Ranked #1
Where Are Past Seasons?
Where Are Past Seasons?
Hey American Innovations listeners! You might be wondering what happened to some of our older seasons. We’ve moved them ... Read more
10 May 2018
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Ranked #2
Kodak Roll Film: As Convenient as a Pencil | 1
Kodak Roll Film: As Convenient as a Pencil | 1
Today, if we want to take a photo, we unlock our phone, aim, and click. It can be done on a whim, without a second thoug... Read more
28 Nov 2019
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35mins
Ranked #3
Coca-Cola: The Cocaine Clinician | 1
Coca-Cola: The Cocaine Clinician | 1
In the wake of the Civil War, Atlanta emerged as both the cultural capital of the New South, and the epicenter of its sn... Read more
21 Feb 2019
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42mins
Ranked #4
The Birth Control Pill | But Can It Be Done? | 1
The Birth Control Pill | But Can It Be Done? | 1
When Margaret Sanger opened her birth control clinic in 1916, she knew she was breaking the law. Distributing contracept... Read more
13 Jun 2019
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40mins
Ranked #5
Dynamite: The Controlled Explosion | 1
Dynamite: The Controlled Explosion | 1
In 1846, an Italian chemist discovered the volatile compound nitroglycerine, the first major breakthrough in creating ma... Read more
2 Apr 2020
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34mins
Ranked #6
Chewing Gum: Snapping and Stretching | 1
Chewing Gum: Snapping and Stretching | 1
It’s the mid-1800s and in Maine, John Bacon Curtis is back from clearing the spruce forests with a crazy idea. He’s goin... Read more
7 May 2020
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33mins
Ranked #7
Thinking Machines | Artificial Intelligence | 1
Thinking Machines | Artificial Intelligence | 1
Artificial Intelligence is no longer the stuff of science fiction. And it’s about to get much more powerful: machines th... Read more
30 Aug 2018
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39mins
Ranked #8
Video Games | Electric Dreams | 1
Video Games | Electric Dreams | 1
Call of Duty, Fortnite, Animal Crossing.... The video game industry generates billions of dollars each year. But not so ... Read more
30 Jul 2020
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38mins
Ranked #9
Airplane | The Flight of the June Bug | 1
Airplane | The Flight of the June Bug | 1
Think for a moment about some of the pioneering developments from the earliest days of American aviation: The first pilo... Read more
18 Apr 2019
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44mins
Ranked #10
Star Wars' Cinema Technology | 6842 Valjean Ave | 1
Star Wars' Cinema Technology | 6842 Valjean Ave | 1
When STAR WARS debuted in May 1977, it gave rise to a pop-cultural phenomenon unlike any the world had ever seen. The mo... Read more
16 May 2019
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43mins
Ranked #11
Innovation Fails: DeLorean | Driven to Succeed | 1
Innovation Fails: DeLorean | Driven to Succeed | 1
Normally on American Innovations, we look at the history of the science and technology that transformed the world we liv... Read more
25 Jul 2019
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40mins