Season 1
13 episodes · May 7, 2022
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- S1E1
The 25 Million Dollar Kiss
May 7, 202222mHedy Lamar, known to the public only for her sensational beauty, creates the technology that makes our modern lives possible.
- S1E2
The Man Behind The Microphone
May 14, 202222mIn the middle of a baseball game, the newswire giving radio broadcasters the play-by-play goes down. So, the radio broadcaster, Ronald Reagan, makes up foul ball after foul ball while he waits on the signal to be resorted.
- S1E3
Fred's Final Wish
May 21, 202222mFred was tasked to create a potato chip that wouldn’t turn to crumbles in the bottom of a bag after shipping. Instead, he created a completely new package design and molded the iconic chip to fit it.
- S1E4
The Biggest Name In Town
May 28, 202222mSmall town girl, Peg Entwhistle, failed on Broadway and went to Hollywood to pursue her dreams. Her one movie bombed so she goes to the biggest name in town to have it out once and for all.
- S1E5
They Shook on It
Jun 4, 202222mDuring the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, Bank of America founder, Amadeo Giannini, made a deal on a handshake with a garbage man to hire his son in the future that changes the course of history.
- S1E6
Can You Be There By Nine?
Jun 11, 202222mAllen Hale Jr's odyssey to an audition that would change his life forever and give him a role in one of the most syndicated shows of all time.
- S1E7
A Very High Bar
Jun 18, 202222mJim Thorpe is one of history’s greatest athletes. He didn’t let his education, his heritage, or even someone stealing his shoes stop him from competing at his best.
- S1E8
30 Minutes of Disappointing Television
Jun 25, 202222mCharles Schultz was given creative control to create a half-hour Christmas program for CBS, however, upon screening the film, the executives thought it was a bomb. Boy, were they wrong.
- S1E9
The Code Breaker
Jul 2, 202222mA young code breaker in the air force, intercepts a coded message that Stalin is dead. He turns the actual Morse code “dashes and dots” into the rhythm for one of the most well-known songs in history.
- S1E10
Keep Your Voice Down
Jul 9, 202222mFormer drill sergeant becomes a celebrity and icon as one of the most calming voices on television.
- S1E11
The Missiles of December
Jul 16, 202222mA silent Christmas Eve in in 1955 at a strategic defense center is interrupted by a call on the single line red phone which started a Christmas tradition around the world.
- S1E12
He Really Stuck with It
Jul 23, 202222mExperiment, after experiment, after experiment, a lonely inventor finally creates the fix-all compound.
- S1E13
Francisco's Flakes
Jul 30, 202222mThe creation, flop, and success of an iconic film and how it all hinged on fake snow.