THE DESERT SPEAKS is an Emmy Award-winning series focusing on desert regions around the world. Much more than a nature documentary, THE DESERT SPEAKS presents stories about the people, cultures, plants, animals and geological features encountered on travel adventures in deserts near and far away. Host David Yetman is a research scientist at the University of Arizona’s Southwest Center. The epitome of a “desert rat,” Yetman has lived in the Southwest for nearly 50 years. He is a nationally known author and accomplished photographer who specializes in the plants, geography and people of northwestern Mexico. Using boats, bikes and burros, Yetman takes viewers from Bolivia to Baja California, bringing his enthusiasm, energy and knowledge to the series.