His show on the Texas/Mexican border (shown the same day) had some
political overtones too.

Mark Lipton wrote:

>
> The show matched a lot of the comments he made at the time on e-Gullet.
> Personally, I thought it showed a less cynical side of Bourdain, which
> under the circumstances was most welcome. Like you, I thought that it
> provided an interesting perspective on what was going on there, a
> "street-level" perspective if you will. Perhaps if I'd watched CNN or
> Al Jazeera instead of PBS, I'd already have had that perspective;
> nonetheless, I found it useful. This was also a more political Anthony
> Bourdain, which again under the circumstances was both welcome and
> totally understandable. I salute both him and the crew for being able
> to hold it all together well enough to keep filming while awaiting and
> all-too-uncertain evacuation. And I felt that the scene of him
> retreating to the kitchen for comfort to be perhaps the most genuine
> moment I've seen from him.
>
> Mark Lipton