Modern Marvels
In hour three of our crash course on mega-skyscraper construction, we learn about the human element and development of systems that make us comfortable.
2026-05-05 22:49:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 23:40:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Data lines power plumbing photovoltaics conserving energy painting carpeting moving furniture lights.
2026-05-07 00:30:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-07 01:22:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
The complete story of the feuds, the mistakes, ingenuity, and successes that made movies possible and kept Edison at the front of the inventor pack rare early films from the Edison Studios.
2026-05-06 23:35:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-07 00:30:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
Modern Marvels
Battered and fried or simply raw--seafood is a popular dish, no matter how you serve it americans consume more than 5-billion pounds yearly, an order that takes more than a fishing rod to fill and worries conservationists.
2026-05-06 22:42:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 23:35:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
A behind-the-scenes look at how Jelly Belly creates delicious jellybeans in every flavor then Adam Richman explores kitchen innovator Blue Apron's 495,000 square foot facility.
2026-05-06 21:53:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 22:42:00 +0000 UTC(49m)
Modern Marvels
Color TV satellite broadcasting transistor radios the Ford Mustang.
2026-05-06 21:02:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 21:53:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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Adam Richman gets to see how Wise produces over 50 million bags of sweet and salty snacks per month how Jack Link's is changing the jerky game.
2026-05-06 20:11:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 21:02:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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The 1980s transitioned from Industrial to Information Age with brick cell phones, Pac-Man, Rubik's Cube, Sony Walkman, and CDs microchips revolutionized work, play, and communication through Silicon Valley innovations including Apple computers.
2026-05-06 19:20:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 20:11:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
The Supermarine Spitfire, designed by R.J. Mitchell in 1935, proved revolutionary against German opponents and helped turn WWII's tide during the Battle of Britain interviews with surviving aces reveal the courage that halted Hitler's advance.
2026-05-06 14:17:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 15:07:00 +0000 UTC(50m)
Firefighting!: The Arson Detectives
The work of arson detectives, from a suspicious fire in Houston to the motives behind recent church fires.
2026-05-06 13:22:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 14:17:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
Modern Marvels
Data lines power plumbing photovoltaics conserving energy painting carpeting moving furniture lights.
2026-05-06 12:30:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 13:22:00 +0000 UTC(52m)
Modern Marvels
The complete story of the feuds, the mistakes, ingenuity, and successes that made movies possible and kept Edison at the front of the inventor pack rare early films from the Edison Studios.
2026-05-06 11:35:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 12:30:00 +0000 UTC(55m)
Modern Marvels
Battered and fried or simply raw--seafood is a popular dish, no matter how you serve it americans consume more than 5-billion pounds yearly, an order that takes more than a fishing rod to fill and worries conservationists.
2026-05-06 10:42:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 11:35:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
A behind-the-scenes look at how Jelly Belly creates delicious jellybeans in every flavor then Adam Richman explores kitchen innovator Blue Apron's 495,000 square foot facility.
2026-05-06 09:53:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 10:42:00 +0000 UTC(49m)
Modern Marvels
Color TV satellite broadcasting transistor radios the Ford Mustang.
2026-05-06 09:02:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 09:53:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Adam Richman gets to see how Wise produces over 50 million bags of sweet and salty snacks per month how Jack Link's is changing the jerky game.
2026-05-06 08:11:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 09:02:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
Modern Marvels
Glass serves as one of the most versatile materials, sheathing skyscrapers, containing liquids, aiding vision, enabling high-speed communication, and providing artistic expression heating certain rocks and minerals creates this transparent material.
2026-05-06 02:15:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 03:09:00 +0000 UTC(54m)
Modern Marvels
Visiting the U.S. Library of Congress to explore the contents of secret vaults and see how the staff of 4,000 catalogs and preserves treasures.
2026-05-06 01:26:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 02:15:00 +0000 UTC(49m)
Modern Marvels
Standing majestically for centuries, the world's great pyramids have long inspired and mystified scholars leading experts and historians explore the engineering genius that created some of the largest structures on the planet.
2026-05-06 00:33:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 01:26:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
Traces physical fitness' role in the health of the individual and society from ancient Greek gymnasiums, where pupils pumped up the mind as well as body, to 19th-century Muscular Christians, who saw exercise as an obligation to God.
2026-05-05 23:40:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-06 00:33:00 +0000 UTC(53m)
Modern Marvels
In hour three of our crash course on mega-skyscraper construction, we learn about the human element and development of systems that make us comfortable.
2026-05-05 22:49:00 +0000 UTC→2026-05-05 23:40:00 +0000 UTC(51m)
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