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Geoff Edgers (born 1970) is an American journalist and writer who is currently the Washington Post's national arts reporter. He's also the host of Edge of Fame, a podcast co-produced by the Washington Post and WBUR, Boston's public radio station. Edgers produced and starred in the 2010 music documentary Do It Again. His articles have appeared in magazines such as GQ and Wired and he has worked as a reporter for several newspapers including the Boston Globe, Boston Phoenix, and Raleigh News and Observer. Edgers has published children's books on Stan Lee, Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Julia Child, the latter co-written with Carlene Hempel. In 2013, he hosted and wrote a Travel Channel reality TV series called Edge of America, and in June 2013 he was awarded a New England Emmy for work on a video for the Boston Globe. Edgers also hosted and wrote the military history series Secrets of the Arsenal on the American Heroes Channel. He is author of a forthcoming book on Run-DMC's version of "Walk This Way."

Geoff Edgers is a mild-mannered arts reporter for The Boston Globe. But these days he has a side job: host and writer of the new Travel Channel series "Edge of America."

Edgers was recruited for this show after a friend at the Travel Channel saw "Do It Again," Edger's documentary about his unsuccessful attempt - some might call it his unhealthy obsession - to reunite his favorite band from the 1960's, The Kinks.

So it follows doesn't it that anyone willing to take on Ray and Dave Davies would also participate in bicycle jousting in Oregon, hunt rattlesnakes in Oklahoma (see video below) and let women on roller blades whack him with wiffle ball bats in a Florida reinvention of Spain's Running of the Bulls.

That's what Edgers has been doing for the past year - traveling the country to report on the quirky and unusual way people across the country have fun.

Guest:

• Geoff Edgers, arts reporter for The Boston Globe and host of the Travel Channel's "Edge of America." He tweets @geoffedgers.

This segment aired on January 22, 2013.

2013 American TV series or program

Edge of America is an American culture and travel show on the Travel Channel, hosted by and starring Geoff Edgers. The show features Edgers, an arts and entertainment reporter for The Boston Globe, on a journey through America in search of strange and unique forms of entertainment and culture. Edgers samples bizarre foods and joins in activities such as bicycle jousting, rattlesnake hunting, and Pig-N-Ford Races. The show ended after a run of ten episodes on March 14, 2013.

Premise

Edge of America follows Edgers as he discovers and participates in traditions such as bicycle jousting and Pig-N-Ford Races in Oregon, lobster boat racing in Maine, and a calf testicle festival in Oklahoma. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Edgers described the content of the show: "It's history, entertainment and action ... To me, this is the greatest kind of Americana, where people take a necessity—like castrating cows and killing rattlesnakes—and make a big party out of it." Edgers also said that the show would feature "strange American things in scenic American places" in an interview with The Boston Globe.

Production and reception

The Travel Channel announced that it had picked up Edge of America in September 2012, and slated a run of six episodes, to be broadcast in early 2013. The premiere was eventually set for January 22, 2013, with two episodes—"Oklahoma" and "Oregon"—to be broa