus, but the back box was actually looking pretty good.


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[Assistant] The car couldn't stay where it was so we had to put the exhaust back together again before we could move it. So things never go smoothly when working on your car.


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[Assistant] Uhm, just a weakness in the actual exhaust, wasn't it? Yeaah, maybe it's been rattling around a while and it's been flexing on it, or maybe it's just a cheap exhaust. Yeaah, but it's pretty terminal, it's actually cracked, it's not cracked on the join or anything like that, it's actually on the centre section where it joins the silencer.


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[Assistant] So we've got to make a decision. Yeah, we can spend some money getting a replacement part, getting it welded up, but I think maybe that's a false economy and we just get a brand new exhaust. Yeah. So I think, yeah, we get a new stainless steel exhaust. Any recommendations for exhausts? Been looking at the Scorpion, RS192.


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[Assistant] Any other sort of options other than that, uhm, that are tried and tested, will be, uh, willing to do.


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[Assistant] Next time on Road and Race, we crack on with replacing the broken driveshaft boot and fit stiffer lowering springs.


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[Assistant] We've been hard at work all day, it's now dark. That's how dedicated we are. Anyway.


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[Assistant] Well, we're gonna have to do a few things different. Let's see what this problem says. So if the car passes point A, with a speed of 20 meters per second. So here's point A, and it's going up this hill, right?


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[Assistant] We can go back to our old equations. Remember our old equations here for constant acceleration. So if we want to find, I don't know, velocity at a time. Now remember where these equations came from. If you don't, you can go back and watch the videos right before this.


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[Assistant] Determine the magnitude of the car's acceleration when s equals 100 meters. Now s is the arc length. It's the curve along that arc there.


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[Assistant] And when x equals zero, so when x equals zero, he's like, he's like there, right? That's the point where x equals zero. So let's see if we can figure this out, eh? So first thing,


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[Assistant] First thing you know that I didn't write that. One of my students came in here and spent time and wrote this properly for me. So y'all have a fantastic experience. Does it make your time better here? Okay, let's find...


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[Assistant] And that's what this equation here does. It approximates from here to here as kind of an average and calls it, let's just be a straight line. And what happens is as d theta gets small, that straight line, uhm, it goes to zero. It gets, it gets, uh, there's no error there. Okay?


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[Assistant] Right? So I'm gonna take the derivative of this function one time, and that's gonna be what? Constants go away. Uh, this guy here is gonna be 2 times 1 over 625 times x. So we call that negative 2 over 165 x squared. Couldn't we? No, not x squared, just x. Sorry, remember we reduce, uhm, our exponent there. Okay? Remember this?


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[Assistant] Meters per second squared. That is the magnitude of the resultant acceleration.


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[Assistant] I am at your service, my lord, by order of the king.


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[Assistant] Here it is. I have made it as you desire.


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[Assistant] I've heard that churches will be looted to cover the expenses of the rebellion.


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[Assistant] Rumors. You're that tonight, Emperor.


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[Assistant] There is nothing but women, children and old men left in the city. They will surrender without a fight.


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[Assistant] The castle is protected by a solid double wall.


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[Assistant] He exists solely to find the man who can beat him. So far, no one's ever defeated him. Not even at a game of chess.


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[Assistant] I hoped to reach him first, but he has been slain.


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[Assistant] This rebellion must bring peace.


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[Assistant] Could come out and say this when he doesn't get his way or things don't go his way.


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[Assistant] The narcissist in him doesn't allow those things to happen and it's ridiculous when he's not on top. Some people think they're God.


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[Assistant] Go dig into how God did his deal. You may find out about a guy that a lot of things you don't want to know.


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[Assistant] We built him up to be the czar of football. Go dig into his past. Or anybody that's ever coached with him. You can find out anything you want to find out. What he does and how he does it.


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[Assistant] It's despicable. It's the second time we've had to do this with grown men who don't get their way and want to pout, throw a fit and act up. Just go ask all the people who work for him.


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[Assistant] You know exactly what he's about. I always said this. My dad always told me this. When people show you who they are, believe them. He's showing you who he is. First of all,


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[Assistant] Have you had any contact with Nick? No. Oh, he's called. You just didn't take the call? Not going to. We're done.


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[Assistant] He shows you who he is. You can call me anything you wanna call me. You ain't calling me a cheat. I don't cheat and I don't lie.


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[Assistant] So I learned that when I was a kid, if you did, the old man slapped you side of the head. Maybe somebody should have slapped him. I don't mind confrontation.


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[Assistant] Backing away from it wasn't the way I was raised. It's despicable for what it does for the sport. And the operations, the way things were done the other way, when the parody was there, like we said, never has been parody. Certain people never followed the rules anyway. I gotta say.


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[Assistant] That was Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Read by Juliet Stevenson.


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[Assistant] We do hope you have enjoyed listening to this sterling audiobook.


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[Assistant] For details of other sterling recordings, please contact us and we'll be delighted to send you a catalogue listing all our titles.


