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*American Innovations*
American Innovations
Presentation
Hosted by	Steven Johnson
Genre	Science, technology, history
Production
No. of episodes	124
Publication
Original release	April 27, 2018
Provider	Wondery
Related
Website	American Innovations – Wondery

American Innovations

Last updated October 19, 2025

American Innovations is a podcast by Wondery. The series is hosted by Steven Johnson covers the stories behind the innovations (science and technology) and their innovators.^[1]^[2]

Seasons and episodes

American Innovations has covered the following topics:^[4]

Season 2018

Introduction to American Innovations 04/26/2018
Series 1: Life's Building Blocks 05/10/2018
- Life's Building Blocks | Lost Pioneers 05/10/2018
- Life's Building Blocks | Civil War 05/10/2018
- Life's Building Blocks | Double Helix 05/10/2018
- Life's Building Blocks | The Race for the Genome 05/17/2018
- Life's Building Blocks | Testing Times 05/24/2018
- Life's Building Blocks | Return of the Mammoths 05/31/2018
- Life's Building Blocks | Interview with Britt Wray 06/07/2018
Series 2: Nuclear Energy
- Nuclear Energy | E = MC Squared 06/14/2018
- Nuclear Energy | Bombs Come First 06/21/2018
- Nuclear Energy | Atoms For Peace 06/28/2018
- Nuclear Energy | Meltdown 07/05/2018
- Nuclear Energy | Backlash 07/12/2018
- Nuclear Energy | A Glowing Future 07/19/2018
- Nuclear Energy | Interview with James Mahaffee 07/26/2018
Series 3: Thinking Machines
- Thinking Machines| Artificial Intelligence 08/30/2018
- Thinking Machines| How Do You Make a Computer Blink 09/06/2018
- Thinking Machines | Siri-ous Business 09/13/2018
- Thinking Machines | I Learn Therefore, I Am 09/20/2018
- Thinking Machines | Passing For Human 09/27/2018
- Thinking Machines | Garry Kasparov 10/04/2018
Series 4: Preventing Paralysis
- Preventing Paralysis | Marching Towards a Cure 10/11/2018
- Preventing Paralysis | Can You Patent The Sun? 10/18/2018
- Preventing Paralysis | The Fight Goes On 10/25/2018
- Preventing Paralysis | And Stay Out! 11/01/2018
Series 5: Conquering Pain
- Conquering Pain | The Frolic 11/08/2018
- Conquering Pain | The Swindle 11/15/2018
- Conquering Pain | Ether Dreams 11/22/2018
Interview | Stuff You Should Know 11/29/2018
Series 6: Virtual Reality
- Virtual Reality | The Sword of Damocles 12/06/2018
- Virtual Reality | Simulation Sickness 12/13/2018
- Virtual Reality I VR Gets Luckey 12/20/2018
2018's Best and Worst Tech Moments 12/27/2018

