RISE AND FALL OF THE RUST BELT, THE


Episode #101 - American Titans
Recounting the story of the Rust Belt, running through Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and the lower peninsula of Michigan, ending in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. What was once the hub of the American industrial revolution and innovation fell into decline in the 1970s as competition from abroad, economic crises and automation took their toll.

Episode #102 - Boom to Bust
A look at the impact of the Belt's decline, from lost jobs, orders and factories to populations and cities shrinking and how it earned its name as the Rust Belt.