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Vegas vs. the Desert: Plumbing the Impossible

Las Vegas thrives in one of the driest places on Earth thanks to engineering feats and strict water laws. Shane meets Colby Pellegrino and Cameron Donnarumma of the Southern Nevada Water Authority and visits the world’s oldest hydraulic dam in Italy with Giulio Boccaletti to explore what it takes — and what it costs — to bend water to human will.
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Clip Season 2 Episode 5 Length 11:19 Premiere: 07/23/25

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Season 2 Episodes

Vanishing Act
S2 E6 Length 55:39 Premiere Date 07/30/25

Dammed If You Do
S2 E5 Length 55:08 Premiere Date 07/23/25

The Honey Trap
S2 E4 Length 55:09 Premiere Date 07/16/25

Dressed to Kill
S2 E3 Length 55:09 Premiere Date 07/09/25

The Enemy of My Enemy
S2 E2 Length 55:13 Premiere Date 07/02/25

Shelf Life
S2 E1 Length 55:07 Premiere Date 06/25/25

Episode 5 Preview
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 07/23/25

Vegas vs. the Desert: Plumbing the Impossible
Clip Length 11:19 Premiere Date 07/23/25

The Beach Boys Played Here. Now It’s a Toxic Dust Bowl.
Clip Length 05:13 Premiere Date 07/23/25

Reviving the River: Hope Returns to the Colorado Delta
Clip Length 04:59 Premiere Date 07/23/25

Tag, You're It: Tracking the Grand Canyon's Toughest Fish
Clip Length 04:35 Premiere Date 07/23/25

The Dam Truth: What Glen Canyon Tells Us About a Drying West
Clip Length 09:00 Premiere Date 07/23/25

Season 2 Preview
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 06/25/25

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The Honey Trap - S2 E4

Shane investigates the future of bees, from honey bees to wild native species.

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Dammed If You Do - S2 E5

A journey down the Colorado River reveals the ripple effects of humanity's quest to conquer water.

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Vanishing Act - S2 E6

Tracing the arc of extinction from prehistory to the present, from fossils entombed in tar to cells frozen in hope.

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Dressed to Kill - S2 E3

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The Enemy of My Enemy - S2 E2

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