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[Assistant] This budget simply reallocates and reprioritizes spending as any family or business would do.


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[Assistant] Regarding the question as to climate change, I think the president was fairly straightforward. We're not spending money on that anymore. We consider that to be a waste of your money.


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[Assistant] Frank got out of bed and wrapped his arms around me. I stayed stiff as Lot's wife, but he persisted.


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[Assistant] Caressing my hair and rubbing my shoulders in the way he knew I liked. No, I don't think any such thing, he said firmly. He pulled me closer and I relaxed slightly, though not enough to put my arms around him. After a long time he murmured into my hair. No, I know you never do such a thing.


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[Assistant] I only meant to say that even if you ever did, Claire, it would make no difference to me. I love you so. Nothing you ever did could stop my loving you. He took my face between his hands, only four inches taller than I. He could look directly into my eyes without trouble and said softly, forgive me.


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[Assistant] His breath, barely scented with the tang of Glenfiddich, was warm on my face.


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[Assistant] And his lips, full and inviting were disturbingly close.


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[Assistant] Another flash from outside heralded the sudden breaking of the storm, and a thundering rain smashed down on the slates of the roof. I slowly put my arms around his waist. The quality of mercy is not strained, I quoted. It droppeth as the gentle dew from heaven. Frank laughed and looked upward.


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[Assistant] The overlapping stains on the ceiling boded ill for the prospects of our sleeping dry all night.


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[Assistant] If that's a sample of your mercy, he said, I'd hate to see your vengeance.


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[Assistant] The thunder went off like a mortar attack as though in answer to his words, and we both laughed at ease again.


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[Assistant] It was only later, listening to his regular deep breathing beside me, that I began to wonder. As I had said.


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[Assistant] There was no evidence whatsoever to imply unfaithfulness on my part. MY part. But six years, as he'd said, was a long time.


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[Assistant] Madidi, welcome. We had so much fun with you last week. You joined us via remote and we had so much fun and we knew that you were going to be in Cleveland, so we wanted to have you in for the entire show. So thank you very much for coming.


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[Assistant] I promise you we won't. We'll probably be asking you to come back once a week. Uh, Adam the Bull, Mike hooks in because it's a Thursday. He's in every Tuesday, Thursday. Of course, Aditi. G. Bush had to, for you, he normally sets the belt right here and he said, I don't want this to blow.


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[Assistant] Well, I think when Maurice Claret was here Tuesday, and at some point Marie, I think it might have been when he said that he


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[Assistant] We're gonna find out a lot about Pittsburgh moving forward. Because a good quarterback can hide a lot of deficiencies. Yes. And you saw that in New England when Tom Brady left. He took over a team that didn't make the playoffs the year before and he goes to Tampa and he of course wins the Super Bowl. They hide a lot of warts. How long is he playing?


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[Assistant] Can you look to a top tier NFL guy who's making top tier money?


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[Assistant] But I'm old. But I do. I find his, you know why? I think he has the same Charles Barkley thing. He's real.


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[Assistant] He's funny. He's a genuinely funny guy and you wouldn't know that. I hope we get to see that part of Tom when he becomes a broadcaster because my hope was, I hate to see him sign with one network. Here's what I wanted him to do. A revolutionary deal.


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[Assistant] He works for whatever network has the Super Bowl. So he year to year, he goes from Fox to CBS to I want to see him in the Super Bowl.


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[Assistant] He said a couple of plays earlier, they should never, ever play zone defense. Ever.


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[Assistant] Is it different though, Aditi, whether it's the defense or the offense? It seems to me that it is. I think that because defense is reactionary, right? A little bit, sure. So you can call a play and you can hope that it fits what the offense is called and that you're successful. But to me, the driving force of a football game is what the offense decides to do on any given day.


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[Assistant] At the end of the day the players are reacting to what the other guys are doing. On offense, you're making the defense react to what you're doing. You can be more aggressive.


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[Assistant] The gurus that have made their chops on offense when they become the head coach, I just think it takes a little more attention.


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[Assistant] But to me as a fan watching, I feel like you have more control over a game as an offensive coordinator because you're dictating what's going on than you do as a defensive coordinator because you could call a blitz, but if the offense has blitz pickup package and they slide protect or a tight end comes over,


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[Assistant] Set to make 18 million, whatever that final number is. They haven't moved him.


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[Assistant] Deshaun gets a lengthy suspen- any suspension before the season starts.


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[Assistant] Watson and Baker, $20 million this year. It seems to me the Browns would rather keep him as an insurance policy.


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[Assistant] Rather than give him up and pay a large portion of his salary.


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[Assistant] To play for someone else. Am I completely wrong? Is there a zero percent chance that happens?


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[Assistant] He's never acted like an adult. In your scenario, G, everybody wins. Here's why. I'm not bitching about anything if we're 4-0.


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[Assistant] Leroy Hoard, welcome to the Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show, former running back of the Browns in the 90s, a dear friend of mine, and our beloved Cleveland Brown. Did they not love Leroy Hoard?


