How We Got Here
Reenactments profile iconic American inventors like Thomas Edison, Levi Strauss and Henry Ford who had the entrepreneurial genius to change the world.
Season 1
S01:E01 - Nazis Get Us to the Moon
After World War II, German scientists play a vital role in the space race.
S01:E02 - Cars Win World War II
Henry Ford's dreams have a profound effect on 20th-century events.
S01:E03 - Gold Makes Headlines
The Hearst media empire's roots stretch back to the California Gold Rush.
S01:E04 - Colt Makes All Men Equal
Samuel Colt's revolver helps win the West and revolutionizes US industry.
S01:E05 - Morse Code Connects Us All
Samuel Morse's wife's death helped inspire speed-of-light communications.
S01:E06 - Denim Defeats Communism
The triumph of blue jeans starts when a Russian tailor meets Levi Strauss.
S01:E07 - Clara Barton Saves the World
The American Red Cross depends on Clara Barton surviving the Civil War.
S01:E08 - Deep Throat Exposes Presidency
Watergate may not have come to light if Bob Woodward never met Mark Felt.
S01:E09 - Beer Unites America
Adolphus Busch must survive the Civil War to bring his beer to the masses.
S01:E10 - Steel Builds the Metropolis
A one-time telegraph operator is a titan of Big Steel and philanthropy.
S01:E11 - Rockefeller's Oil Empire
A young bookkeeper bets every penny he has on a fledgling upstart industry.
S01:E12 - Harley Hogs the Road
Two young mechanics have the idea to put an engine inside a bicycle frame.
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