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Season 1 – Filthy Riches

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The old Dolly Parton hit "9 to 5" isn't a tune worth humming for the blue-collar pioneers featured in "Filthy Riches." The series spotlights ingenious Americans who skirt a conventional workplace in favor of making a living in the deep rivers, soggy mud flats and wild backwoods of the U.S. Ray Turner, for example, has been catching eels in Delaware for 30 years. He uses a self-made smokehouse in the woods to cook the critters and sell them. Billy Taylor and his sons hunt for prized ginseng root in the Appalachians. Taylor, a fully licensed wild ginseng dealer, promotes sustainability by planting its berries. In Maine, Jim Campbell and Andy Johns make the coastal mud flats their office, as they dig for valuable bloodworms to sell to fishermen. And Greg Dahl and Albert DeSilva are burl hunters. A burl is a hard, unwieldy outgrowth on a tree, usually at the trunk. Burls have value because of the spectacular patterns found in them when cut open.
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Filthy Riches — Season 1

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Joe Pike

Narrator

Jeremy La Zelle

Director

Randall Perez

Director

Sean Gallagher

Executive Producer

Jeremy La Zelle

Producer

Abby Greensfelder

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Apr 20, 2014 Harvest Moon Ray Turner rebuilds his eel weir, Billy Taylor and sons hunt for ginseng, Andy and Jim hunt bloodworms, and Greg searches for box elder burls. Details Episode 2 Aired Apr 27, 2014 Hungry for Money Ray faces a huge lightning storm, Greg and Albert struggle to remove burl, Jim and Andy get into a heated battle, and Chris and Levena forage. Details Episode 3 Aired May 4, 2014 High Stakes, High Reward As the weather turns colder, those that live off the land have to work harder to make a living. Details Episode 4 Aired May 11, 2014 Go Big or Go Home In the forests of Michigan, Chris and Levena are in a race against time to fill an order of prized wild mushrooms; Al takes a huge risk on a large burl; Ray suspects an eel thief; Jim and Andy run into their rivals. Details Episode 5 Aired May 18, 2014 Livin' Off the Land In the great American wild, cold hard cash is just waiting to be found and only a select few know where to look. Details Episode 6 Aired May 25, 2014 In It To Win It Billy is on a mission to fill a 60-pound order of wild ginseng so he calls on the help of his son, Bill Jr. Details Episode 7 Aired Jun 1, 2014 No Guts, No Glory Albert races to extract a veneer burl in the canyons of California, Ray can't keep up with demand, Jim and Andy are looking for a new spot, and Billy needs help with an order. Details Episode 8 Aired Jun 7, 2014 All or Nothing Burl hunters Al DeSilva and Herb Deliz have discovered a pepperwood burl; Billy Taylor is in a race against time. Details
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Season Info

Director
Jeremy La Zelle, Randall Perez
Executive Producer
Sean Gallagher, Abby Greensfelder, Greg Smith
Network
National Geographic
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Reality, Documentary, Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Apr 20, 2014