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Episode 12: The New American Dream is a Catalyst

The last stop of the trip, or so they think, is when the group arrives in Boston, the birthplace of America. It’s been a few months since the horror of the Boston Marathon terrorist attack, and their last millennial pioneer is a true American Hero, Dr. Natalie Stavas. Natalie sprung to action while running in the marathon with her dad – and as she heard the bomb blasts she ran into harms way and starting saving lives. Natalie out of the blue presents a challenge they never saw coming: that week she’s traveling to Haiti to run a medical clinic, and she playfully dares them to come along. They accept the challenge and days later end up in City Soleil, the poorest ghetto in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. After a week of the most life-changing interactions and working triage for clinics, and helping wherever they can their eagerness and naïveté to make a difference gets them in trouble…

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Visiting Orphans in Haiti

The crew meets up with The H80 Project in Haiti to help them find an orphanage to build a school in. They find the only location in all of Haiti that gives free online education, and they are trying to duplicate and make another.

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Bike Gangs of Haiti

The guys arrive in Haiti and the first people the come across are a bike gang. The bike gang gives them a lift and shows them a different side of the island that foreigners often don't see.

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The Naked Cowboy Sing-a-Long

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Ill Informed: Jess Matthews

On this edition of Ill Informed, Mikey and Ethan sit down with Jess Matthews, inventor of the Soccket Ball- a ball that harnesses electricity when you play with it and has even been championed by former President Bill Clinton.

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Episode 11: The New American Dream is Alive

The next stop is New York City, where they meet Jess Matthews, the inventor of the Soccket Ball, a soccer ball that charges electricity and has been championed by Bill Clinton. They take the ball through the city, playing through the streets of the Big Apple, charging up the ball. After kicking through the entire city, they retire for the night in the house in which they are squatting, and use the power of the Soccket to light up the New York night sky.

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As It Happens in New York

Andy, the mountain man, is running late to premiere his film titled, 'As It Happens,' in New York City. It chronicles his experience and journey across the Appalachian Trail.

Watch the full journey below: 

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Everyone Poops in Detroit

The Wayward Nation crew, along with the ladies from Girls with Guts- Sassy and Assy, make a music video called Everyone Poops in Detroit. This is not your typical music video.. check it out and see.

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Ill Informed: Jackie Zimmerman

On this edition of Ill Informed, Mikey and Ethan sit down with 'Girls With Guts' founder Jackie Zimmerman to find out about her organization and how IBD and Crohn's can affect different people.

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Episode 10: The New American Dream is Gutsy

In Detroit the guys face a more serious challenge. They meet Jackie Zimmerman, creator of Girls With Guts, a support group for young women with IBD and Crohn’s Disease. She has more guts than anyone they have met, and the one thing she has always wanted was the guts to perform as a rock star. The guys work with her to create a rock song, and she puts Ethan and Mikey to the challenge of facing their own insecurities: Ethan has to commit to being a writer and create something from start to finish, and Mikey has to spend a full day completely alone. While the two guys do their best not to go completely insane completing this challenge, the rest of the team helps Jackie and her co-founder Charis Kirk record a… poop-themed… rock song and music video. While the song is less-than platinum-worthy, it is one more insecurity defied by a pair of young women who have conquered it all. To complete the challenge our own seemingly impenetrable pair actually dig deep into their own insecurities and learn that matters of personal strength must be solved independently.

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A Haunted House in Detroit

Mikey is forced to spend one night in a haunted house in Detroit. But is there anything scarier than Mikey alone with his thoughts?

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Ill Informed: Chris Meyer

This week's "Ill Informed" guest is Chris Meyer of Sector 67 in Madison, Wisconsin. Chris is a self-proclaimed hacker, which to him means, taking something and applying it in a way it wasn't intended to solve a problem. Find out what they do with their robots and more.

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Episode 09: The New American Dream is Hacked

The team hits Madison, WI and meets Chris Meyer, creator of Hackerspace Sector 67. It’s a co-working community of inventors, tinkerers, hackers…nerds. They embrace the guys and set the challenge of the week: a science fair! They split into teams and spend the next 48 hours working around the clock to create the best projects possible. At the final presentation, all of the projects break (except for Mikey and Ethan’s very scientifically advanced volcano), as the fair ends with all of the creations being torched. It turns out the guys suck at science…but the members of Sector 67 do not, and albeit humbled, they leave proud to have befriended the nerds who will one day help bring our country back to greatness in the fields of math and science.

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Pitching Games in Madison

Mikey, Ethan, and Eric set out to pitch a Wayward Nation video game. Can they do it?

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Ill Informed: Brian Rogers

This week's 'Ill Informed' is with Brian "The Predator" Rogers in the studio, aka the barbershop. They discuss Brian's discipline and his work with children with behavioral issues, where his patience really lies and how he got started.

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Episode 08: The New American Dream is Disciplined

In Cleveland the guys meet Brian “The Predator” Rogers, an MMA Pro wrestler who uses his prize money and free time to tutor and run programs for autistic and troubled kids. He teaches them some moves and sets up a cage fight between the two of them. After a week of training and trash talk, the guys duke it out. When Mikey defeats Ethan, he gets the worst prize ever – a shot at the champ! It lasts about a minute before Brian puts Mikey down for the count and it’s not a pretty sight… Except to Ethan.

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Fight Preparation in Ohio

Mikey and Ethan have a lot of pent up rage from their tough journey and will have a head to head MMA showdown in Ohio. But before they fight, they need to prepare and make some mouthguards.