Jason Sklar
Director
United Stats of America (2012)
Season 1
From the calories we eat to the energy we use, numbers tell amazing stories about who we are and how we live. Travel the country to meet people whose stories bring these numbers to life. The new series United Stats of America makes history by crunching fascinating data and uncovering surprising facts.
Released May 8, 2012
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Watch Providers: Hoopla
Network: History
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Stayin' Alive
Would you believe that deer are deadlier than snakes? It's true. Turns out deer are the deadliest animal in America. In this episode we look at what kills us and why and we're on the hunt for our number one killer. What is most likely to kill us? The answer is so surprising it just might kill you.
May 8, 2012, midnight
S1E2 - Moving On
Would you believe that in a nation with 3.5 million square miles of territory, 99 percent of us are crowded into only 8 percent of the land! How did that happen? This episode looks at where we live and why. We chart the influence of seven inventions that moved us out, up, down and out.
May 15, 2012, midnight
S1E3 - Size Matters
When our country was born, America was the tallest country in the world, and we held onto that title until the 1950s. Today, we've plummeted to number nine in the world rankings.
May 22, 2012, midnight
S1E4 - Time Flies
Where oh where does the time go? Would you believe that today we are spending nine years and nine months of our lives on the sofa, five years on the Internet, and only three months of our lives having sex?
May 29, 2012, midnight
S1E5 - Money Talks
Would you believe that today the average American Male makes four times what we made a hundred years ago? It's true. And yet we'd swear that money has never been tighter.
June 5, 2012, midnight
S1E6 - Livin' Large
Would you believe that if we all lived like Manhattanites the world population could fit into the state of Texas? But we're actually doing the opposite. In the 1950s, the first suburban homes were a cozy 750 square feet.
June 12, 2012, midnight
History
30 min/ep
180 min
May 8, 2012
June 12, 2012, midnight
Ended
NR
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