The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation is a weekly Saturday morning show on CBS that showcases present-day change-makers from all over the world who are creating solutions to real needs. It is hosted by news correspondent and CBS Sunday Morning regular Mo Rocca. Each episode presents stories related to the process of innovation and also includes one story on The Henry Ford—its Archive of American Innovation, its unique visitor experiences and its unparalleled expertise. The intent is to stimulate curiosity and to inspire audiences with entertaining yet educational stories about yesterday and today’s visionaries and turning points that changed the course of history, as well as innovations and inventions that are changing the world today. The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation is produced in partnership by The Henry Ford and Litton Entertainment, a leading independent production and distribution company.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Microscopic Windmills | 2014-09-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Medical MacGyver | 2014-10-04 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Voice Magic of Auto-Tune | 2014-10-11 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Algae Girl | 2014-10-18 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Hollow Flashlight Girl | 2014-10-25 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Aging Software | 2014-11-01 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Nano Clothes | 2014-11-08 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | 3-D Printed Food | 2014-11-15 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Armband Mouse | 2014-11-22 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Facial Recognition and Shopping | 2015-01-17 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Salmon Cannon | 2015-01-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Three Under 20 | 2015-01-31 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Electric Paint | 2015-02-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Solar Roads | 2015-02-14 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | Snake Robot | 2015-02-21 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Wrist Air Conditioner | 2015-04-04 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | Pocket Printer | 2015-04-11 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | Liter of Light | 2015-04-18 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Inventor of Email | 2015-04-25 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | Penguin Chick Bot | 2015-05-02 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Science Restaurant | 2015-05-09 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | Robot Birds | 2015-05-16 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | Shiver Shield | 2015-07-04 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | Chairless Chair | 2015-07-11 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | Tiny Homes | 2015-07-18 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | Electric Soccer Ball | 2015-07-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Wolves of Yellowstone | 2015-10-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Horse Play | 2015-10-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Shark Repellent | 2015-10-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Stone Balance Art | 2015-10-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Tallest Roller Coaster | 2015-10-31 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Car Eye Monitor | 2015-11-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | Football Field Lines | 2015-11-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Baby Tech | 2015-11-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Hover Board | 2016-01-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | 3D Printed Clothes | 2016-01-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Jetman | 2016-01-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | Pendulum Wave | 2016-02-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | Slip and Fly | 2016-02-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | Lung Growing | 2016-02-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | Posture Tech | 2016-02-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | Solar Bike | 2016-03-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 17 | Police Camera Ball | 2016-03-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | Sound Wave Fire Extinguisher | 2016-04-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 19 | Hover Bike | 2016-04-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 20 | Smartphone Fish Finder | 2016-04-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 21 | Underwater Drone | 2016-04-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 22 | Vine King | 2016-04-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 23 | Drought Balls | 2016-05-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 24 | Vertical Farm | 2016-05-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 25 | Smart Homes | 2016-05-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 26 | Ignore No More App | 2016-05-28 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | Pet Wheelchairs | 2016-10-01 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | Drone Racing | 2016-10-08 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | 3D Statuettes | 2016-10-15 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | Woof Washer | 2016-10-22 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | 3D Printed Body Parts | 2016-10-29 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | Spider Catcher | 2016-11-12 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | Joy Mangano | 2016-11-19 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | Shark Hunting Drones | 2016-11-26 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | Dog Food Chef | 2017-01-14 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | Ron Popiel | 2017-01-21 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | Green Screen Animals | 2017-01-28 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | Doomsday Seed Vault | 2017-02-04 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | Concert Wrist Lights | 2017-02-11 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 14 | Farmbot | 2017-02-18 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 15 | Tornado Tech | 2017-02-25 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 16 | Jet Ski Submarine | 2017-03-04 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 17 | Hover Camera | 2017-03-11 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 18 | Jet Surfboard | 2017-04-01 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 19 | Capturing Drones | 2017-04-08 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 20 | One-Wheeled Board | 2017-04-15 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 21 | NASA Inventions | 2017-04-22 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 22 | Air Mail | 2017-04-29 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 23 | Air Swimmers | 2017-05-06 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 24 | Hyperloop | 2017-05-13 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 25 | Pet Tech | 2017-05-20 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 26 | Doggie Rocket Toy | 2017-05-27 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Luxury Tree Houses | 2017-09-30 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | Inland Surf Park | 