Skylab: NASA’s Best-Kept Secret| Apollo’s Leftovers | S20-E1
Fifty years ago, America’s space program achieved its greatest triumph, when Apollo Eleven put the first men on the moon.The Apollo program was a remarkable success story. But as NASA was sending men ...
26 Sep 201939min
Corn Flakes | The Brothers of Battle Creek | S19-E1
For the first 150 years of American history, American citizens were plagued by gastrointestinal issues. Diarrhea, gastritis and dysentery were pretty much a way of life. Indigestion was such an immens...
22 Aug 201940min
The Heimlich Maneuver | S18-E1
In the 1960s, choking was a national epidemic. In the United States alone, close to 4,000 people were dying from choking every year. Lobster, ham, and hamburger were common culprits. But steak was by ...
15 Aug 201943min
Innovation Fails: DeLorean | Driven to Succeed | S17-E1
Normally on American Innovations, we look at the history of the science and technology that transformed the world we live in. These stories teach us about the vision, grit, competition, and teamwork r...
25 Jul 201940min
The Birth Control Pill | But Can It Be Done? | S16-E1
When Margaret Sanger opened her birth control clinic in 1916, she knew she was breaking the law. Distributing contraceptives, or even literature about birth control, was a jailable offense. But she di...
13 Jun 201940min
Star Wars' Cinema Technology | 6842 Valjean Ave | S15-E1
When STAR WARS debuted in May 1977, it gave rise to a pop-cultural phenomenon unlike any the world had ever seen. The movie was so singular and iconic, and so technically ambitious -- that it almost n...
16 Mai 201943min
Airplane | The Flight of the June Bug | S14-E1
Think for a moment about some of the pioneering developments from the earliest days of American aviation: The first pilot’s licence; the first flight from one city to another; the first airplane sold ...
18 Apr 201944min
XX Factor | The Woman Who Put Man on the Moon | S13-E1
Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are preparing to land on the Moon. The whole world is watching live on television. But something is very wrong, their warning alarms are flashing and they don...
14 Mar 201940min
