How We Got To Now with Steven Johnson is a six part documentary series that reveals the story behind the remarkable ideas that made modern life possible; the unsung heroes that brought them into the world – and the unexpected and bizarre consequences each of these innovations has triggered.
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Air Date: 2014-10-08
Dirty water is transformed with a series of innovations - Chicago builds America's first sewer system, and Jersey Cit...
Air Date: 2014-10-15
With no natural light, submarines re-invent the workday. Frustrated with hundreds of local time zones, a railroad cle...
Air Date: 2014-10-22
The invention of the mirror gives rise to the Renaissamce; glass lenses reveal worlds within worlds worlds; glass is ...
Air Date: 2014-10-29
The pioneers of light; Edison's light bulb; a French scientist accidentally discovers a neon light.
Air Date: 2014-11-05
Ice delivery becomes big business, the father of frozen foods, Clarence Birdseye, and his vision for the future, and ...
Air Date: 2014-11-12
30,000 year old traces of a desire to record sound are located in caves, how radio influenced the civil rights moveme...