How Stuff Works

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

 

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