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[Assistant] Leroy, jump in on this Baker talk. Am I nuts? Tell me I'm nuts. I'm used to it.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I don't blame you. I don't blame you. Were you going to go to the, the bench press or I mean, the, the, did you see Lee? Uh, did you see Leroy when I think it was last week, Nick Chubb posted a video of him squatting 675 pounds. Did you see that? Yep. Good for him.


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[Assistant] What do you make of it though? What did you, what was your, cause you were a big running back. Strong guy in the weight room.


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[Assistant] That's Bill Belichick's story.


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[Assistant] Leroy, Mikey McNuggets, our producer, has a question for you. Go ahead, Mikey. Hey Leroy.


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[Assistant] Harbaugh better watch out because this year, this Ohio state offense, once again, we'll probably have three wide receivers in the top 15 down the road. That's just what we do. And we've got a Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback and running back. It's going to be ugly this year.


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[Assistant] Hey, before we let you go, I want to tell the quick story. He was in town last football season. We're eating dinner at Johnny's, the Italian place downtown. Leroy's eyesight isn't what it used to be. So there's a big group of us and he's taking group pictures and he's going to drop them to the group, the group, air drop them.


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[Assistant] So they all came over to our table. We had a good laugh and uhm, I just wanted to share that story because every time I tell it makes people laugh because they know Leroy and they know his sense of humor.


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[Assistant] Uh, hey, you're gonna come back and join us pretty regularly, aren't you?


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[Assistant] Hi, my name is Jay Crawford. I'm a lifelong Cleveland sports fan. My favorite all-time Cleveland sports moment. You're not going to believe this. It was Rajay Davis's home run in game seven that tied the score.


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[Assistant] What matters most to me is family. Sometimes you don't realize how important it is until you're away from them.


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[Assistant] Hi, my name is Jay Crawford. I am a lifelong Cleveland sports fan. I have carried my fandom every city I've ever lived in.


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[Assistant] And we know how much our teens mean to us. Most of us know that because of our parents. In my case, my father was just a huge Cleveland sports fan. It was really part of our life. It was woven into everything we did. And it was our connection throughout his life.


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[Assistant] Okay, uhm, I know you've been sworn, I've read your complaints.


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[Assistant] We've got a fairly full docket, so let's go to the court reporter. What are we starting with?


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[Assistant] So maybe in the absence of Deshawn for six or eight weeks, drew a brief.


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[Assistant] First and foremost, let's just say it out loud. Drew Brees, Baker Mayfield. That's all you have to say.


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[Assistant] Which I don't allow that to happen. No. But if one of my drafts were to be leaked, you would find that I'm leaning heavily towards G. Bush.


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[Assistant] What you don't want to be called. Okay, what's your dumb, what's number five? The worst number five.


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[Assistant] Lester just rhymes with Lester. It's too easy. Don't do it. He wore a stick-em on his socks too, which I thought was really cool. Outlawed that in no time. He would stick his hand up and catch the ball with one hand as he's guarding guys because he's just got so much stick-em on there.


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[Assistant] So you had that at number two. I just had that on my list. I didn't write mine. What's your number one?


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[Assistant] A bunch of the guys were like, you know, ragging on me because I still play. I'm still, I'm still that guy.


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[Assistant] Uh, Tim Kirkshin said, there's no way you could square up a 90 mile an hour fastball. And I'm like, I'd bring it. Give me three pitches, I will.


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[Assistant] And they didn't get ESPN's permission and I used to send that link around to my buddies. I'm like, here I am cranking 90 and they pull it for some reason. ESPN made them pull the video because they didn't have the rights and it broke my heart because I still have the link, which has the full article that explains what the bet was.


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[Assistant] Stick around, The Oakland Fitness Sports Show is coming right back. I promise you, you will not want to miss this.


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[Assistant] That's the beauty of having no sponsors. We're new. Like, we don't have to take commercial break.


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[Assistant] Good bet. Oh, we'll take a break and do final takes. That's awesome. Thanks. We'll be right back. Final takes. Did he do a final take? What are final takes? We just kind of talked for a minute on something that we're passionate about that is in the sports. It doesn't even have to be sports related. I would love to.


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[Assistant] My name is Jay Crawford. I am a lifelong Cleveland sports fan. I have carried my fandom every city I've ever lived in.


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[Assistant] People have always asked me, why are you so die-hard about Cleveland? Because I'm from here.


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[Assistant] And we know how much our teens mean to us. Most of us know that because of our parents. In my case, my father was just a huge Cleveland sports fan. It was really part of our life. It was woven into everything we did and it was our connection throughout his life.


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[Assistant] Hi, my name is Jay Crawford. I'm a lifelong Cleveland sports fan. My favorite all-time Cleveland sports moment. You're not going to believe this. It was Rajay Davis's home run in game seven that tied the score.


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[Assistant] Funny, quick story on him. I think it was a Christmas day game. My son's birthday was Christmas Eve.


