How Stuff Works

2008    43mDocumentary
7.2
HowStuffWorks is about the stuff that makes the world go 'round. It's truly incredible to see the ingenious lengths people go to in order to extract rubber and iron, corn and wheat, and water and salt from the earth. Equally amazing is the number of different and varied products that can be derived from something so fundamental. Follow the incredible journey of these goods from the ground to your dinner table, car, closet, medicine cabinet and places you may have never imagined.

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1 Season

  • Season 1
    Season 112 Episodes

Cast of How Stuff Works

  • Gabe DoranNarrator
  • Mike SeneseSelf
  • David HeberSelf - Director of Center for Human Nutrition, UCLA
  • Jimmie OxleySelf - Professor of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island
  • Michael PollanSelf - Author, 'The Omnivore's Dilemma'
  • Sam CalagioneSelf - Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
  • Charlie BamforthSelf - Professor, University of California, Davis
  • Charles WingardSelf - Walter P. Rawl and Sons
  • Patrick McGovernSelf - Sr. Research Scientist, University of Pennsylvania
  • Ken GrossmanSelf - Sierra Nevada Brewery
  • Kevin SmithSelf - Jack Daniels
  • Larry JohnsonSelf - Iowa State University
  • Brian FrahmSelf - Vera Sun Energy
  • Brian WilcoxSelf - CP Kelco
  • Blake JoyceSelf - University of Tennessee
  • Neal StewartSelf - University of Tennessee
  • Charlie BowmanSelf - CP Kelco
  • Evan RailSelf - Author, 'Good Beer Guide: Prague and the Czech Republic'
  • Parker SimpsonSelf - Corn Farmer
  • Charlie PapazianSelf - Home Brewers Association
  • Jeff ArnettSelf - Master Distiller, Jack Daniels
  • David FrettSelf - River Valley Co-Op
  • Fredric ScheerSelf - Founder, Cereplast
  • Scott GudbaurSelf - Vera Sun Energy
  • Jon HulveySelf - University of Tennessee
  • Gerami HanksSelf - Crown Drilling
  • Bryan FrancisSelf - Crown Drilling
  • David WeiskiercherSelf - River Valley Co-Op
  • Mark MillardSelf - USDA Seed Bank
  • Bob BowmanSelf - Corn Farmer
  • Greg SuellentropSelf - Sr. Brew Master, Anheuser Busch
  • Jane SchulenburgSelf - CP Kelco
  • Mark SzamaltulskiSelf - Maltose Express
  • Dave FitchSelf - Home Brewer
  • Shannon RobinsonSelf - Vera Sun Energy
  • Powell SmithSelf - Clemson University
  • Tom MiklinevichSelf - Home Brewer
  • Doug AusenbaughSelf - President, Controlled Pharming Ventures
  • Chris RawlSelf - VP, Clayton Rawl Farms
  • Mojmir ProkesSelf - Balneologist, Chodovar Brewery
  • Cheryl AndersonSelf - Jolly Time Popcorn
  • Jamie SpiresSelf - Walter P. Rawl and Sons
  • Vaclaz BerkaSelf - Sr. Brew Master, Pilsner Urquell
  • Garrett SmithSelf - President, Jolly Time Popcorn
  • Westin RinkSelf - Controlled Pharming Ventures
  • Kendall LamkeySelf - Iowa State University
  • David IacoeSelf - CP Kelco
  • Bob SchmidtSelf - Maple Lane Farms
  • Patrick SchnableSelf - Iowa State University
  • Andy TveekremSelf - Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
  • Anthony BocoGenghis Khan
  • Aaron LarsonSelf - Fibrominn
  • Rick PitmanSelf - Mary's Turkeys
  • Willie BenedettiSelf - Willie Bird
  • Trace PrewittSelf - Starbucks Roaster
  • Mike MullennixSelf - Construction Controller
  • Vlado DukcevichSelf - Chairman & CEO, Daniele, Inc.
  • David PitmanSelf - Mary's Turkeys
  • Martin DiedrichSelf - Kean Coffee
  • Steve OlsonSelf - Minnesota Turkey Growers Association
  • Kurt DyckSelf - Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Co.
  • Adriana ChappellSelf - Research & Development, Bimbo Bakeries USA
  • Glenn BannisterSelf - Managing Director, Morton Bahamas
  • Steven PauwelsSelf - Brewmaster, Boulevard Brewery Co.
  • Kevin KraemerSelf - Barn Manager, Gorans Brothers Inc.
  • Myron MarcotteSelf - Mining Supervisor, Hutchinson Salt Mine
  • John KanziusSelf - Inventor
