Understand
Did learning to read rewire our brains and change the way we live today? And with reading on the decline, what does this mean for our ability to think? With writer James Marriott.
Episodes (81 available)
The story of how reading made us and what might happen if we stop - with James Marriott.
2 mins
Did learning to read rewire your brain? With James Marriott.
42 mins
Did reading make us lonely, set us free, and even end torture? James Marriott investigates
42 mins
How have Americans understood the connection between economic and democratic freedom?
43 mins
How has 'justice' been understood by different generations of Americans?
42 mins
The idea of freedom is foundational to America, but whose freedom, and what kind?
42 mins
Justin Webb looks at five big US foreign policy shifts, from Monroe to Trump.
2 mins
What is the 1823 doctrine, and how has it been used since by US presidents?
14 mins
What impact did WWII have on US policy towards the rest of the world?
14 mins