♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la lal this, i think it's fair to say i was at a turning point in my life. i promised some people i'd come back, and i am back. my life has changed a lot. how much have their lives changed? kuala lumpur. happy to be here, but brimming with mixed emotions. surrounded by all the sights, smells, and flavors i remember so well. this is where a wandering soul such as myself can dive right in and get some of that straight chinese food i've been missing. first order of business, dinner. been on a plane for, like, i don't know, this long. very long. saw, like, five mark wahlberg films. i can't tell you how excited i am about the prospect of getting some black pepper crab, and some pork gladed noodles and a regional beverage. reasonably cold. i don't even know what this is. i love you, noodles. don't want to get all heavy and philosophical at this point, but why i'm here, what my mission is, what i expect to find, basically me tracing my steps and all that. we'll talk about that later. right now, no

♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la lage ] ♪ >> admit it. you hear the name, ethiopia, and you think starving children with distended bellies. you think dust and famine and despair so awful you frankly don't want to even think about it anymore. but take a look. addis ababa. capital city of ethiopia. a cool high altitude urban center that will both confirm and confound expectations. fueled largely by direct foreign investment and a returning ethiopian diaspora eager to be part of the new growth, things are changing in addis. it's one of the fastest growing economies in the world. it's not the first time the place has gone through a growth spurt. in the 1950s emperor haile selassie known as the king of kings embarked on a similar program of massive public works. this was supposed to be the legacy of ethiopia. the future. but the next time ethiopia found itself in the headlines it was for this. and for many of us, that was the end of the story. so i'm looking forward to this week. >> i can't wait to show you ethiopia. >> i've

♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la larmer. >> oh, that's good. trying to kill us. >> they make more than 100 bottles a day, so 30,000 bottles. that's a lot of -- did i do that right? or have i had too many whiskeys? [ laughter ] >> how did this happen? how did i get here? coming into focus, the man across the table. he looks familiar. maybe if i can remember who he is, it will be a clue as to where i am. >> okay. >> right. andy. andy ricker. the white guy who cooks awesome thai food. >> is it pretty spicy? put that in there. >> pok pok in portland. restaurants in new york. andy's made a name for himself faithfully reproducing the cuisine of northern thailand. >> mm. >> the good stuff. comes from places like here. rice country. chiang mai province. in this part of the world you live and die by the harvest. thai food is intensely regional. and northern thailand in particular has many distinctive features. this is a world of fresh, delicious, spicy, meaty, salty, sour, sweet, bitter. often with a just-picked herby dimension.

♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la latting here 55 years now, half an hour away, basically giving the biggest superpower in the world the stiff middle finger. 50-plus years of animosity, embargo, rationing, and fidel castro is still hanging on. but recently, there are powerful indications that everything is about to change. we are in a little fishing town. this place is where two brothers go out and fish every morning and bring fresh seafood. >> humble fishing village, traditional fishing family? >> yes. >> what about the sushi? what's going on in this country, man? >> things are changing, anthony, what can i say? >> my name is hugo. i was born in cuba. i was in one of cuba's most prominent schools when i made a joke about president fidel castro. i was a teenager. the kid that slept on the bunk bed on top of me recorded our conversation and i was expelled from school. my mom said the only choice is for us to leave cuba. i've lived in miami 35 years. it's my home base. i come back and forth it cuba. i've been coming to cub

♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la lamiddle of downtown jackson. farish street. >> a street with a lot of history. what did it used to be like back in the day? >> the street was packed with folks. folks all over. they had their own restaurants, grocery stores, juke joints, i mean, everything happened on farish street that happened in jackson for the african american community. >> the state capital of jackson, mississippi, located along interstate highway 55, just outside what's known as the mississippi delta. it's the kind of place that makes you wonder why did they make it the capital? until you grab hold of what used to be around here. farish street used to be the hub of african-american life in this city, its black commercial, cultural center. when dr. king came to town, he came here. everybody did. medgar evers had an office just upstairs here. musicians like tommy johnson, sonny boy williamson too, and elmore james all played here and the likes of duke ellington, cab callaway, count basie and louie armstrong all took

♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la? beer? harder stuff? what's going on? >> i usually go with a budweiser and a jagermeister. >> budweiser and jagermeister. any notion of going local right out the window. >> two jagers? >> yeah, two jagers. cheers. >> the firsts one's never good. the first one is never good. but it gets easier after the first one. >> so, look, this is not my first time to charleston, as you know. i did do a show here before, and i'm still taking [ muted ] about it. apparently i really [ muted ] up the first time i came here because i made a number of errors. apparently none more egregious than going out -- like, doing an oyster roast and drinking champagne. >> i never heard of such a thing. well, champagne and beers is okay with the oysters. >> so it must have been a -- >> got confused somewhere. >> anyway, i got it wrong. this time i'm getting it right which is why i've come to you. ♪ >> you can be forgiven for underestimating sean brock first time i met him. i saw a scruffy looking dude in a trucker

♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la laknow about tokyo? deep, deep waters. the first time i came here, it was like -- it was a transformative experience. it was a powerful and violent experience. it was as if -- it was just like taking acid for the first time. meaning what do i do now? i see the whole world in a different way. i often compare the experience of going to japan for the first time, going to tokyo for the first time, to what eric clapton and pete townsend must have gone through, the reigning guitar gods of england. what they must have gone through the week that jimi hendrix came to town. you hear about it, you go see it. a whole window opens up into a whole new thing. and you think, what does this mean? what do i have left to say? what do i do now? >> welcome to tokyo. you are not invited. this is the other tokyo. 12-hour flight and i'm baked. no sleep. might as well -- must -- go out. ♪ the kabukicho district near my hotel has the advantage of being where the subterranean life, the repressed ids of the japanes

♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la laind yourself in the heart of the heart of brazil. where the magic comes from. if you wanna get there, just follow the sound of the drums. this is salvador de bahia. city of three million people. first capital of brazil. the wellspring for everything african and spicy. where things seem to just sway and move constantly. it's a place where everybody is sexy. where even the ugly people are hot. unsurprisingly, this is where artists come from. african spiritualism, occult magic, candomblé, capoeira. caipirinha? and caipirinhas. did i mention caipirinhas? they do those here too. i like them. i like them a lot. what's magical about this cocktail is the first taste. it's like, i don't know man. it's a little too something. and then like that second sip, it's like, aw, that's kinda good. then the third sip, it's -- where are my pants? fortunately food in these parts tends to be, shall we say, hearty. for instance, a delightful meal of fried meat with plenty of absorbent starch product, like fa

♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la lama. park it. ♪ >> anthony: over the years i've let a lot of extraordinary landscapes recede into a blur outside my windows. i've looked, maybe seen, maybe noticed, then gone. we all carry different experiences inside us. we see things differently, don't we? madagascar. exotic unspoiled paradise? or microcosm for the end of times? antananarivo -- tana for short. madagascar's crowded, chaotic capital city. how are you doing man? base camp. >> darren: wow, that's quite a rain. i don't know. i'm not sure i can be, uh, in front of the camera. [ laughter ] >> anthony: yeah, just ignore 'em. >> darren: i'm so used to, like, controlling everything. >> anthony: darren aronofsky -- director of the films "pi," "requiem for a dream," "the wrestler," "black swan," and, as it would turn out, sort of appropriate to our location, "noah." he asks me if he could go along on a trip with us. i said, "where do you want to go?" so, madagascar. i knew almost nothing about it. i knew it was an animated film t

♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la lather of santa muerte, please protect my stash of cocaine. let it not be interfered with by the cops. or the competition. let any who would mess with me be killed. my enemies destroyed. please forgive us our sins, for they are many. so, is business good? i mean, is there more murders? particularly narco murders. >> anthony: every day, mexico wakes up to count the dead. they are, after all, left out to be seen. often with a helpful note, identifying who done what and, generally speaking, why. there is a language to the never-ending violence. a coded message in the twists and marks of the bodies. and valente rosas is one of the many documenting them for the press. this is what he does every night. rides around, waiting for a phone call, or a radio message, telling him that there's another one. so, who's buying drugs? who's selling drugs to who? >> anthony: here you kill each other for a reason. it's business? >> valente: si. >> anthony: more mexican civilians have been killed since 2006 t

♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, lat's a big place. bigger and more multifaceted than it's given credit for. >> partier: miami, where you at? >> anthony: we tend over the years to focus on miami's -- how shall i put this -- party zone. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it's the kind of place we say that could never be me and then it is. ♪ it's a temptation that's almost irresistible. the seductions of flash, of palm trees, balmy nights, deco architecture, television shows made real, but across the causeway a few miles down the way there are other worlds, older ones. i think it's safe to say better ones. ♪ way out west 20 miles from the airport tucked in yet another strip mall is this place and you go there because, well, you need coffee. and because cuba, respect. and because michelle bernstein is there. >> anthony: is this miami? it was a long time getting here. >> michelle: you need a car in miami, and yes, this is like the heart of miami. >> anthony: michelle is one of my miami's most iconic influential chefs, born and bred her. >> anthony:

♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la larinking? beer? we drinking harder stuff? what's going on? >> sean: i usually go with a budweiser and a jagermeister. >> anthony: budweiser and a jagermeister? so any notion of going local right out the window. >> sean: yeah. >> bartender: two jagers? >> anthony: uh, yeah, two jagers. yeah. cheers. good to see you again, man. >> sean: cheers, man. the first one's never good. the first one is never good. but it gets easier after the first one. >> anthony: so, look, um, this is not my first time to, uh, charleston, as you know. i did do a show here before and i'm still taking -- about it. apparently i really -- up the first time i came here because i made a number of errors, apparently none more egregious than going out for, like, doing oyster roasts and drinking champagne. >> sean: i'd never heard for such a thing. well, champagne of beers is okay with oysters. >> anthony: right, see that's what -- it must've been a typo. >> sean: maybe somebody got, yeah, confused somewhere. >> anthony: