Understand Episodes Available now
Trailer—Rinsed
1/13 A sewage scandal and a centuries old battle between public good and private profit
3. How Reading Made Our Politics—How Reading Made Us
3/3 Did reading create democracy? And what does it mean for our politics if reading dies out?
2. How Reading Made Our Feelings—How Reading Made Us
2/3 Did reading make us lonely, set us free, and even end torture? James Marriott investigates
1. How Reading Made Our Brains—How Reading Made Us
1/3 Did learning to read rewire your brain? With James Marriott.
Trailer—How Reading Made Us
1/3 The story of how reading made us and what might happen if we stop - with James Marriott.
4. Life and Liberty—An American Journey
4/4 The idea of freedom is foundational to America, but whose freedom, and what kind?
3. Establishing Justice—An American Journey
3/4 How has 'justice' been understood by different generations of Americans?
2. A More Perfect Union—An American Journey
2/4 What does it mean to be an American?
5. The Bush Doctrine—US Foreign Policy in Five Doctrines
5/5 How the September 11聽attacks led to conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan.
4. The Reagan Doctrine—US Foreign Policy in Five Doctrines
4/5 How US policy changed towards the Soviet Union and the challenge of communism.
