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1. How Reading Made Our Brains—How Reading Made Us
1/3Did learning to read rewire your brain? With James Marriott.

Trailer—How Reading Made Us
1/3The story of how reading made us and what might happen if we stop - with James Marriott.

4. Life and Liberty—An American Journey
4/4The idea of freedom is foundational to America, but whose freedom, and what kind?

3. Establishing Justice—An American Journey
3/4How has 'justice' been understood by different generations of Americans?

2. A More Perfect Union—An American Journey
2/4What does it mean to be an American?

5. The Bush Doctrine—US Foreign Policy in Five Doctrines
5/5How the September 11 attacks led to conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan.

4. The Reagan Doctrine—US Foreign Policy in Five Doctrines
4/5How US policy changed towards the Soviet Union and the challenge of communism.

3. The Nixon Doctrine—US Foreign Policy in Five Doctrines
3/5How did the Vietnam War change Americaβs foreign policy?

2. The Truman Doctrine—US Foreign Policy in Five Doctrines
2/5What impact did WWII have on US policy towards the rest of the world?

1. The Pursuit of Happiness—An American Journey
1/4How have Americans understood the connection between economic and democratic freedom?