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Power Trip: the Story of Energy Season 2 Episodes

  • 2020-2023
  • 2 Seasons
  • PBS Distribution
  • Documentary
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Power Trip: the Story of Energy" uncovers the hidden energy embedded in our modern way of life. A 12-part, 12 hour long documentary series by Mat Hames, based on Michael E. Webber's book, that examines how history and energy are woven together. Energy became the force that built our civilization. Energy is all around us, hidden in plain sight. Power Trip: Season One explores energy in WATER, FOOD, CITIES, TRANSPORTATION, WEALTH and WAR. Season Two reveals energy as the underlying force that carries us to SPACE, causes large scale DISASTERS, transforms WORK, CULTURE, and ENTERTAINMENT, and drives GLOBALIZATION.

Season 2 Episode Guide

Season 2

6 Episodes 2023 - 2023

Episode 1

Space

Fri, Sep 1, 2023

Modern energy takes us on a journey to space: the final frontier. From the Russian schoolteacher Konstantin Tsiolkovsky to Nazi scientist Wernher Von Braun, the history of space travel is the history of energy innovations.

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Episode 2

Disasters

Fri, Sep 8, 2023

From oil spills and coal mine explosions to dam failures and nuclear meltdowns, we can learn much from disasters related to energy that caused mass casualties and environmental destruction.

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Episode 3

Work

Fri, Sep 15, 2023

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Episode 4

Entertainment

Fri, Sep 22, 2023

Modern energy enables mass entertainment like popular music, movies, television and video games.

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Episode 5

Culture

Fri, Sep 29, 2023

Our fashion, music and art spread faster due to modern energy. Wealthy industrialists with fortunes made from energy funded much of modern culture, using energy systems to gain wealth, fund art, and spread culture across the globe.

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Episode 6

Globalization

Fri, Oct 6, 2023

This one hour finale of Power Trip traces the rise of trade in the ancient world; globalization was always a goal, but modern forms of energy provided the missing link.

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