United Shades of America
United Shades of America: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

April 24, 2016

Episodes

8 episodes

United Shades of America

Season 1

Episodes

1. Meeting the KKK

0.5
April 24, 2016
45 min

In the premiere episode, W. Kamau Bell arranges a special meeting with the Ku-Klux-Klan.

Behind These Walls

2. Behind These Walls

May 1, 2016
45 min

Kamau Bell heads to the infamous San Quentin State Prison to meet the men who've spent a lifetime behind bars, hear their stories and discover who they have become.

Latino, U.S.A.

3. Latino, U.S.A.

May 8, 2016
45 min

Kamau Bell heads to East Los Angeles to meet with Latinos fighting to live the American Dream while facing prejudice and intolerance.

Protect and Serve?

4. Protect and Serve?

May 15, 2016
45 min

Kamau Bell heads to Camden, N.J. to check out a new community policing program helping to improve the relationship between citizens and police.

Off the Grid

5. Off the Grid

May 22, 2016
45 min

Kamau Bell experiences life off the grid in North Carolina and Tennessee.

Is It Cool to Be Hip?

6. Is It Cool to Be Hip?

May 29, 2016
45 min

Comedian W. Kamau Bell visits Portland, Oregon, to talk to old and new residents and finds a growing social divide involving hipsters and gentrification.

The Last Frontier

7. The Last Frontier

June 5, 2016
45 min

Kamau Bell heads to Barrow, Alaska, to observe how a person lives above the Arctic Circle and learns about the Inuit customs and traditions the natives are trying to preserve.

The Fountain of Youth

8. The Fountain of Youth

June 12, 2016
45 min

Kamau Bell heads to Daytona Beach to see how spring breakers and retirees are getting the most out of life.