Things That Move

Hosted by Jeff Douglas — "Joe Canadian" from the now-legendary "I Am Canadian" rant — Things That Move is a series of 50 documentaries exploring the genesis of going mobile, from the birch-bark canoe to the electric car, from the first skateboard to the hovercraft.

The series traces how a mix of starry-eyed inventors, technological breakthroughs and historical trends pushed us to travel in ever more interesting ways. Each fast-paced episode focuses on a single machine, examining its struggles, triumphs and occasional failures.

Things That Move digs into the inner workings of each machine, and traces the effect it's had on our daily lives.