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[Assistant] And it was either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. We were at, we were at, uh, uh, the queue for the game.


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[Assistant] And we've seen that, and the Browns have been one of the leaders in this right now, uhm, bringing female coaches in, female assistants.


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[Assistant] And as I've had an opportunity the last 10 to 15 years, as I look at the national media landscape, I have many female friends that have made their way in a man's world, the NFL.


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[Assistant] And I will tell you it is ten times more difficult for a female to make it in this business than it is for any of us. Because sports fans


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[Assistant] No genuine and they know fake right away. You can't pretend you know this business. I've seen women try. I've seen men try. Fans figure it out like that and they don't, they don't stick around very long. We have a very distinct language and a deity and others that I've worked with along the way.


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[Assistant] Kudos to all the women in a man's world. What was formerly a man's world. You've done well. You've done very well. There's always a clip.


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[Assistant] Alright, very good. Uh, we're out of time on the Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show. We're back tomorrow, 11 o'clock to 1 o'clock. Tell your friends, tell your neighbors, like us, subscribe to us.


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[Assistant] Many people don't even know where to find answers.


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[Assistant] There could be probably two causes. There could be a divine cause and there could be a human cause.


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[Assistant] Once intelligence we have to use to know which cause to focus on.


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[Assistant] The same event. It's almost now that I look at this because there are three principles for existence.


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[Assistant] Where do we just jump to a divine cause whenever there is a problem? We, we look for practical causes. If I fall down and I have a fracture.


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[Assistant] I was, uhm, it seems in America past there was division based on religion, then there's women on race. Now it's political division.


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[Assistant] You know, what you said earlier, I mean, thinking about this, there is exclusivism and then there is extremism.


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[Assistant] The rising of consciousness toward this people getting say fed up of fanatical radical kind of faith.


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[Assistant] You know, so you're, so what you're saying is that with the example of the abused,


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[Assistant] So, so you are saying this is a Marathi Shloka by Ramdas Swami, these three things.


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[Assistant] And then we look at the causes of this stupidity because...


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[Assistant] Cheaters are punishable because they cheated, but they, they cheat, they, they exploited others, but the cheated have to also become experts of that. They don't become cheated. And then when we take responsibility, then we can do good for ourselves and some good for the world also. That's how there can be actual sugar. Any points that you want to add or anything I missed out on?


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[Assistant] I'm doing good. I'm doing good. Uh, I had a, you know, I was looking at the game in their early struggles. They, uh, you know, they, uh,


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[Assistant] Car was getting burned up and batted around like a baseball.


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[Assistant] But he finally found some footing and moved the team a little bit better, uh, to make sure that, um.


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[Assistant] That we get some, get some points on the board and he had made some great throws.


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[Assistant] That Olavi throw two, he made two great throws at, at one handed catch was spectacular by, by, I think it was Olavi and he made another, another tremendous throw.


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[Assistant] But I'm, I'm looking forward to this team. I know they still run, they still running through some rust and, uh, uh, you know, getting the offense down. I mean, they still, uh, uh,


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[Assistant] Still getting it together and the defense is playing stellar. I love the way they played. I mean, they played gave a token touchdown up toward the end of the game, but they still held Carolina pretty good. I mean, it's like they were, they were all over the field.


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[Assistant] And you're not allowing too many runs, too much running yardage that they, you know, the old defenses will give up some running yards. They're not doing that right now. They're really playing very well.


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[Assistant] One thing he has to run the ball cause it opens up their passing game.


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[Assistant] Uh, it, it allows, and plus it takes some of the pressure off of Derek, you know, so he can do what he does best.


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[Assistant] Uh, I, I wasn't too happy about some of the, uh, the pressure that was put on, on Derek and his sacks.


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[Assistant] That, uh, like I see the, uh, the other ones, I think it's the left side of the Saints offensive line.


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[Assistant] Uh, still giving up, uh, you know, allowing a lot, allowing sacks on, on Derek. If he keep up, that doesn't get cleaned up.


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[Assistant] Holding a clipboard. We don't want that. We want to make sure Derek can stay on the field because he can lead the team. He leads, he leads the team. He knows how to get the ball out. Sometimes he makes a mistake. I know he made a mistake on that last one.


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[Assistant] Uh, pressure was on him. He threw the ball up for grabs, which is not a good idea for an experienced quarterback. And I was surprised he did that.


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[Assistant] But I think, you know, as he learns and gets more familiar with his weapons.


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[Assistant] I think we're gonna see, uh, see a better dairy call.


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[Assistant] Growing pains, he's growing to, uh, with the, uh, new offense. Uh, and he is, uh, he's going to be okay.


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[Assistant] Because he, he just made some bad throws today, you know, and I think it was because he was trying to get a play.


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, cause he was about to get sacked and so he just tried to get the ball out and you know what can happen when those big linemen are.


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[Assistant] Around the quarterback and he could hit his hand to tip the ball, make it go short.


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[Assistant] Or they can, or force him to make a throw, see a play that's not there. And I think Derrick saw a play that he thought was there, that actually wasn't there.


