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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 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.
3. The Nixon Doctrine—US Foreign Policy in Five Doctrines
3/5 How did the Vietnam War change America’s foreign policy?
2. The Truman Doctrine—US Foreign Policy in Five Doctrines
2/5 What impact did WWII have on US policy towards the rest of the world?
1. The Pursuit of Happiness—An American Journey
1/4 How have Americans understood the connection between economic and democratic freedom?