2017-10-07 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | Globe Maker | 2017-10-14 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | Gloving | 2017-10-21 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | Fog Catchers | 2017-10-28 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Origami Kayak | 2017-11-04 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | Shoes That Grow | 2017-11-11 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | Floating Hammocks | 2017-11-18 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | Peg Leg Crutch | 2018-01-13 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | Telehealth | 2018-01-20 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | Bat Hotel | 2018-01-27 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | United Kingdom Innovations | 2018-02-03 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | 3D Printing Inventor | 2018-02-10 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 14 | Sound Tunnels | 2018-02-17 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 15 | Solar Grill | 2018-02-24 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 16 | Food Huggers | 2018-03-03 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 17 | Stress Wristbands | 2018-03-10 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 18 | Female Inventors | 2018-03-31 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 19 | Spray-On Touchscreen | 2018-04-07 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 20 | Super Soaker Inventor | 2018-04-14 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 21 | Magnetic Design | 2018-04-21 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 22 | 100th Episode | 2018-04-28 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 23 | Girls Who Code | 2018-05-05 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 24 | Segway Inventor | 2018-05-12 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 25 | Artificial Arm Inventor | 2018-05-19 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 26 | Strandbeest | 2018-05-26 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | Flyboard Air | 2018-09-29 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | Spinach Leaf Hearts | 2018-10-06 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 3 | Paper Sculptures | 2018-10-13 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 4 | Geometric Pies | 2018-10-20 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 5 | Sunray Art | 2018-10-27 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 6 | Africa Blood Drone | 2018-11-03 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 7 | Young Car Designer | 2018-11-10 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 8 | Hydrofoil Surfboard | 2018-11-17 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 9 | Skylight Balcony | 2019-01-12 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 10 | Fishing Cannon | 2019-01-19 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 11 | Edison Talking Dolls | 2019-01-26 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 12 | Fog Security | 2019-02-02 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 13 | Stroller Bike | 2019-02-09 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 14 | Robot Whisperer | 2019-02-16 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 15 | Shirt Life Jacket | 2019-02-23 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 16 | Gyroscope Boat | 2019-03-02 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 17 | Rescue Streamer | 2019-03-09 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 18 | Cement Pipe Homes | 2019-03-30 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 19 | Speed Reading App | 2019-04-06 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 20 | Dancing Fountains | 2019-04-13 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 21 | Mars Training | 2019-04-20 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 22 | Food Allergy Sensor | 2019-04-27 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 23 | Folding Bike Helmet | 2019-05-04 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 24 | Compact Cars | 2019-05-11 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 25 | App Light Switch | 2019-05-18 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 26 | Algae Food Tubes | 2019-05-25 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 1 | Sewing Machines | 2019-09-28 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 2 | Station Wagons | 2019-10-05 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 3 | Tripp Sawmill | 2019-10-12 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 4 | Assistive Technology | 2019-10-19 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 5 | Art Glass | 2019-10-26 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 6 | Inventor Tenacity | 2019-11-02 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 7 | 1865 Roper Steam Carriage | 2019-11-09 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 8 | J.R. Jones General Store | 2019-11-16 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 9 | Vacuum Cleaners | 2019-11-23 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 10 | Comic Books | 2020-01-18 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 11 | Collections Connections | 2020-01-25 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 12 | Best of — Tripp Sawmill | 2020-02-01 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 13 | Hybrid Technology | 2020-02-08 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 14 | George Washington Carver | 2020-02-15 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 15 | Mattox Family Home | 2020-02-22 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 16 | Eggs | 2020-02-29 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 17 | Mobile Music | 2020-03-07 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 18 | Best of — Sewing Machines | 2020-03-14 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 19 | Tintype Photography | 2020-04-04 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 20 | Luther Burbank | 2020-04-11 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 21 | Refrigerator Cars | 2020-04-18 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 22 | Best of — Comic Books | 2020-04-25 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 23 | Tools | 2020-10-03 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 24 | Hay | 2020-10-10 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 25 | Salt Kiln | 2020-10-17 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 26 | Best of — Station Wagons | 2020-10-24 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 1 | Barnstorming | 2021-01-02 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 2 | Women Inventors | 2021-01-09 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 3 | Menlo Park, December 1880 | 2021-01-16 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 4 | 1931 Bugatti Royale | 2021-01-23 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 5 | Voting Technology | 2021-01-30 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 6 | Nikola Tesla | 2021-02-06 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 7 | Beekeeping | 2021-02-13 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 8 | Telephones | 2021-02-20 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 9 | Wool Carding | 2021-02-27 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 10 | Creative Circuits | 2021-04-10 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 11 | Encyclopedias | 2021-04-17 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 12 | Best of — Beekeeping | 2021-04-24 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 13 | Cookbooks | 2021-05-01 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 14 | Air Traffic Management | 2021-05-08 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 15 | Currier Shoe Shop | 2021-05-15 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 16 | Solving the Problem of Flight | 2021-05-22 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 17 | Weathervanes | 2021-05-29 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 18 | Best of — Nikola Tesla | 2021-07-03 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 19 | Greenfield Village | 2021-07-10 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 20 | Standardized Time | 2021-07-17 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 21 | Managing Mass Production | 2021-07-24 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 22 | Best of — Air Traffic Management | 2021-07-31 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 23 | Horse-drawn Vehicles | 2021-08-07 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 24 | Accidental Inventions | 2021-08-14 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 25 | Lawns | 2021-08-21 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 26 | Menlo Park, December 1880 | 2021-08-28 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 1 | Wright Brothers Patents | 2021-10-02 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 2 | Apples | 2021-10-09 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 3 | Convertibles | 2021-10-16 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 4 | Spinning | 2021-10-23 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 5 | Toll Roads | 2021-10-30 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 6 | Children's Furniture | 2021-11-06 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 7 | Tomato Harvester | 2021-11-13 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 8 | Isamu Noguchi | 2021-11-20 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 9 | Taxicabs | 2022-01-15 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 10 | Public Education | 2022-01-22 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 11 | Cast Iron Cookstoves | 2022-01-29 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 12 | Best of — Wright Brothers Patents | 2022-02-05 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 13 | Dr. Howard | 2022-02-12 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 14 | Studio Glass | 2022-02-19 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 15 | Baseball | 2022-02-26 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 16 | Airplane Racing | 2022-03-05 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 17 | Best of — Convertibles | 2022-04-23 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 18 | Standard Sizes | 2022-04-30 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 19 | Early Firefighting | 2022-05-07 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 20 | Early Racing | 2022-05-14 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 21 | Ackley Covered Bridge | 2022-05-21 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 22 | Best of — Tomato Harvester | 2022-05-28 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 23 | National Parks | 2022-07-02 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 24 | 20th-century Jewelry | 2022-07-09 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 25 | Weaving | 2022-07-16 | 30 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 26 | Best of — Ackley Covered Bridge | 2022-07-23 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 1 | Animal Power | 2022-10-01 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 2 | Driver Education | 2022-10-08 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 3 | Tether Car Racing | 2022-10-15 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 4 | Regenerative Agriculture | 2022-10-22 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 5 | Board Games | 2022-10-29 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 6 | Firestone Barn | 2022-11-05 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 7 | Porches | 2022-11-12 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 8 | Libraries | 2023-01-07 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 9 | Tinsmithing | 2023-01-14 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 10 | Organizing Knowledge | 2023-01-21 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 11 | Parking Meters | 2023-01-28 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 12 | Porches | 2023-02-04 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 13 | Women-founded Potteries | 2023-02-11 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 14 | Idioms | 2023-02-18 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 15 | Paper Dresses | 2023-02-25 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 16 | Ruth Adler Schnee | 2023-04-22 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 17 | Automobiles & Women's Suffrage | 2023-04-29 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 18 | Best of Organizing Knowledge | 2023-05-06 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 19 | Glenn Curtiss | 2023-05-13 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 20 | Technology as Furniture | 2023-05-20 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 21 | Snow Globes | 2023-05-27 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 22 | Best of — Regenerative Agriculture | 2023-06-24 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 23 | Combines | 2023-07-01 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 24 | Serial Publications | 2023-07-08 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 25 | Byrd Arctic Expedition | 2023-07-15 | 30 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 26 | Best of — Board Games | 2023-07-22 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 1 | Mail Order Shopping | 2023-10-07 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 2 | Industrial Locomotives | 2023-10-14 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 3 | Milking | 2023-10-21 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 4 | Farmers Markets | 2023-10-28 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 5 | Women in Agriculture | 2023-11-04 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 6 | Daggett Farmhouse | 2023-11-11 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 7 | Chandeliers | 2023-11-18 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 8 | Menlo Park Laboratory | 2024-01-13 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 9 | Lillian Schwartz | 2024-01-20 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 10 | Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla | 2024-01-27 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 11 | Off-road Vehicles | 2024-02-03 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 12 | The Rosa Parks Bus | 2024-02-10 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 13 | McKinley Thompson | 2024-02-17 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 14 | George Washington Carver | 2024-02-24 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 15 | Advertising Illustrators | 2024-03-02 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 16 | The Wright Brothers | 2024-04-13 | 30 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 17 | Literacy | 2024-04-20 | 30 min |
