A theory shows how every event through history is connected.
EPISODE 1
The Superpower of Salt
Discover how salt underpins our civilisation, launched wars, built monuments and sparked revolutions.
EPISODE 2
Horse Power Revolution
The horse has been a revolutionary animal in unexpected ways. It has changed how we speak, what we wear and sets the hidden limit for the size of our most massive empires.
EPISODE 3
Gold Fever
This episode asks why mankind is gold-crazy, and discovers that there's a hard-wired reason we lust after it and a microscopic explanation for why it shines.
EPISODE 4
Below Zero
This episode reveals how cold has the power to turn men into Barbarians, spark history's longest running war and create the concept of race.
EPISODE 5
Megastructures
Discover how biology and human emotions affect our desire to build gigantic structures.
EPISODE 6
Defeating Gravity
Discover what makes planet Earth the perfect planet for flight.
Bryan Cranston
Douglas Cohen
Louis Tarantino
Paul Cabana
Kristen Burns