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The cinematographers are revealing themselves to be the real secret sauce that makes 'Parts Unknown' so unique and enchanting on TV today.

Parts Unknown is the only travel show that highlights how intertwined the industry is with everything from peas to protests in every corner of the world. It's an education as much as entertainment.

Travel Channel's new CEO has the challenge of making the brand relevant in a time when most travelers are turning to digital content for inspiration.

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Parts Unknown confirmed this season that its mission goes far beyond culinary or even cultural interests. It's entertainment that reveals and comments on today's socioeconomic realities, and we're all the better for it.

This is not the Tokyo that the city's Olympic committee wanted anyone to see before or after it was selected as the 2020 host. Bourdain takes Tokyo's bizarre side culture and questions just how strange it, or each of us, are.

Old news reels intermixed with gorgeous images of local landscape and people, an open and honest conversation about socioeconomics and politics, and a plate full of food -- these are the ingredients to one of this season's best episodes yet.

For the last decade destinations have fought hard for airtime on reality shows, but we may be seeing a new metric for tourism success: the Bourdain Bump.

Viewers are able to see a destination through Parts Unknown's honest and cadid lens, which means that amazing meals are grounded in conversation about locals' everyday reality and the most beautiful vistas are given context through history. Any other travel show would highlight the food without any talk of politics, pig blood, or scheming tour operators.

Bourdain's insights on the relationship between food, culture, and politics hit close to home for many viewers Sunday. It's his ability to observe a destination with the same degree of truth and humor in Israel as in the U.S. that makes Parts Unknown such a rarity.