1. The Bridge
2. Water Works
3. Turd Nerds
4. Inkblot
5. The Camel's Humps
6. The Lion's Cage
7. The Eureka Moment
8. Sorry?
9. Vultures
10. New Tricks
Trailer
1. How Reading Made Our Brains
2. How Reading Made Our Feelings
3. How Reading Made Our Politics
1. The Pursuit of Happiness
2. A More Perfect Union
3. Establishing Justice
4. Life and Liberty
1. The Monroe Doctrine
2. The Truman Doctrine
3. The Nixon Doctrine
4. The Reagan Doctrine
5. The Bush Doctrine
Introducing The Trip
2. When the drugs take hold
3. Stranger things
4. Looking for a cure
5. Message in a bottle
6. Critical periods
6 May 2026
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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 clean it up.
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