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Cities

Twenty-Six Cities.
One Year.

Each city chosen not for fame but for what it knows. What it still practices. What it has refused to forget.

Season One — China
April – May 2026
01
Shanghai
China
The city that built the future before anyone was watching
02
Xi'an
China
Once the center of the world — and it remembers
03
Chongqing
China
Thirty-four million people building something the world hasn't seen yet
04
Beijing
China
Every dynasty ended here. The city remained.
Season One — Mediterranean & Beyond
June – August 2026
05
Athens
Greece
The weight of inventing everything
06
Istanbul
Turkey
The city that has always been two things at once
07
Budapest
Hungary
Beauty that survived everything thrown at it
08
Dubrovnik
Croatia
A walled city that refused to disappear
09
Palermo
Italy
Where every civilization left something behind
10
Florence
Italy
What it costs to live in the shadow of genius
Season One — The Americas
November – December 2026
11
Buenos Aires
Argentina
European grandeur, Latin soul, permanent melancholy
12
Mexico City
Mexico
Twenty million people and every one of them living fully
13
New Orleans
United States
The American city that refuses to be American
14
Cartagena
Colombia
The walled city García Márquez never quite left

Episodes 15 through 26 will be announced as the season progresses. The world is large. The list keeps growing.

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