The 3 Best The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences Podcast Episodes
1) The First Apartment Building in America (A Stuyvesant Story)
Apartment living is something we take for granted today, the option for those who can't afford or don't desire a private home. But how did this type of living situation become popular in the United St...Show More
2) Lightning Strikes: Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Experiment
How much do you know about one of the most famous scientific experiments in American history? In 1752 Benjamin Franklin and his son William performed a dangerous act of experimentation, conjuring one ...Show More
3) The Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Revolution: The Story of the First Bikini
In 1907, the professional swimmer Annette Kellerman was arrested on a Massachusetts beach for wearing a revealing bathing suit -- a skin-tight black ensemble which covered most of her body. Less than...Show More
The Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Revolution: The Story of the First Bikini
30:30 | Feb 10th, 2017
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4) The Lost Highway: America's First Cross Country Road
In 1900, there were about 8,000 registered automobiles in the United States. They were a genuine novelty. Those that attempted to go on 'road trips' met with a frustrating reality -- there were no dri...Show More
5) How Electric Light Changed Christmas Forever
That string of multi-colored Christmas lights wrapped around your tree (or your house) is far more influential to American history than you might think. The first electric Christmas lights debuted in...Show More
6) The Plant Doctor: The Extraordinary George Washington Carver
How much do you know about George Washington Carver, the man born into slavery who became America’s most famous botanist in the first half of the 20th century? He didn’t discover the peanut, a legume ...Show More
7) The Real Housewives of Early America: The Story of the First American Cookbook
“Over the river and through the woods” into the history of early American cuisine. The first published European cookbooks in the world weren’t meant to enshrine ideal meals but rather to inform a woma...Show More
The Real Housewives of Early America: The Story of the First American Cookbook
30:16 | Sep 21st, 2017
8) The Rebel: America's Founding Inventor
Benjamin Franklin was the most famous American in the world by the time of the Revolutionary War, known as a writer, inventor and philosopher. But as an old man, he would earn another title -- rebel. ...Show More
9) Franklin Gothic: The Invention of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin did more in his first forty years than most people do in an entire lifetime. Had he not played a pivotal role in the creation of the United States of America, he still would have bee...Show More
10) The Secret History of Soft Drinks: A Tale In Four Flavors
There is something very, very bizarre about a can of soda. How did this sugary, bubbly beverage – dark brown, or neon orange, or grape, or whatever color Mountain Dew is – how did THIS become such an...Show More