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Watt's World

Watt's World

2015•23m•Documentary
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Follow journalist Nick Watt as he explores the world to answer burning questions such as: Are the French really rude? Do cowboys still exist? Is Albania that weird? Using his quick wit, he'll offer a point of view that is both surprising and entertaining.

StatusReturning Series
Runtime23m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJun 30, 2015

Episodes

Episode 1 - Albania: What's Weirder Than Mustaches and Mushrooms?E123m

Albania: What's Weirder Than Mustaches and Mushrooms?

Nick Watt embraces the strange land of Albania while searching for a George W. Bush statue, downing 160-proof plum liquor, and meeting up with a "sworn virgin" and a hip-hop prime minister before pretending to be an American on a late-night TV show.

Jun 30, 2015

Episode 2 - Le Marche & Slab City: Who Is the White Rabbit?E223m

Le Marche & Slab City: Who Is the White Rabbit?

Nick heads to Italy to see if cheap villas, good wine and naps are better than rent-free California RVs. He tries not to ruffle feathers with his caffeine intake and hops aboard the "Cosmic Train" to find the White Rabbit in Slab City.

Jun 30, 2015

Episode 3 - Mt. Shasta: Are You There Harlan? It's Me, NickE323m

Mt. Shasta: Are You There Harlan? It's Me, Nick

Nick gets spiritual while searching for the city of Telos, looks for spaceships in a campfire, and enjoys a schvitz with Native Americans. Will UFOs, lost civilizations and New Age swag make Nick fall under the spell of California’s Mount Shasta?

Jul 7, 2015

Episode 4 - Venice: Will Skinny Dipping Send Me to Jail?E423m

Venice: Will Skinny Dipping Send Me to Jail?

Steering clear of the gondolas and tourist traps, Nick explores an abandoned island, befriends an aristocrat with a playboy boat, and winds up spending time in jail. Can Nick go off the beaten path in Venice, Italy?

Jul 7, 2015

Episode 5 - Dominica: Should I Jump Into a Boiling Lake?E523m

Dominica: Should I Jump Into a Boiling Lake?

Nick paints his face and snacks on eggs in the forest, takes shots of bush rum and discovers where the Rastas grow their weed in his quest to find out if Dominica is the perfect Caribbean island.

Jul 14, 2015

Episode 6 - Portland: Am I White & Cuddly Enough?E623m

Portland: Am I White & Cuddly Enough?

Why do locals want to "keep Portland weird"? Nick befriends a stripper with a heart of gold, joins the circus and paints the town red with an eccentric rock star to find out why so many are moving to Oregon's Rose City.

Jul 14, 2015

Episode 7 - France: Are the French Really that Rude?E723m

France: Are the French Really that Rude?

Snobs and sophistication is what Nick expects in France, but he goes undercover with the Paris pee pee police to chase “wild urine,” discovers a very “un-French” sport in Marseilles and tries to annoy the staff at a Cannes hotel.

Jul 21, 2015

Episode 8 - Alaska: What will Get Frostbitten First?E823m

Alaska: What will Get Frostbitten First?

Can Nick Watt live in the farthest reaches of Alaska? He treks from Anchorage to Barrow to find out by visiting oil towns and eating all the whale blubber he can stomach.

Jul 21, 2015

Episode 9 - OK/CO/HI: Do Cowboys Get High & Wear Hats?E923m

OK/CO/HI: Do Cowboys Get High & Wear Hats?

Honestly, are the leather chaps really necessary? Busting bandits in Osage, avoiding a contact high in Denver, and hanging ten in Oahu, Nick is on a quest to find out if everything he thought he knew about America is wrong.

Jul 28, 2015

Episode 10 - Saba & Montserrat: Do I Have to Go Here?E1023m

Saba & Montserrat: Do I Have to Go Here?

Why can't Nick always get what he wants? Breaking his golden rule for travel, Nick goes where he's never wanted to: Saba, a place so famous it's left off most maps, and Montserrat, an island with a bit of a volcano problem.

Jul 28, 2015

Episode 11 - Cuba: What Can I Get Away With?E1123m

Cuba: What Can I Get Away With?

Is the Cuba we love about to disappear? As the United States normalizes relations, Nick discovers a fledgling free market in the streets of communist Havana: real estate agents, mattress repairmen and all-male go-go dancers.

Aug 4, 2015

Episode 12 - New York: Will it's Savior be Basketball or Potatoes?E1223m

New York: Will it's Savior be Basketball or Potatoes?

What does gobs of money mean to two completely different New York 'hoods? Nick ventures into Harlem to play ball and out to the Hamptons to discover what potato farmers and clam diggers think of the mega-rich moving in.

Aug 11, 2015

Episode 13 - LA: Can a Scottish Farm Boy Make it in Fakeland?E1323m

LA: Can a Scottish Farm Boy Make it in Fakeland?

Has Nick made a terrible mistake? He sets out to prove his new hometown isn't all fake smiles and bad traffic by reinventing himself as a masked wrestler, foraging for fine dining, and joining a gang of renegade street artists.

Aug 18, 2015

Actors

Nick Watt

Himself - Host

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