AT THE BASE OF THE GIANT'S THROAT: The Past and Future of America's Great Dams

Dives into the history of dam-building in the U.S. as natural waterscapes have been replaced with engineered environments and the bone-dry West became America's produce aisle. Sweeping across 500 years of history, from the swashbuckling exploits of French colonist Samuel de Champlain to the nightmarish urban flooding of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy.