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- E1 Nazis Get Us to the MoonNext upJan 6, 2015 · 25 min
Synopsis
Adolf Hitler has just died and the Nazi regime is crumbling. Amidst the chaos, rocket scientist Wernher Von Braun leads a team of colleagues on a daring escape out of Germany. If he doesn't escape, the race for outer space will turn out differently.
Guest stars: Kyle Thomas Schmidt (Wernher Von Braun), Brandon Denton (American soldier), Cody Edison (Scientist), Peter Karr (Interrogator), Andy Neuenschwander (Magnus von Braun)
- E2 Cars Win World War IIJan 6, 2015 · 25 min
Synopsis
A chance meeting with his personal hero Thomas Edison and a visit to a Chicago meat packing plant give Henry Ford a bold dream destined to profoundly change the world. If he fails to put his inspiration into action, the United States will not win WWII.
Guest stars: Johnny Bolton (Thomas Edison), Andrew Christofer (Henry Ford), Peter Prouty (Alexander Dow)
- E3 Gold Makes HeadlinesJan 13, 2015 · 25 min
Synopsis
George Hearst is on the verge of giving up his dream of striking gold during the '49 gold rush. But if he gives up, his son will never become a newspaper magnet, and Richard Nixon may never be held accountable for his actions in the Watergate scandal.
Guest stars: Robbie Allen (Sheldon), Scott Baxter (William Randolph Hearst), Darren Reul (George Hearst)
- E4 Colt Makes All Men EqualJan 20, 2015 · 25 min
Synopsis
Samuel Colt's invention of the revolver and his use of mass production techniques to build it help drive the industrial revolution in the United States, directly linking him to the United States role as a world superpower.
Guest stars: Michael Hampton (Samuel Colt), Brendan McCay (Sam Walker), Josh McClurg (Texas Ranger), Joe Sacks (Texas Ranger), Aaron Ten Bears (Comanche Indian), Ryan Tremper (Texas Ranger)
- E5 Denim Defeats CommunismJan 27, 2015 · 25 min
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Dry goods store owner Levi Strauss agrees to finance tailor Jacob Davis' design for overalls with copper rivets. The rivets help make Davis work clothes resistant to tears in the canvas fabric. Strauss patents the design, later switches the material from canvas to denim, and creates Levi's blue jeans, which over time becomes the worldwide symbol of youth and rebellion, including rebellion that leads to the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
Guest stars: Josh Fapp (49er), Benjamin Horatio Garvis (Jacob Davis), Craig Greer (Bandit), Peter Karr (Bandit), Jeff Worden (Levi Strauss)
- E6 Morse Code Connects Us AllFeb 3, 2015 · 25 min
Synopsis
When Samuel Morse receives an urgent message from afar that his wife is about to die, he races back to be by her side. If he makes it to her sickbed in time, the speed-of-light communication we use today will never exist.
Guest stars: Ryan Baumann, William Cash, John Combs, Molly Mayo, Sam Schweikert
- E7 Clara Barton Saves the WorldFeb 10, 2015 · 25 min
Synopsis
It's September 17, 1862, and The Battle of Antietam rages! Standing right in the thick of the fight is a former schoolteacher with brave purpose - Clara Barton. If she dies, the American Red Cross would not exist.
Guest stars: Michael Jenkins (Civil War Soldier), Jacob Ludlow (Civil War Soldier), Chris Moss (School Principle), Esteban Torres-Flores (Civil War Soldier), Christopher Warner (Civil War General), Rachael Montgomery (Clara Barton)
- E8 Deep Throat Exposes the PresidencyFeb 17, 2015 · 25 min
Synopsis
America has plunged into Civil War! If German immigrant Adolphus Busch dies in a deadly standoff, one of the most American products of all time will never exist. The story of Adolphus Busch and the power of beer is the unlikely story of How We Got Here.
Guest stars: Lauren Aptekar (White House Aid), James Ferrero (Bob Woodward), Elijah Hoffberg (Marine), Michael Kurtz (Mark Felt), John D. O'Connor (Himself - Panelist)
- E9 Beer Unites AmericaFeb 24, 2015 · 25 min
Synopsis
America has plunged into Civil War! If German immigrant Adolphus Busch dies in a deadly standoff, one of the most American products of all time will never exist. The story of Adolphus Busch and the power of beer is the unlikely story of How We Got Here.
Guest stars: Glen McDougal (Civil War Commander), Chris O'Brien (Adophus Busch), Dave Parke (Eberhard Anheuser)
- E10 Rockefeller's Oil EmpireMar 9, 2015 · 25 min
Synopsis
A twenty-four year old bookkeeper, John D Rockefeller, is about to bet every penny he has on a fledgling upstart industry. If the accountant is wrong about the budding oil industry, the era of the automobile might not take off.
Guest stars: Matthew Dalton (Samuel Andrews (as Matt Dalton)), Stephen Tyler Howell (John D. Rockefeller), Eddie Staver (Maurice Clark)
- E11 Steel Builds the MetropolisMar 3, 2015 · 25 min
Synopsis
A telegraph operator is in the throws of a crisis situation! The trains along the Pennsylvania Railroad line have stopped and his boss can't be found. What Andrew Carnegie does next will either end his career or put him on a path to change the world.
Guest stars: Jamie Avera (Thomas A. Scott), C.J. Irwin (Andrew Carnegie), Alex H. Roth (Co-Worker)
- E12 Harley Hogs the RoadMar 17, 2015 · 25 min
Synopsis
Two young frustrated mechanics in Milwaukie have an idea - to put an engine inside of a bicycle frame. If William Harley and Arthur Davidson give up now, the motorcycle as we know it will never exist.
Guest stars: Andrew Asper (Andrew Davidson), Jeff Rector (Detroit Police Commissioner), Charles Gregory Schwartz (William Harley)
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