[soft gentle music] [seagulls squawking] - [Narrator] Our story is the story of the universe and in the vastness of space, our existence is both significant and meaningful.

- The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not intend to sit.

[drill whirring] I wanna be a part of that.

Be a part of the movement.

- No.

- Okay, wait.

I have to have you smell curry leaves.

- Ooh.

- Okay.

Look how cute the pears are.

- Oh, they are cute.

You're like a kid in the candy store.

- How can you tell?

[Heather laughing] I do get excited, I actually do.

- You are.

[exciting music] - [Narrator] We all call Earth home.

But what if everything you thought you knew about the world was just scratching the surface?

Sometimes you need a slightly different view.

- [Host] Join us on "State Lines" where we'll bring you insight and analysis into North Carolina politics.

- We wanna make sure that every person in Western North Carolina is made whole.

- The water was 12 to 15 feet above our heads right here.

- We had flooding events 147 days of the year.

If people can't get to our ship, then our business model is threatened.

- Hi, I am Deborah Holt Noel.

This spring we'll be featuring mountain recovery.

- We are back on our feet and we're inviting you back.

- Restaurants and inns.

- What's not to love about that.

[goat bleating] - And we'll meet this little fella.

- [Worker] Good morning, may I take your order, please?

- Yes, ma'am, good morning, good morning.

Good morning.

I feel like comedy and food has a way of bringing communities together.

- Yeah.

- Races together.

- [Poet] Our obligation to survive and flourish is owed not just to ourselves, but also to that cosmos, ancient and vast from which we spring.

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