  • Richard L. HannemanSelf - President, Salt Institute
  • Richard KanerSelf - Professor of Chemistry, UCLA
  • Doug ZellSelf - Intelligentsia Coffee
  • Kyle GlanvilleSelf - Barista, Intelligentsia
  • Alejandro CadenaSelf - Exporter, Virmax Cafe, Colombia
  • Donald Van TassleSelf - V.P. of Manufacturing, Bimbo Bakeries USA
  • Joan NielsenSelf - Editor, DecafDivas.net
  • Major CohenSelf - Starbucks Coffee
  • Ric RhinehartSelf - Specialty Coffee Association of America
  • Dustin JonesSelf - Farm Manager, Willmar Poultry Co.
  • Brian VainSelf - Plant Mgr., Olin Chlor Alkali Products
  • Gorica Rajcac SpasojedicSelf - Operation Manager, Willmar Hatchery
  • Bart LowreySelf - Oper. Director, Environ Biocomposites
  • Mehrooz ZamanzadehSelf - General Managers, MATCO Services
  • Price PetersonSelf - Owner, Hacienda Esmeralda
  • Greg LangmoSelf - Fuel Manager, Fibrominn
  • Greg JohannsenSelf - Wheat Farmer
  • Nicolas ChoSelf - Murky Coffee
  • Bret MosherSelf - Owner & President, Environ Biocomposites
  • Joel BluhmSelf - Product Consultant, North Star Surfaces
  • Parag MallickSelf - Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, UCLA
  • Nelson MeloSelf - Organic Coffee Farmer
  • Steve EllisSelf - Vice President, Horizon Milling
  • A.J. MillerSelf - Brand Manager, Morton Salt
  • Marcia ScheidemanSelf - President, Wheat Foods Council
  • Christine RamseySelf - Quality Assurance Mgr., Kruger Foods
  • Mary PitmanSelf - Mary's Turkeys
  • Terry NorlingSelf - Willmar Poultry Co. Breeder Farm
  • Peter StademSelf - Brood Barn Manager, Gorans Brothers Inc.
  • David FlynnSelf - Barista, Murky Coffee
  • Bikram GillSelf - Wheat Geneticist, Kansas State University
  • Richard StonerSelf - Founder & President, AgriHouse, Inc.
  • Lewis N. LavySelf - Powderman, Hutchinson Salt Mine
  • Stefano DukcevichSelf - President, Daniele, Inc.
  • Linda SchmittSelf - Kansas Underground Salt Museum
  • Fernando OrozcoSelf - Plant Manager, Bimbo Bakeries USA
  • Allan FritzSelf - Wheat Breeder, Kansas State University
  • Lee SpenceSelf - President, Underground Vaults & Storage
  • Timothy J. CastleSelf - Importer, Castle and Company
  • Craig PijanowskiSelf - Lead Brewer, Boulevard Brewery Co.
  • Heather GrollSelf - Lab Technician, MATCO Services
  • Michaele WeissmanSelf - Journalist and Author
  • Chuck CardenSelf - Director of Operations, Tampa Bay Water Desalination Plant
  • Jeanette GoogeSelf - Quality Control Mgr., Morton Salt
  • Scott PhillipsSelf - Biopolymer Technologies, MGP Ingredients
  • Chris TodaroSelf - Folger's Coffee
  • Jeff BenderSelf - Infectious Disease Specialist, University of Minnesota
  • V. Lee BybergSelf - Willmar Poultry Co.
  • Erik KrugerSelf - Director of Operations, Kruger Foods
  • George BregarSelf - Alterra Coffee
  • Zoran RisticSelf - USDA Plant Physiologist
  • John McDonaldSelf - President, Boulevard Brewery Co.
  • Lenny ScottSelf - Dir. Technology, Olin Chlor Alkali Products
  • Beagle BrodskySelf - Manager, Willie Bird
  • Andre F. ZieglerSelf - Poultry Pathologist, University of Minnesota
  • Topher DohlSelf - Applications Tech., MGP Ingredients
  • Glenn DeMerittSelf - Textured Protein Tech., MGP Ingredients
  • Kim GoransSelf - Gorans Brothers Inc.
  • Sally NollSelf - Professor of Poultry Science, University of Minnesota
  • Nelson SelmerSelf - Facility Manager, Horizon Milling
  • Natalie DawkinsGirl Opening Presents
  • William J. ModeBrutus
  • Chris HartyDirector
  • Kieron BarryWriter
  • David MadisonWriter
  • Brian O'ConnorWriter
  • Zak WeisfeldWriter
  • Beata ZielWriter
  • Mariel SykesProducer
  • Michael RogersProducer
  • Diane WaiProducer
  • Melissa RaffordProducer
  • Eric MazerProducer
  • Randal ShuptrineProducer
  • Neil AlfordProducer
  • Daniel CallisProducer
  • David LaneProducer

 

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