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[Assistant] And that's how the interception came about, but the defense stepped up and, and stopped Carolina. Uh, you know, so.


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[Assistant] He's got, he's having groin pains. I'm looking, I'm interested to see how he will be doing.


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[Assistant] Maybe about his fifth, fourth or fifth game. When you get, when, uh, Alvin comes back.


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[Assistant] That'll be some help for him, so that oughta make his, uh,


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[Assistant] And make him a little bit better and more stable to have a more stronger running game. You know, right now we missing Kamara and Kamara is our bell cop. So we've got to make sure we get him back.


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[Assistant] And then we can, we can see it. I don't know how long it would take them to get him back up to speed, but, uh, once he gets incorporated into the offense, we'll see him, we'll see him, uh, be a little bit better. Cause he got the speed, he got the guys that could catch, he got the speed. He got the sure hander receiver with Thomas and then.


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[Assistant] He's got a good tight end that, uh, uh, tight end regimen, so.


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[Assistant] Once he gets that running game and able to run that game, that's the quarterback's best friend is a running game. Once he gets that, get Kamara back, we'll see even more improvement.


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[Assistant] I think that we're gonna, I think we're gonna be okay. They're still getting their act together, I think.


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[Assistant] You're gonna find a mistake or two made down, down the line there, but.


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[Assistant] I think the team is going to get better. I've seen, especially if he got better in that second half.


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[Assistant] And the defense is playing out of their mind. So if we can keep that going.


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[Assistant] I think we'll go a long way and I'm not worried about Green Bay. I think they can handle Green Bay.


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[Assistant] Because they get better and better as they go, as all the offense is starting to awake.


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[Assistant] Even though it started off a little slow, but this, their offense has started to wake.


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[Assistant] So we just gotta hang in there with them and support them. I think they're gonna be fine.


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[Assistant] And when he put his foot back too far, next thing you know, he was on top of the other guy.


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[Assistant] Our railway adventure begins in the colourful port city of Guayaquil. Located on the Pacific coast, it's home to more than 2 million people.


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[Assistant] There are quite a few iguanas here. They're free to roam around and they multiply prodigiously.


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[Assistant] Our journey will begin in a few minutes. The train is waiting in Duran, a suburb of Guayaquil.


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[Assistant] Rail travel in Ecuador is experiencing a renaissance right now. The railway was completed more than a hundred years ago when Eloy Alfaro was president. It made him a national hero.


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[Assistant] The journey is still an adventure. A few security guards on mopeds have joined us.


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[Assistant] Today, its reconstruction serves the same purpose.


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[Assistant] The project has become known as a patriotic challenge that aims to unite Ecuador's various ethnic groups.


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[Assistant] The Trans-Equadorian Railway is 450 kilometres long and runs from the Pacific Coast eastward into the Andean Highlands.


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[Assistant] But Ecuador's lifeline was blocked for 15 years.


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[Assistant] 250 kilometres of track were affected by landslides and general neglect.


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[Assistant] In the early 20th century, Ecuador was an economically underdeveloped country.


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[Assistant] But the rail line changed all that, bringing crops from the fields to market.


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[Assistant] These bunches of bananas are heavy, and it's hard work to haul them around.


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[Assistant] The teams earn the legal minimal monthly wage, which is equivalent to about 220 euros.


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[Assistant] This is the plantation's logistics centre. Here the bananas are separated from the stalks and then sorted according to varying export standards.


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[Assistant] Ecuador's climate is ideal for growing bananas all year round.


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[Assistant] The bananas are washed carefully to remove any traces of pesticides.


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[Assistant] The project cost the equivalent of 220 million euros, an enormous sum for a country like Ecuador.


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[Assistant] One characteristic of the transition from the coastal region to the Andes Mountains is the cloud forest, a natural primeval paradise that's also one of the world's most endangered ecosystems.


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[Assistant] We're about to meet a local tribe of indigenous people. The Shuar.


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[Assistant] Those who are allowed to visit are greeted with ritual dances.


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[Assistant] After this uplifting experience, we travel some 90 kilometres to the town of Bukai.


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[Assistant] It lies in the foothills of the Andes, at an elevation of about 300 metres above sea level.


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[Assistant] In 1998, the Chunchan River burst its banks here.


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[Assistant] The floodwaters tore out a section of the track and damaged a nearby train station and this fuel tank.


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[Assistant] In 2008, on the 100th anniversary of the railway's completion, President Rafael Correa announced that the entire line would be rebuilt. But most people don't benefit from this new service.


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[Assistant] He's talking about the Tren Crucero. It offers the only continuous service on this route. It runs once every two weeks and has room for 54 passengers.


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[Assistant] The four-day trip costs the equivalent of a thousand euros. Only wealthy foreign tourists can afford to travel on this train.


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[Assistant] This small cemetery near the town of Uikra, recalls a dark chapter in the railway's history.


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[Assistant] Thousands of workers died either in construction accidents or because they fell ill.


