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    <description><![CDATA[In every adventure story, the hero must answer the call to complete the journey and return home.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[Matt Parker prepared for his third and final riding season across the American Discovery Trail by strengthening his body and training with a new horse.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[The land is everything in adventure stories. And everything in the American story. Matt learns in Central Nevada that how people feel about their land impacts how they feel about other people... especially strangers.]]></description>
    
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The land is everything in adventure stories. And everything in the American…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>


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    <description><![CDATA[The desert of Nevada reveals to Matt what's essential for survival — for him and for his horse, Smokey. The blazing sun and isolation peel away at Matt and threaten his morale for the long journey ahead.]]></description>
    
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The desert of Nevada reveals to Matt what's essential for survival — for him…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>


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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Matt makes his way into the Sierra Nevada mountain range, and encounters the…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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    <description><![CDATA[In order to ride horseback across the country, Matt would need a horse and a trail. The problem is there were no modern trails that were tested all the way across on horseback. And there were few modern examples of what kind of horse would be good for a 5,000-mile ride.]]></description>
    
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In order to ride horseback across the country, Matt would need a horse and a…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>


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    <description><![CDATA[Twenty years ago, Matt Parker was in that weird phase of life right out of college; rudderless and adrift, unsure of what adulthood would hold. And then an idea hit him like lightning — he'd ride across the country on horseback. Never mind that he'd never really spent time with horses. But he was ready for the challenge of a lifetime.]]></description>
    
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<itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>


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