Coca-Cola: The Cocaine Clinician | S12-E1
In the wake of the Civil War, Atlanta emerged as both the cultural capital of the New South, and the epicenter of its snake oil trade. A shell-shocked populace, haunted by poverty, hunger and disease ...
21 Feb 201942min
Rubber: The Miracle Material | Bouncing Ideas | S11-E1
You can binge all episodes of American Innovations exclusively and ad-free on Wondery+. Find Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple PodcastsIn a world where materials were limited to wood, leather, m...
31 Jan 201936min
Virtual Reality I The Sword of Damocles | S7-E1
You can binge all episodes of American Innovations exclusively and ad-free on Wondery+. Find Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple PodcastsIn the 1960s a group of scientists and engineers had a visi...
13 Des 201841min
Conquering Pain | The Frolic | S5-E1
For decades, Americans resigned themselves to gritting their teeth through the agony of surgery. And then along came an eminent surgeon, a charming swindler and his hapless mark and changed everything...
15 Nov 201833min
Preventing Paralysis | Marching Towards a Cure | S4-E1
You can binge all episodes of American Innovations exclusively and ad-free on Wondery+. Find Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple PodcastsBy the middle of the last century Americans lived in fear o...
18 Okt 201834min
Thinking Machines | Artificial Intelligence | S3-E1
Artificial Intelligence is no longer the stuff of science fiction. And it’s about to get much more powerful: machines that can reason, create, predict the future, even dream. AI is likely to be one of...
30 Aug 201839min
Nuclear Energy | E = MC Squared | S2-E1
You can binge all episodes of American Innovations exclusively and ad-free on Wondery+. Find Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple PodcastsIn 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower went on national telev...
14 Jun 201846min
Where Are Past Seasons?
Hey American Innovations listeners! You might be wondering what happened to some of our older seasons. We’ve moved them to our new premium service, Wondery+, where you can listen ad-free and get acces...
10 Mai 201828s