Season 2019

Bill Nye Wants to Save the World 01/17/2019
Series 1: Rubber
- Rubber: The Miracle Material | Bouncing Ideas 01/24/2019
- Rubber: The Miracle Material | Things Heat Up 01/31/2019
- Rubber: The Miracle Material | Trials and Tribulations 02/07/2019
Making Decisions with Malcolm Gladwell 02/14/2019
Series 2: Coca-Cola
- Coca-Cola | The Cocaine Clinician 02/21/2019
- Coca-Cola | The Perfect Package 02/28/2019
Series 3: XX Factor
- XX Factor | The Woman Who Put Man on the Moon 03/14/2019
- XX Factor | Madam C.J. Walker 03/21/2019
- XX Factor | Margaret Knight 03/28/2019
- XX Factor | Hedy Lamarr 04/04/2019
Jaron Lanier Wants You to Delete Social Media 04/11/2019
Series 4: Airplane
- Airplane | The Flight of the June Bug 04/18/2019
- Airplane | Wrights and Wrongs 04/25/2019
- Airplane | Rewriting Aviation History 05/02/2019
Series 5: Star War's Cinema Technology
- Star Wars' Cinema Technology | 6842 Valjean Ave 05/16/2019
- Star Wars' Cinema Technology | The Saga Continues 05/23/2019
- Star Wars' Cinema Technology | The Audience is Listening 05/30/2019
Molly Wood: In A Changing Climate, How Can Tech Help Us Survive? 06/06/2019
Series 6: The Birth Control Pill
- The Birth Control Pill | But Can It Be Done? 06/13/2019
- The Birth Control Pill | A Matter of Money 06/20/2019
- The Birth Control Pill | Paradise and the Pill 06/27/2019
Biologist Timothy Mousseau Can't Stop Going Back To Chernobyl 07/04/2019
Series 7: Innovation Fails
- Innovation Fails: DeLorean | Driven to Succeed 07/25/2019
- Innovation Fails: DeLorean | Shifting Gears 08/01/2019
Author Jason Torchinsky Talks Our Autonomous Future 08/08/2019
The Heimlich Maneuver 08/15/2019
Series 8: Corn Flakes
- Corn Flakes | The Brothers of Battle Creek 08/22/2019
- Corn Flakes | Crunch Time 08/29/2019
- Corn Flakes | Kellogg vs Kellogg 09/05/2019
- Sex, Cereal, and Nut Milks - The Complicated Legacy of the Kelloggs 09/12/2019
Series 9: Skylabs
- Skylab: NASA's Best-Kept Secret | Apollo's Leftovers 09/26/2019
- Skylab: NASA's Best-Kept Secret | We Fix Anything 10/03/2019
- Skylab: NASA's Best-Kept Secret | Falling Back to Earth 10/10/2019
Series 10: Electric Chair
- Electric Chair | War of the Currents 10/17/2019
- Electric Chair | The War Becomes Electric 10/24/2019
- Electric Chair | A Matter of Light and Death 10/31/2019
Google's Quantum Breakthrough 11/14/2019
The Modern Ambulance 11/21/2019
Series 11: Kodak Roll Film
- Kodak Roll Film | As Convenient as a Pencil 11/28/2019
- Kodak Roll Film | Kodak Fiends 12/05/2019
- Kodak Roll Film | Brownie Boom 12/12/2019

Season 2020

The Year in Innovation 01/09/2020
Series 1: Electronic Television
- Electronic Television | The Picture Radio 01/16/2020
- Electronic Television | A Great Depression And The World's Fair 01/23/2020
- Electronic Television | The TVs of The Future 01/30/2020
MSNBC Presents: So, You Wanna Be President? with Chris Matthews 01/27/2020
Series 2: Valium
- Valium | Miltown Magic 02/06/2020
- Valium | The House That Leo Built 02/13/2020
- Valium | Mother's Little Helper 02/20/2020
NBC News presents: Into America 03/02/2020
Series 3: Organ Transplant
- Organ Transplant | The Kidney Twins 03/05/2020
- Organ Transplant | A Matter of Life and Death 03/12/2020
- Organ Transplant | The Heart Race 03/19/2020
Introducing Joe Exotic: Tiger King 03/24/2020
Bruce Gellin On How COVID-19 Could Change Vaccine Development 03/26/2020

References

↑ "The 7 Podcasts you should have (already) discovered". The Hustle. March 12, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
↑ Lotze, Kristen (December 20, 2018). "16 podcasts tech and business pros should check out". TechRepublic. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
↑ "The 7 Podcasts you should have (already) discovered". The Hustle. March 12, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
↑ "Wondery - Feel The Story American Innovations". Wondery – Feel The Story. Retrieved June 27, 2019.

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[1] "The 7 Podcasts you should have (already) discovered". The Hustle. March 12, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.

[2] Lotze, Kristen (December 20, 2018). "16 podcasts tech and business pros should check out". TechRepublic. Retrieved June 27, 2019.

[3] "The 7 Podcasts you should have (already) discovered". The Hustle. March 12, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019.

[4] "Wondery - Feel The Story American Innovations". Wondery – Feel The Story. Retrieved June 27, 2019.

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