On this episode of Our American Stories, as a teenager growing up on a farm in rural Idaho, Philo Farnsworth had an idea that seemed almost impossible: transmit moving pictures through the air. Before long, he had built the first fully electronic television system and found himself in a battle with RCA, one of the most powerful companies in America.

The History Guy and Evan Schwartz, author of The Last Lone Inventor, share the remarkable story of Farnsworth and the many other inventors who helped turn television from a dream into a technology that fundamentally transformed American life. Evan's audio originally appeared in the Naked Science video The Invention That Changed The World. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)Support the show: https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.