How Do They Do It?
TV-PGDocumentary • Educational • ScienceCurrently Airing
Leatherman, Formula 1, GlasswareS9 E2Creating America's best-selling multi-tool; building the world's fastest racing car; the classic Finnish Aalto vase.
Hats; Longest Road Tunnel; Snake CatcherS9 E3Panama hats; rounding up Florida's escaped pythons; keeping drivers safe in the world's longest tunnel.
Guacamole; Swamp Buggy; ScissorsS9 E4How volcanoes help produce the world's best guacamole; building a truck that can cross a swamp; Fiskars scissors.
Tennesse Whiskey; Nightvision; SaunasS9 E5How traditional Tennessee whiskey is made; how night-vision goggles work; how Finns relax in a 160-degree sauna.
World in Miniature, Hurricane Test Center, RhubarbS9 E6How a working miniature airport is built; designing a house to survive a hurricane; growing rhubarb in the dark.
Fighter Plane, Trappist Beers, SUVS9 E7Building a modern fighter jet; Belgium's Trappist monks make the world's finest beers; America's best performing SUV.
Leather Footballs, Mussels, HelmetS9 E8Making footballs for the National Football League; how mussels are farmed; designing the ultimate fighter pilot's helmet.
Almonds; Snowblower; DetergentsS9 E9How billions of bees produce a million tons of California almonds; clearing snow to keep Norway's planes flying; removing the toughest stains.
Suspension Bridge; Crossbows; Tracking ClothesS9 E10Making a cable strong enough to hold a bridge; modern hunters use medieval weapons; how stores determine the right sizes and colors to have in stock.
Scania Trucks; Miracle Forensics; GoudaS9 E11Building the world's most powerful trucks; solving crimes using the world's largest DNA database; making cheese with paraffin.
Guitars; Rope Access; Fast TractorS9 E13Crafting the finest classical guitars; how climbers keep the blades turning on a 100-meter wind turbine; making America's ultimate mowing machine.
Liferafts; Mind Control; StampsS9 E14Building a liferaft that will hold 150 people; golfers improve their shots with mind control; designing Jubilee postage stamps.
Tequila; Steam-Powered Megacity; Soft Ice CreamS9 E15A drink made from cactus; New York City uses steam; making soft ice cream.
Stuntmen; Seabreacher; AmberS9 E16How stuntmen survive a day of being knocked down and beaten up; how they make a watercraft that can swim like a dolphin; how they mine precious amber.
Tennis balls; Surround Sound; SteakS9 E17Making and testing tennis balls; the ultimate surround sound home cinema system; supplying New York with the finest steaks.
Rayon; Snuff; ColaS9 E18How to turn trees into clothing and cloth; how to make English snuff; how to make fizzy drinks.
The Social Network; Zubrowka; Aerial Cable CarS9 E19How to connect a billion people across the world; using grass to make vodka; building the world's most expensive cable car.
Skydiving Suits; Surstromming; Hemp-CreteS9 E20A skydiving suit that makes a man fly; making the world's smelliest food; turning weeds into walls.
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