The Story Behind the Story With Mike Rowe
Season 1
202213 episodes
Episodes
- E1
The 25 Million Dollar Kiss
2022-05-07 · 22m
Hedy Lamar, known to the public only for her sensational beauty, creates the technology that makes our modern lives possible.
- E2
The Man Behind The Microphone
2022-05-14 · 22m
In the middle of a baseball game, the newswire giving radio broadcasters the play-by-play goes down. So, the radio broadcaster, Ronald Reagan, makes up foul ball after foul ball while he waits on the signal to be resorted.
- E3
Fred's Final Wish
2022-05-21 · 22m
Fred was tasked to create a potato chip that wouldn’t turn to crumbles in the bottom of a bag after shipping. Instead, he created a completely new package design and molded the iconic chip to fit it.
- E4
The Biggest Name In Town
2022-05-28 · 22m
Small town girl, Peg Entwhistle, failed on Broadway and went to Hollywood to pursue her dreams. Her one movie bombed so she goes to the biggest name in town to have it out once and for all.
- E5
They Shook on It
2022-06-04 · 22m
During the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, Bank of America founder, Amadeo Giannini, made a deal on a handshake with a garbage man to hire his son in the future that changes the course of history.
- E6
Can You Be There By Nine?
2022-06-11 · 22m
Allen Hale Jr's odyssey to an audition that would change his life forever and give him a role in one of the most syndicated shows of all time.
- E7
A Very High Bar
2022-06-18 · 22m
Jim Thorpe is one of history’s greatest athletes. He didn’t let his education, his heritage, or even someone stealing his shoes stop him from competing at his best.
- E8
30 Minutes of Disappointing Television
2022-06-25 · 22m
Charles Schultz was given creative control to create a half-hour Christmas program for CBS, however, upon screening the film, the executives thought it was a bomb. Boy, were they wrong.
- E9
The Code Breaker
2022-07-02 · 22m
A young code breaker in the air force, intercepts a coded message that Stalin is dead. He turns the actual Morse code “dashes and dots” into the rhythm for one of the most well-known songs in history.
- E10
Keep Your Voice Down
2022-07-09 · 22m
Former drill sergeant becomes a celebrity and icon as one of the most calming voices on television.
- E11
The Missiles of December
2022-07-16 · 22m
A silent Christmas Eve in in 1955 at a strategic defense center is interrupted by a call on the single line red phone which started a Christmas tradition around the world.
- E12
He Really Stuck with It
2022-07-23 · 22m
Experiment, after experiment, after experiment, a lonely inventor finally creates the fix-all compound.
- E13
Francisco's Flakes
2022-07-30 · 22m
The creation, flop, and success of an iconic film and how it all hinged on fake snow.