
The Mega-Brands That Built America
Season 3
202510 episodes
Episodes
E1The World in Your Palm
2025-06-01 · 43m
The biggest names in computers go head-to-head in a race to create the first portable computers; through failures, alliances and the return of an American icon, they'll usher in their first ever handheld device.
E2The Retail Reckoning
2025-06-08 · 43m
Three American retail icons are born within months of each other in 1962, sparking a rivalry for the ages.
E3Rise of the Internet Empires
2025-06-15 · 43m
An ambitious upstart leaves Wall Street to start an internet store that becomes a global empire, while a young computer programmer revolutionizes the way we buy and sell online--creating rival multibillion-dollar brands that become household names.
E4Hardware Warfare
2025-06-22 · 43m
Family-owned hardware stores become behemoth brands who battle it out taking big risks, ushering in new innovations, and betting it all in a race to become the number one hardware store chain in America.
E5Rise of the Office Machines
2025-06-29 · 43m
To simplify tedious office tasks in the mid-20th century, one unknown company introduces the world's first photocopier and becomes a household name.
E6Photo Bombs
2025-07-06 · 43m
An underdog breaks the mold by creating instant photography, revolutionizing how we take photos. And it kicks off a war of innovation between two iconic companies battling to be the number one camera brand in the country.
E7Fight for the Fast Lane
2025-07-13 · 43m
American cars get a makeover when an engineer creates the first sports car.
E8Pants on Fire
2025-07-20 · 43m
Levi Strauss partners with a tailor who makes a groundbreaking discovery during the Gold Rush—sparking a blue jean boom and a fierce rivalry between two iconic companies that spans generations and builds a billion-dollar industry.
E9Wipe Out the Competition
2025-07-27 · 43m
Before toilet paper, Americans used just about anything–until the Scott brothers turn a mistake into an opportunity and invent the toilet paper roll, giving birth to a new billion-dollar industry.
E10Reinventing the Wheel
2025-08-03 · 43m
Harvey Firestone races to innovation against a crosstown rival as they both bet big on bringing car tires to the nation.
