On this episode of Our American Stories when Apple founder Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone to the public in he used multiple iPhones If one crashed or had another issue he secretly swapped it for another one He had to show off a specific set of functions in a certain order called the golden path But way back in another young inventor named Eli Whitney already known for his invention of the cotton gin in seized an opportunity to try to make his fortune Here to tell the story is Ashley Hlebinsky Ashley is the former co-host of Discovery [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories when Apple founder Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone to the public in he used multiple iPhones If one crashed or had another issue he secretly swapped it for another one He had to show off a specific set of functions in a certain order called the golden path But way back in another young inventor named Eli Whitney already known for his invention of the cotton gin in seized an opportunity to try to make his fortune Here to tell the story is Ashley Hlebinsky Ashley is the former co-host of Discovery [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories when Apple founder Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone to the public in he used multiple iPhones If one crashed or had another issue he secretly swapped it for another one He had to show off a specific set of functions in a certain order called the golden path But way back in another young inventor named Eli Whitney already known for his invention of the cotton gin in seized an opportunity to try to make his fortune Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories from the bifocals to the cotton gin to the automobile to the iPhone America country has produced creations that make our lives better but sometimes we invent things with recreation and not productivity in mind Natascha Biebow author of The Crayon Man The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons is here to tell us the story of Edwin Binney Order her book here https www nataschbiebow com books at the end of the description for The Crayon Man Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for [... more]