HOW WE GOT traces the web of unexpected connections, reinventions, and revivals that shaped the modern world. From skateboards to smartphones, acid-wash jeans to acid jazz, the series reveals how trends evolve, how inventions transform through generations, and how yesterday’s breakthroughs continue to define today.
Let’s take a wild ride to reveal the twisted truth about How We Got all the stuff that makes the world modern. Batteries, graffiti, the mall, cell phones, electronic dance music, fast food, fast fashion, love, high school, vampires, the bathroom... they’re all at the unlikely end of a crazy chain of connections, reinventions, and changing trends through generations.
Each episode explores a subject revealed through a web of unexpected connections. Under the hood, this is a series that offers an alternative view of Science, Engineering, Ideas, and Machines. It’s all about change — a new way of looking at the science, history, creativity, and invention stories we love, and how they’ve evolved (and sometimes come back in style).
It’s a speeding trip with no scheduled stops. Detours, however, are everywhere. It’s hard to imagine how we’ll ever get to where we’re supposed to be going. The story of our stuff turns out to be convoluted, kind of gross, weird sometimes — and a little nostalgic, too. It could be embarrassing. But we always get there… and we might even find a shortcut.