Explorer examines Human tower-building: Phil Keoghan joins the Castells of Catalonia

Monsters and Critics was embedded with the production team of National Geographic Channel as they filmed tonight’s episode of Explorer. The action comes from the Catalonia region in northeastern Spain, a region that also contains the Pyrenees Mountains. Catalonia (Catalunya) is made up of four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Barcelona was where we

Exclusive: Nat Geo Explorer’s EP Gretchen Eisele on why there’s ‘nothing like it on TV’

In 2010, National Geographic celebrated the 25th anniversary of Explorer, the longest-running documentary series in cable television history. Monsters and Critics was invited back in April of 2010 to go to DC for the festive event with National Geographic Channel’s executive VP of content Steve Burns and Michael Rosenfeld, president of National Geographic Television, as the

Human tower-building: Phil Keoghan joins the Castells of Catalonia for Nat Geo Explorer

Heading over to Spain? You can easily detour via Barcelona to the autonomous community of Catalonia (Catalunya), which is made up of four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Monsters and Critics is currently joining the production of National Geographic Explorer as they film their new season in the area. Over the past day, new

Exclusive clips: Phil Keoghan’s no miss Aerial New Zealand is jaw-dropping fun

Reality TV host Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race) has a fantastic new documentary airing tonight on Smithsonian Channel that shows off his native country, New Zealand. Europeans colonized New Zealand about sixty years AFTER the American Revolution! Despite how young the country is, New Zealand has given us all groundbreaking pioneers like Lord Ernest Rutherford (he split the