Season 1
8 episodes · Jun 1, 2015
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S1E1Jobs vs. Gates
Jun 1, 201545mIn the 1980s, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs break out in a heated battle to bring the personal computer to the masses.
S1E2Wright Brothers vs. Curtiss
Jun 1, 201545mThe Wright Brothers build and fly the world’s first airplane, but they keep it a secret, leaving an opening for motor designer, Glenn Curtiss, to swoop in and compete to be the first to fly in public.
S1E3Farnsworth vs. Sarnoff
Jun 8, 201545mA young Midwestern farm boy creates an innovation that forever changes the future of communication, only to have it stolen away by one of America's greatest media moguls.
S1E4Hearst vs. Pulitzer
Jun 8, 201545mThe newspaper redefined the way America tells its stories, but its rise to prominence was born out of a bitter rivalry between a man who built himself up from nothing and the wealthy son of a business tycoon. Follow William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer as they push the limits of journalism in unthinkable ways, forever changing the media landscape.
S1E5Space Race
Jun 15, 201545mAmerica and the Soviet Union, deadlocked in the Cold War, set their sights on the final frontier — space. Go inside the more than decadelong struggle between the two superpowers as they both set out to conquer the moon. German scientist Werner Von Braun leads the charge for the U.S. and Sergei Korolev for the Soviets, but in the race to space, only one side can get there first.
S1E6Colt vs. Wesson
Jun 15, 201545mSamuel Colt and partners Edwin Smith & Daniel Wesson become locked in the first true “arms” race, as they compete to perfect the world’s first revolver.
S1E7Oppenheimer vs. Heisenberg
Jun 22, 201545mJ. Robert Oppenheimer and Werner Heisenberg are in the world's largest arms race to build the first atomic bomb.
S1E8Edison vs. Tesla
Jun 22, 201545mCelebrated inventor Thomas Edison goes to war with his former assistant, Nikola Tesla, to determine who will power the world with electric light.