Curiosity Now offers classic factual content from an extensive, award-winning library of original and curated documentaries across popular genres like science, history, space, wildlife, nature and more. Stacked for optimal binge-watching, Curiosity Now is a brand-safe environment for family-friendly viewing

Beyond the Spotlight

S1, EP4 "MrBeast"

Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast, is the world's first digital philanthropist; after becoming obsessed with YouTube at a young age, Jimmy built a viral video empire based on the joy he gets from helping others.

Beyond the Spotlight

S1, EP6 "Joe Namath"

Joe Namath grew up in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh; after his parent's divorce, Joe turns to sports; he's propelled into sports stardom in college and professional football earning the nickname, Broadway Joe.

Beyond the Spotlight

S1, EP2 "Kristen Bell"

Actress Kristen Bell recounts how her nurturing nature and her good works, such as co-founding No Kid Hungry, was sparked when she was age 19 and helped deliver two babies during a missionary trip to a clinic in Brazil.

Beyond the Spotlight

S1, EP1 "Shaquille O'Neal"

Shaquille O'Neal, who went from being poor and bullied to NBA stardom, reveals how his stepfather taught him the valuable lesson that "true pressure is not knowing where your next meal is coming from."

Beyond the Spotlight

S1, EP3 "Samuel L. Jackson & LaTanya Richardson Jackson"

Actors/spouses Samuel and LaTanya Jackson have fought for civil rights around the globe, but their greatest satisfaction comes from handwritten thank you notes from children they have supplied with books.

Beyond the Spotlight

S1, EP5 "LeVar Burton"

Inspired by his mother to be "of service," LeVar Burton entered the seminary at 13 years old; after deciding the Church didn't have the answers to his life questions, he changed his focus to theater arts and became known for Roots and Star Trek.

Beyond the Spotlight

S1, EP4 "MrBeast"

Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast, is the world's first digital philanthropist; after becoming obsessed with YouTube at a young age, Jimmy built a viral video empire based on the joy he gets from helping others.

Beyond the Spotlight

S1, EP6 "Joe Namath"

Joe Namath grew up in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh; after his parent's divorce, Joe turns to sports; he's propelled into sports stardom in college and professional football earning the nickname, Broadway Joe.

The Lightbulb Moment

S1, EP10 "Edison: How Edison Reinvented Invention"

Edison pioneered the world's first research and development center in Menlo Park and worked with a group of experimenters to methodically zero in on the holy grail of electric light.

The Lightbulb Moment

S1, EP11 "Like Button: The Unintended Consenquences of the Facebook Like Button"

When first presented with the like button Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg worried that a quick thumbs up or down would discourage more meaningful online interaction but eventually his team changed his mind and transformed the world.

The Lightbulb Moment

S1, EP2 "Cubicle: How the Cubicle Became Universally Hated"

The Cubicle was originally designed to set workers free; a futuristic designer named Robert Propst dreamed up the cubicle as a groovy 1960s workplace utopia that would unleash the modern knowledge worker's vast untapped potential.

The Lightbulb Moment

S1, EP3 "Barcode: How the Barcode Shaped Our Modern Economy"

Barcodes have radically changed global commerce, helping fuel the rise of everything from massive companies like Walmart to world powers like China and it all started with a man daydreaming on a beach in 1949.

The Lightbulb Moment

S1, EP4 "Florida: How Real Estate Rogues Invented Florida as We Know It"

Florida wasn't always the Sunshine State; in the 1920s, an army of real estate boosters set out to redefine Florida from an economic backwater to a ritzy vacation destination, sparking a land boom the likes of which America had never seen before.

The Lightbulb Moment

S1, EP5 "Mauve: The Fake Color That Made Our Modern World"

In 1856, a chemistry student accidentally created a strange substance with a rich purple hue; Mauve takes over the fashion industry, make food look more appetizing, and enable stunning advances in medicine.

The Lightbulb Moment

S1, EP6 "Vanilla: The Bean That Shaped the Future of Food"

In 1841 on the small island of Réunion, a 12-year-old slave did something no one had done before; the vanilla bean takes the world by storm, sparking the artificial flavor revolution and forever changing how we eat.

The Lightbulb Moment

S1, EP1 "The Hollywood Actress That Laid the Groundwork for WiFi"

During WWII, Actress Hedy Lamarr, deemed the world's most beautiful woman, invented a technology that laid the groundwork for the wireless internet of today.

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