Innovation History

From Roman flatbread to TV dinners: the epicurean paradox of why the simplest foods hide the most complicated politics.

Hidden Histories That Shaped Our World - Discovering the extraordinary stories behind everyday items

From innovation to instinct: unearthing the epic stories behind the everyday and exploring the political economy of who lives and who dies.

The unsustainable water allocations and the precarious future of Western civilization.

The catastrophic failure of the Teton Dam and the dangers of engineering overconfidence.

The massive dams and engineering works that transformed the West, funded by federal welfare programs.

The political corruption and water theft that fueled the development of the American West.

An exploration of the American West's water crisis, from early explorers to modern engineering disasters, revealing the hubris of trying to remake a desert into farmland.

Explore the early explorers who understood the American West's arid nature and the folly of trying to settle it like the East.

How wartime desperation accelerated scientific breakthroughs—from penicillin to radar to the atomic bomb.