Episode 2 | The Americas with Simon Reeve

Duration: 58'36''

Synopsis

In the second leg of his journey, Simon Reeve travels down the Rocky Mountains. In Montana, Simon meets a former Silicon Valley executive who has envisaged a new future for the land.

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