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Season 11 Episode 1
This is the story of a sewage scandal. How a centuries old battle between public good and private profit created an almighty stink. And who pays to c…
6 hours ago
How Reading Made Us: 3. How Reading Made Our Politics
Season 10 Episode 3
Learning to read permanently alters your brain. It changes the emotions you experience and the way you relate to others. When a society learns to rea…
1 month ago
How Reading Made Us: 2. How Reading Made Our Feelings
Season 10 Episode 2
Reading seems an unremarkable skill. When we say something is as “easy as ABC”, we mean it is very easy indeed. In fact, learning to read has dramati…
1 month, 1 week ago
How Reading Made Us: 1. How Reading Made Our Brains
Season 10 Episode 1
Reading seems an unremarkable skill. After all, everyone can read. Even small children. When we say something is as “easy as ABC”, we mean it is very…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
How Reading Made Us: Trailer
Season 9 Episode 5
The story of how reading made us and what might happen if we stop - with James Marriott.
2 months ago
An American Journey: 4. Life and Liberty
Season 9 Episode 4
As James Naughtie concludes his series about the ideas tying America's birth 250 years ago to the United States today, he examines freedom, asking wh…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
An American Journey: 2. A More Perfect Union
Season 9 Episode 2
James Naughtie continues his look at the ideas tying America's founding to the modern United States, as he looks at what it means to be an American.
I…
3 months ago
An American Journey: 3. Establishing Justice
Season 9 Episode 3
James Naughtie continues his look at the ideas tying America's founding to the modern United States, asking how 'justice' has been understood by diff…
3 months ago
An American Journey: 1. The Pursuit of Happiness
Season 9 Episode 1
James Naughtie examines the ideas tying America's founding to the modern United States.
In this major new series marking America's 250th anniversary, …
3 months, 1 week ago
US Foreign Policy in Five Doctrines: 5. The Bush Doctrine
Season 8 Episode 5
Justin Webb looks back at the five big US foreign policy shifts from the Monroe Doctrine to Donald Trump. Over five episodes he and his guests look a…
3 months, 1 week ago