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All Episodes of American Genius

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Behind every great genius was a great rival - an unstoppable adversary whose incredible vision, determination, and ambition is their match. Out of their struggles came the world's most brilliant inventions, the spoils of the

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Season 1

8.3/1043 votes
Oppenheimer vs. Heisenberg
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/22/2015
J. Robert Oppenheimer and Werner Heisenberg are in the world's largest arms race to build the first atomic bomb.
Director: Richard Lopez
Writer: Jim Rapsas
8.1/1058 votes
Space Race
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/15/2015
America and the Soviet Union, deadlocked in the Cold War, set their sights on the final frontier — space. Go inside the more than decadelong struggle between the two superpowers as they both set out to conquer the moon. German scientist Werner Von Braun leads the charge for the U.S. and Sergei Korolev for the Soviets, but in the race to space, only one side can get there first.
Director: Paul Abascal
Writer: Jim Rapsas
8.1/1078 votes
Edison vs. Tesla
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/22/2015
Celebrated inventor Thomas Edison goes to war with his former assistant, Nikola Tesla, to determine who will power the world with electric light.
Director: Paul Abascal
Writer: Unknown
7.8/1058 votes
Wright Brothers vs. Curtiss
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/1/2015
The Wright Brothers build and fly the world’s first airplane, but they keep it a secret, leaving an opening for motor designer, Glenn Curtiss, to swoop in and compete to be the first to fly in public.
Director: Richard Lopez
Writer: Jim Rapsas
7.7/1045 votes
Farnsworth vs. Sarnoff
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/8/2015
A young Midwestern farm boy creates an innovation that forever changes the future of communication, only to have it stolen away by one of America's greatest media moguls.
Director: Richard Lopez
Writer: Jim Rapsas
7.4/1064 votes
Colt vs. Wesson
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/15/2015
Samuel Colt and partners Edwin Smith & Daniel Wesson become locked in the first true “arms” race, as they compete to perfect the world’s first revolver.
Director: Paul Abascal
Writer: Jim Rapsas
7.3/1093 votes
Jobs vs. Gates
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/2015
In the 1980s, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs break out in a heated battle to bring the personal computer to the masses.
Director: Paul Abascal
Writer: Jim Rapsas
7.0/1040 votes
Hearst vs. Pulitzer
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/8/2015
The newspaper redefined the way America tells its stories, but its rise to prominence was born out of a bitter rivalry between a man who built himself up from nothing and the wealthy son of a business tycoon. Follow William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer as they push the limits of journalism in unthinkable ways, forever changing the media landscape.
Director: Richard Lopez
Writer: Jim Rapsas