Grade levels: Adult

Joey is in New York City this time, talking to people on the street and asking what they do for a living. Jeremy did the same in Orlando, as did Maya in Nashville. Zubi is in Boston to check out the career of a lobster fisherman. Joey gets to sit with three grown up kids who build Lego models for a living, surprisingly there is a lot of artwork involved with that job! Meaghan spoke with someone you may say horses around all day – a real life horse jockey!

Meaghan heads to a dog grooming facility where she meets a real animal lover. This woman bathes and grooms dogs for a living and loves it! Joey spends time with Earnest Simmons, a pyrotechnician, and gets a lesson in setting off those spectacular fireworks displays. Jeremy talks to the owner of a car stereo installation company who says it’s a competitive field but can be lucrative if you’re good at what you do.

In the first ever episode of Real Life 101, Joey talks with a cartoonist who draws for a living. Jeremy spends some time with a rafting guide who talks about the exciting profession, and Meaghan and Maya talk to a radio DJ who shares his story about his luck getting into the business.

The hosts volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and use the “house” as the home for this program. Zubi and Joey travel to North Carolina to interview a mountain bike tour guide from the Nantahala Outdoor Center who takes them through the beautiful countryside. Guest host Joy Maldonado interviews a female street cop who shows her a cell and lets her ride in her squad car while she explains the various aspects of her dangerous line of work. Jeremy and Meaghan go under the sea to show us the risky world of cave diving.

Meaghan interviews Dennis, a Harley Davidson motorcycle mechanic, and goes for a test drive. Maya talks to Marissa Rahn, an aerobics instructor and former National Aerobics Champion who talks about what it’s like to help people get in shape for a living. Jeremy visits with Bill Hallet, a professional skydiver, who trains people to jump out of perfectly good airplanes and finds out first hand what it’s like to jump from 13,500 feet at a speed of 110 miles per hour!

The hosts travel to Las Vegas to give the audience a glimpse of the gambling capital of the world. Joey visits with a snake handler who breeds and collects venom. Zubi follows a professional photographer for the San Diego Union Tribune who takes photos of people in their everyday lives. During their interview they spot a woman who is stuck in a street flood and help her call for assistance. Meaghan talks with a Cincinnati Bengals coach, one of the youngest coaches in the NFL, and he takes her behind the scenes of a pro team. Finally, Jeremy and Maya take a dancing lesson while interviewing pro dancing instructors who teach the Tango and Meringue, among other dances.

Meaghan gets a chance to interview a NASA Launch Director at the Kennedy Space Centre named Dave King, who is the guy who says ‘yes we will launch’ or ‘no we won’t.’ Maya and Joey interview a young rodeo clown who puts his life at risk when he goes to work. Bulls weigh about 2,000 pounds! That’s some serious danger. Zubi sits down to chat with Vasile Petrutio, the Artistic Director for the Southern Ballet Theater, who began dancing at the age of nine. And Jeremy had time to talk with two projectionists at a United Artists Theater to see how all those films are shown on the big screen.

Guest host Stephanie joins Christina on the slopes of Beaver Creek in Colorado. Christina tells her what it’s like to teach skiing and snow boarding. Zubi takes a turn with a helicopter pilot who works for WFTV in Orlando. He tells him he’s on call for his job twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Then, another guest host talks with a fireman about his dangerous line of work. She gets a tour of a real firehouse to learn what happens when a call comes in!