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Anthony Bourdain’s ‘Parts Unknown’ Episode 2: Searching for Sanity in Sin City

Samantha Shankman

Photo Credit: Anthony Bourdain eats in a high-roller resort. CNN

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Nobody wants to think of Las Vegas as the cultural center of the country, but Bourdain's exploration of the decadent to the dreary suggests it's a better snapshot of the country than most want to admit.

"One of our roles here has always been to take away excess money from people who don't know what to do with it, who can't think of a better idea about how to spend their money." These are the revealing first words heard in the second episode of Parts Unkown's third season. And there are few other places where a local would talk about their home this way besides Las Vegas. Anthony Bourdain arrives in Vegas in search of two worlds: one where "knuckleheads" spend more than $200,000 for an oversized bo

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