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Butterfly Effect
S4, EP1 "Electricity: A Bright Idea!"Distant ancestors were afraid of lightning and thought that it was sent by the gods; today, electricity is part of people's daily lives.
Butterfly Effect
S4, EP2 "Heredity: It's a Family Affair!"Early in their history, humans realize that they can affect nature by controlling fire, making tools and taming wild animals; what they were not given by nature, they harnessed in other species.
The Lightbulb Moment
S1, EP11 "Like Button: The Unintended Consenquences of the Facebook Like Button"When first presented with the like button Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg worried that a quick thumbs up or down would discourage more meaningful online interaction but eventually his team changed his mind and transformed the world.
The Lightbulb Moment
S1, EP2 "Cubicle: How the Cubicle Became Universally Hated"The Cubicle was originally designed to set workers free; a futuristic designer named Robert Propst dreamed up the cubicle as a groovy 1960s workplace utopia that would unleash the modern knowledge worker's vast untapped potential.
The Lightbulb Moment
S1, EP3 "Barcode: How the Barcode Shaped Our Modern Economy"Barcodes have radically changed global commerce, helping fuel the rise of everything from massive companies like Walmart to world powers like China, and it all started with a man daydreaming on a beach in 1949.
The Lightbulb Moment
S1, EP4 "Florida: How Real Estate Rogues Invented Florida as We Know It"Florida wasn't always the Sunshine State; in the 1920s, an army of real estate boosters set out to redefine Florida from an economic backwater to a ritzy vacation destination, sparking a land boom the likes of which America had never seen before.
The Lightbulb Moment
S1, EP5 "Mauve: The Fake Color That Made Our Modern World"In 1856, a chemistry student accidentally created a strange substance with a rich purple hue; Mauve takes over the fashion industry, make food look more appetizing, and enable stunning advances in medicine.
The Lightbulb Moment
S1, EP6 "Vanilla: The Bean That Shaped the Future of Food"In 1841 on the small island of Réunion, a 12-year-old slave did something no one had done before; the vanilla bean takes the world by storm, sparking the artificial flavor revolution and forever changing how we eat.
Titans: The Rise of Wall Street
S1, EP7 "The Go-Go '80s"Decades pass and investors are forced to stand by while the economy begins to stall, but in 1980, Wall Street gets its swagger back; the financial capital is caught up in a wave of corporate takeovers that change the nation's economic landscape.
Rescued Chimpanzees of the Congo With Jane Goodall
S2, EP1 "Path to Freedom"The sanctuary embarks on an ambitious project to release suitable chimpanzees back to the wild.
Rescued Chimpanzees of the Congo With Jane Goodall
S2, EP2 "Heroes"Testing the chimpanzees' survival skills; searching for a release site; infant George learns how to crack open nuts; Dr. Cat Hobaiter reveals secrets to chimpanzee gestures; the sniffer dog team's new recruit succeeds on his first mission.
Rescued Chimpanzees of the Congo With Jane Goodall
S1, EP3 "Making Friends"Back at the sanctuary, the baby group goes on their daily forest school trip, to learn how to live in the wild.
Rescued Chimpanzees of the Congo With Jane Goodall
S1, EP4 "The Big Move"Dr. Rebeca Atencia releases the first two chimps to their new semi-wild existence on the sanctuary's new islands, then sets out to rescue an illegally kept pet mandrill, but encounters resistance from angry villagers.
Rescued Chimpanzees of the Congo With Jane Goodall
S2, EP5 "All Animals Welcome"The release group's survival tests continue, and we meet the other animals cared for at Tchimpounga.
Rescued Chimpanzees of the Congo With Jane Goodall
S2, EP6 "Ready to Go"Rebeca returns from a rescue mission in Angola with eight chimpanzees; scientists study the survival skills of the group, which they release into the wild; researchers also develop a mandrill reintroduction program.
Doug to the Rescue
S1, EP1 "The Dogs of Hurricane Dorian"Using an infrared camera strapped onto his drone, Doug Thron travels to the heart of disaster zones to locate and rescue the animals who have been left behind.