Based upon the BBC’s award-winning Britain From Above. America Revealed is a unique look at what makes America tick, what it takes to keeps the biggest food machine in the world going, the delicate balance that keeps our supermarkets stocked with groceries and fast food restaurants supplied with fries. How we keep America moving with its vast and complex transport systems. How we propel ourselves through energy, what maintains the constant supply of fuel and electricity to our homes and businesses and finally how we keep up with the ever changing world, the import and export infrastructure that shapes our manufacturing industry.

From the Corn farmer in Central Valley, California to the live wire cable repairers in New Jersey. Viewers will discover a fascinating new perspective on the hidden patterns and rhythms of American life, by looking through the eyes of individuals who all play a part in keeping America fed, moving, powered and making goods.

The series is presented by technology expert and communications attorney, Yul Kwon, but we probably know him better as the winner of Survivor: Cook Islands 2006. In this series Yul fully embraces his role as presenter and our guide, by jumping out of aeroplanes in Kansas, climbing to the top of wind turbines in the Columbia River Gorge and taking part in a giant tomato fight in Nevada.

America Revealed uses beautiful and breath-taking aerial photography to provide an otherwise unseen view of America and use original data visualizations to demonstrate how our systems work.

Look for this series coming to a PBS station near you. AMERICA REVEALED airs Wednesdays, April 11- May 2, 2012 at 10/9c on PBS.

America Revealed with Yul Kwon (extended Preview)

America Revealed – About the series w/ host Yul Kwon

More about Yul Kwon
Yul Kwon is the host of the PBS series, America Revealed. Yul first rose to international acclaim in 2006, when he became the first Asian American to win the popular CBS reality show, Survivor. He has since appeared on CNN as a special correspondent and is currently hosting LinkTV’s weekly news program, LinkAsia.

Beyond his involvement in the media, Yul has had a multifaceted career that spans law, policy, business, and technology. Yul’s government experiences include serving as Deputy Chief of the FCC’s Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, an adjunct instructor at the FBI Academy, a legislative aide to a U.S Senator, and a judicial clerk on the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. In the private sector, Yul has held positions at Google, McKinsey & Company, Wiltshire & Grannis, and Venture Law Group.

Yul is active in a wide range of charities, particularly those seeking to increase the number of minority bone marrow donors. He is a board member of Becky’s Fund and sits on the advisory boards of the Asian American Justice Center and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center.

Yul has been profiled in VIBE Magazine’s annual Juice issue of people with power, People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive issue, and Entrepreneur Magazine. He received his B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he served on the editorial board of the Yale Law Journal.