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[Assistant] The construction supervisor, John Harmon, died here in 1907, probably of yellow fever. This cross is dedicated to him.


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[Assistant] Due to the climate, the local people from the Highlands were considered unsuitable for railway construction work.


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[Assistant] So the managers recruited nearly 3,000 men from Jamaica who had experience in building railways.


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[Assistant] This is the town of Sibambe, where we begin the ascent to the famous Devil's Nose.


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[Assistant] At one time people were allowed to sit on the roof of the train, but after several accidents the authorities put a stop to that.


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[Assistant] One of the first passengers was President Eloy Alfaro. He wrote,


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[Assistant] The town of Alo Si is located 2,360 metres above sea level. That's 550 metres higher than Sibambi.


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[Assistant] Tourists come to Alausi to visit the site of Ecuador's largest Inca ruins, which are located nearby, at Inga Pirca.


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[Assistant] The area around Inga Pirka was settled by a local people called the Kanyari, who were conquered by the Incas in the early 16th century.


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[Assistant] Archaeologists found a grave under these stones.


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[Assistant] Inga Perke was sacred to both the Cagnaris and the Incas.


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[Assistant] We return to the Tren Crucero. This train reflects much of Ecuador's modern history.


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[Assistant] We spend the morning crossing a semi-arid region called Tiokaha at an elevation of 3,000 metres.


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[Assistant] This steam engine will take us on the next stage of our journey. It was built by an American company and was used regularly on this line until 1992.


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[Assistant] It's time for some last minute maintenance.


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[Assistant] While that's going on, we set off for a small chapel right next to the railway line.


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[Assistant] The chapel was built in 1524, which makes it Ecuador's oldest church.


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[Assistant] This was the start of the Spanish effort to convert the region to Christianity.


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[Assistant] At full steam, the engine cranks out a lot of horsepower and does it at 3,300 meters above sea level. It's almost like watching a volcano erupt.


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[Assistant] On this section of the route, the tren crucero always uses a steam locomotive. It's a nice change as we travel through the Andean highlands.


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[Assistant] When the skies are clear, you can see several volcanoes from here. Some of them are still active.


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[Assistant] We've been invited to the home of our locomotive driver Edgar.


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[Assistant] Rio Bamba is known for a grilled dish made from guinea pigs. It's called Cuiasaro.


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[Assistant] Edgar's mother Maria keeps a watchful eye on the preparations.


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[Assistant] Just a few years ago, two local people died of plague after eating guinea pig. But Maria knows how to cook the dish properly. With garlic, onions and potatoes.


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[Assistant] These llamas seem at home here in Urbina. This is Ecuador's highest railway station.


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[Assistant] You might expect to see a cogwheel train here, but the engine makes the trip on its own.


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[Assistant] Baltasarushka is the Chimborazo region's last Jelero, or Ice Merchant.


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[Assistant] At an elevation of 4,100 metres, there's still some grass to be found.


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[Assistant] Baltazar makes ropes out of the grass, so he can tie the ice chunks to his donkey's back.


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[Assistant] Balthazar has been excavating ice here for 55 years.


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[Assistant] Balthasar cuts the ice into chunks that weigh about 50kg each. It's hard work, especially at this altitude.


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[Assistant] Then he wraps the chunks in grass to keep the ice cold.


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[Assistant] He ties a rope around a bale of ice and then loads it onto his donkey.


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[Assistant] Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador at almost 6,300 metres. It's now late in the day.


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[Assistant] Balthazar has returned to Rio Bamba


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[Assistant] It certainly seems to have kept Balthazar in fine shape for all these years.


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[Assistant] It's clear the railway was rebuilt for the tourist trade.


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[Assistant] The train continues to roll through the highlands, and the passengers seem to be enjoying the trip.


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[Assistant] Ecuador is famed for its roses and exports two billion of them every year.


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[Assistant] The local climate and high elevation offer near perfect growing conditions.


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[Assistant] This is the Nevados Rosés farm. 52 species of roses are grown here on a total of 35 hectares. Red roses are in demand all year round.


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[Assistant] 500 workers, most of them women, sort and package the flowers.


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[Assistant] After each disaster, the city was rebuilt.


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[Assistant] It's hosted a number of prominent guests, including the German geographer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt.


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[Assistant] This is the room where Humboldt stayed in 1802. Nowadays visitors can stay here.


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[Assistant] Humboldt's work created the basis for his mountain research. But he never did climb Kotopaxi.


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[Assistant] The national park that surrounds the volcano is home to a number of wild horses.


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[Assistant] Kotopaxi is known as the Matterhorn of the Andes. The summit is often obscured by clouds.


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[Assistant] The final part of our journey takes us through an area that Humboldt called the Avenue of the Volcanoes.


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[Assistant] This is also a tourist train, and it makes trips to Quito at the weekend.


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[Assistant] The Trans-Ecuadorian Railway was once much more than a means of transport. It was a symbol of national pride.


