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Islands Without Cars

Islands Without Cars, the unique independent travel series hosted by Kira Cook, is back for a second season! In six whimsical half-hour installments, Kira shows us what life is like on islands in the Western Hemisphere’s developed world that have managed to keep a well-worn foot in the past by restricting or forbidding the use of motorized vehicles.

New York’s Fire Island

26m 46s

In this episode, we celebrate America’s freedom to live loud and proud by playing some drag bingo, enjoying some off-off-off Broadway entertainment and the annual drag “invasion. Forty-five minutes from New York City, Fire Island is a ribbon of sand featuring 17 very different and distinct communities, including the famous gay and lesbian enclaves of Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pines.

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    New York’s Fire Island

    S3 E301 - 26m 46s

    In this episode, we celebrate America’s freedom to live loud and proud by playing some drag bingo, enjoying some off-off-off Broadway entertainment and the annual drag “invasion. Forty-five minutes from New York City, Fire Island is a ribbon of sand featuring 17 very different and distinct communities, including the famous gay and lesbian enclaves of Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pines.

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