BFN Networks presents
Noble Efforts
Season 21
Spring 2010
Postcards From Central America (Part 1)

Host:
Justin Velander Holt (f/k/a Bob Dubilina)

Special Guests:
Maya Kuper (f/k/a Maya Dynamite!)
Dave Larson (f/k/a Sergeant Stumbles)

EPISODE GUIDE:

* Icebreaker: Corto de Pelo

Song: Jimmie's Chicken Shack / Dropping Anchor (TSYM Live)

* "Mexico Or Bust!" Introductions
* Frozen Job Market
* Destination: Central America!

MEXICO

The Road to Tlaxcala, Pt. 1:
* The Barber of Atotonilco
* Scrap Truck!
* Insomniac's Driver's Ed
* That Infinite Stretch of Texas
* Braking Bad (aka Coasting to the Border)
* Dreaming & Driving on Highway 281
* Rolling into Mexico

Song: Fleetwood Mac / Secondhand News

* Secondhand Neon: Stories from the Fringe

The Road to Tlaxcala, Pt. 2:
* Road Rules: Mexico Edition!
* Two Dudes at a No-Tell Motel
* Conspiracy Theories at El Tajín

Sweet Home Atotonilco:
* High School Habits Revisited
* The Shitty Wingman
* Competitive Sport Fucking 101 (aka Dumptrucks & Slumpbusters)
* Two Big Lies About Foreign Sex
* Menudo Chow Down
* The Running of/from the Bulls

Song: Valley Lodge / When The Rain Comes

* Future Horizontal Vacations

Viva las Veracruz y Villahermosa:
* Reunion con Ana Mora (aka Payback's a Bitch)
* Auto Impound Scavenger Hunt
* "Soy Independente."
* Las Mascotas de Villahermosa!
* "Te Gusta Salir Conmigo?"

Borderline Heartbreak:
* Declining a Romantic Adventure
* "You Abandoned Me."
* A Better Job Awaits! (aka Girls Bitch, Guys Fix)
* Depth in Misery
* Leave the Job at Work
* "Let Me Be a Fixer!"

Song: Mike Doughty / Lorna Zauberberg

BELIZE

* The ONLY Directive (aka "Don't Lose Your Small Friend")
* The Plan (& The Back-Up Plan) (aka GTA Belize City!)
* Tropical Chinatown
* Five Days with a Wide-Eyed Tourist
* The Polish Archaeologist (aka A Mayan Primer)

GUATEMALA

* The Road to Flores

Digging in Uaxactun:
* It Takes an Airstrip to Raise a Village
* Cuidado: Alambre de Púas
* Blue Collar Doctorate
* Lost & Wandering

Yaxha Death March:
* The Downside of Solo Adventures
* The Freelance Archaeologist Hitches a Ride
* My Own Private Ruins, Pt. 1: Nakun
* Hot, Sweaty, Covered in Ants
* Tempting Fate with Every Step
* Salvation by Way of Car Trouble
* The Impossible 2km

Song: The Dead Weather / So Far From Your Weapon

Yaxha Death March (cont.):
* 60 Liters & A Bag of Chips
* The Deadliest Campground
* My Own Private Ruins, Pt. 2: Yaxha
* Death March Redux
* Damaged Feet on the Road to Ruins
* Forced R&R

Song: Evermore / Hey Boys & Girls (Truth of the World, Pt. 2)



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