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[Assistant] But a lot of the freight traffic was moved from the railway to the Pan American Highway. Still, the legacy of the railway remains.


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[Assistant] But can that be done with a railway line that caters mostly to tourists? We arrive in Quito, our final destination.


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[Assistant] This is the world's highest capital city, at an elevation of 2,850 metres.


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[Assistant] Keto was one of the twelve original UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The list was first compiled in 1978.


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[Assistant] Alexander von Humboldt enjoyed his stay in Quito. He wrote that the city simply breathes sensuality and opulence.


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[Assistant] These souped up party buses first appeared in the capital twenty years ago. A tour around the city takes about two hours.


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[Assistant] Tonio, please do it for me.


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[Assistant] Ayy, coach say ayy man, like it don't matter who, who's out there, man. Like, I mean, like, I mean, like when guys playing, we playing for the whole group. You feel what I'm saying? So I mean, like me playing is just like Jamal playing, Kendre, all of us out there. It don't matter.


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[Assistant] I mean, coach told us before the game, like, uh, the team don't have to run through the trenches and I think we did.


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[Assistant] And I mean, and to be honest, I mean, to be honest, our line ran it.


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[Assistant] Dig man, you know, you know, me, I mean, like me personally, like, I mean, like with my journey, man, I mean, like I'm a journeyman. I mean, I've been on three teams in the last 12, 12 months, you know, so I mean, like God is real.


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[Assistant] And hey, glory to him. I mean, that on the field wasn't me. I mean, it's all him.


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[Assistant] I ain't even know that like it was going to be just me and him. I mean, to be honest. So, I mean, uh, like coach had us out there running drills and I was like, dang, it's only two of us. So I mean, eh.


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[Assistant] You gotta thug, thugging, you gotta thug through it. You gotta fight, fight through it, man. That's all you gotta do.


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[Assistant] I already knew it was a tutty before it even played. You know what I mean? The play happened. I was like, I don't care what I gotta do. I, shoot, I'm scoring this one. It didn't matter. I mean, four, four years in the league, man. And you know, you know, uh, I mean, like it takes a while, but hey, like it's here.


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[Assistant] I mean, like I scored on my wife's birthday tomorrow, so. Bless, man.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, you know what I'm saying, hey. So, I mean, technically, that uh, ball wasn't even for me. I mean, that ball was for her. But that second one? That's mine. That's mine right there.


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[Assistant] Hey, I mean, I mean, like it's hard out here for backs nowadays. I mean, like we got to be tight. I mean, tight, tighten it together. You got to fight, you know, we got to fight together. It don't matter. I mean, like if I'm, I mean, like if I'm, you know, you know, if I'm out there Jamal.


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[Assistant] Don't matter man. Yars is hi- I mean hi- his yards is my yards and my- and my yards is his yards. Don't matter.


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[Assistant] Yeah, uh, yeah, uh, like, you know, I mean, Mike's been my dog for a while, man, you know, so I mean, like, I mean, like, Mike came, came, Mike, Mike came up to me and like saw the look, look in my eyes. He was like, hey, man.


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[Assistant] You are, you are a dog. Coach got you out there for a reason. Now, now, show that.


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[Assistant] And then I did that, you know, so it was good to hear, hear that from, you know, Mike. So it was good.


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[Assistant] Nothing else you can do. I mean, good, good, good, good, bad, or ugly. I mean, like, I mean, like, you just gotta fight through it, man, and like, you gotta do it for, I mean, for all of your dogs that's not there.


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[Assistant] And I think I did some, some were good. So we good. Yeah. Yeah. Good sir.


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[Assistant] Nah, nah, she's uh, she's pregnant right now, so she ain't traveling right now. So yeaah.


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[Assistant] Yeah, she called, called me and she was like, oh man, I got me a ball on my birthday. I was like, yeah, but I got me one too though. Just remember that.


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[Assistant] Uh, we've been married for almost four months now. Uh, we've been dating since my senior year in high school. Yeah, my rock.


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[Assistant] Shoot, I'm telling y'all, man, like, ayy, shoot, I wouldn't be here without her. Promise you that.


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[Assistant] There's uh, there's, there's uh, things that, there's like days that like I want to quit, you feel what I'm saying? But I mean her, she's, she's my rock. I mean like, I mean like without her, I don't know where I would be. I mean that.


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[Assistant] I didn't care if I was on P-P-P squad active. I don't care where I was at. I'm, hey coach, I'm there.


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[Assistant] Does it all for us and, and, and like, he don't care about his accolades and none of that. He's just fighting.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Dev definitely set a set example for all of us, you know? Uh, I mean, you know, uh, we strive striving to be something close to that, you know, just fighting through and doing like whatever it takes to help help the team win.


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[Assistant] What's new with Betsy and Jay? Weekdays at 5 on 3. Recognize that feeling? It is the feeling of being together.


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[Assistant] The old man's face was a mask. He did not move from his spot.


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[Assistant] You will pay the price for that, Daedalus. I'd heard that voice before. It was Annabeth's mother, Athena. Daedalus scowled up at the heavens.


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[Assistant] Yet the boy had my blessing as well, and you have killed him. For that you must pay. I've paid and paid, Daedalus growled.


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[Assistant] A searing pain closed around my neck like a molten hot collar, cutting off my breath, making everything go black.


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[Assistant] I woke in the dark, my hands clutching at my throat. Percy? Grover called from the other sofa. Are you okay? I steadied my breathing. I wasn't sure how to answer.


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[Assistant] I just watched the guy we were looking for, Dedalus, murder his own nephew. How could I be okay?


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[Assistant] The television was going. Blue light flickered through the room. What? What time is it? I croaked. Two in the morning, Grover said. I couldn't sleep. I was watching the nature channel. He sniffled. I missed Juniper. I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. Yeah, well, you'll see her again soon. Grover shook his head sadly.


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[Assistant] Do you know what day it is, Percy? I just saw it on TV. It's June 13th. Seven days since we left camp. What? I said. That can't be right.


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[Assistant] Time is faster in the labyrinth, Grover reminded me.


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[Assistant] The first time you and Annabeth went down there, you thought you were only gone a few minutes, right? But it was an hour. Oh. I said, right.


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[Assistant] Then it dawned on me what he was saying and my throat felt searing hot again. Your deadline with the Council of Cloven Elders.


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[Assistant] Grover put the TV remote in his mouth and crunched off the end of it.


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[Assistant] I'm out of time, he said with a mouthful of plastic. As soon as I go back, they'll take away my searcher's license. I'll never be allowed to go out again. We'll talk to them, I promised. Make them give you more time. Grover swallowed.


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[Assistant] They'll never go for it. The world is dying, Percy. Every day it gets worse. The wild. I can just feel it fading. I have to find Pan. You will, man. No doubt.


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[Assistant] He's not one of those fast reformers. Thank the gods. You've done me a favor.


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[Assistant] Started as a regular half-blood, but I chose immortality when my dad offered it. Worst mistake I ever made. Now I'm stuck here at this ranch. I can't leave. I can't quit. I'll just tend the cows and fight Gary in spots. We're kinda tied together.


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[Assistant] Welcome to The Late Show, everybody. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert.


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[Assistant] It continues tomorrow night and Friday here on CBS, right? Am I right about that? Yeah. Uhm, everybody's brackets okay?


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[Assistant] Yeah? How's everybody's buckets? I'll explain that in a moment. You see, uh, for weeks now, Republicans have been pushing their Obamacare replacement plan. But...


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[Assistant] But as positive coverage helps calm down the big angry man with the launch codes, I say do it.


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[Assistant] I want to help. That's why I had the Late Show's in-house news team, Real News Tonight, make a new report that the White House can play at any time.


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[Assistant] In exchange for classified information, Fat Leonard treated U.S. naval officers to decadent orgies in Manila, including a raging multi-day party at the Shangri-La Hotel with a rotating carousel of prostitutes. Of course, the carousel of prostitutes is the most popular ride at Prostitute World.


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[Assistant] What gave it away? Was it the three bodies?


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[Assistant] You work for Kronos, don't you? You're supplying his army with horses, food, whatever they need.


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[Assistant] Garian shrugged, which was very weird since he had three sets of shoulders. It looked like he was doing the wave all by himself.


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[Assistant] I work for anyone with gold, young lady. I'm a businessman, and I sell them anything I have to offer.


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[Assistant] He climbed out of the Moo Mobile and strolled toward the stables as if enjoying the fresh air.


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[Assistant] It would have been a nice view with the river and the trees and hills and all, except for the quagmire of horse muck.


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[Assistant] Nico got out of the back car and stormed over to Garian. The cowherd Iridian wasn't as sleepy as he looked. He hefted his club and walked after Nico.


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[Assistant] His left arm reached over and scratched his middle chest. Yes, you'll get a deal alright.


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[Assistant] My ghost told me you could help. He said you could guide us to the soul we need.


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[Assistant] Wait a second, I said. I thought I was the soul you wanted. Nico looked at me like I was crazy.


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[Assistant] You? Why would I want you? Bianca's soul is worth a thousand of yours. Now, can you help me garrion or not?


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[Assistant] Oh, I imagine I could, the rancher said. Your ghost friend, by the way, where is he? Nico looked uneasy.


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[Assistant] I remember the man I'd seen in my dreams with the golden crown, the pointed beard, and the cruel eyes.


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[Assistant] You mean that evil king? That's the ghost who's been giving you advice? It's none of your business, Percy. Nico turned back to Garian. And what do you mean about things getting difficult? The three-bodied man sighed. Well, you see, Nico. Can I call you Nico? No.


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[Assistant] You see, Nico, Luke Castellan is offering very good money for half-bloods. Especially powerful half-bloods. And I'm sure when he learns your little secret, who you really are, he'll pay very, very well indeed.


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[Assistant] Nico drew his sword, but Iridian knocked it out of his hand. Before I could get up,