Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Michigan | 20080630 | Series exploring the unease pre-occupying American politicians and voters alike in a presidential election year. James Naughtie criss-crosses the United States to assess the extent to which belief in the American dream has been damaged by a failing economy, a continuing racial divide, the Iraq war and its own democratic process.
The series begins in Michigan, a rust belt state with a collapsing automotive industry and an economy in decline.
The state of Michigan has a collapsing automotive industry and an economy in decline. Series exploring the unease pre-occupying America in a presidential election year | |
| 01 | Michigan | 20080916 | Series exploring the unease pre-occupying American politicians and voters alike in a presidential election year. James Naughtie criss-crosses the United States to assess the extent to which belief in the American dream has been damaged by a failing economy, a continuing racial divide, the Iraq war and its own democratic process.
The series begins in Michigan, a rust belt state with a collapsing automotive industry and an economy in decline.
The state of Michigan has a collapsing automotive industry and an economy in decline. Series exploring the unease pre-occupying America in a presidential election year | |
| 02 | Houston | 20080707 | James Naughtie explores the unease preoccupying American politicians and voters in a presidential election year.
He visits Houston, a city in the grip of a demographic revolution driven by a huge influx of immigrants, some legal and many illegal. They are fuelling both an economic boom and resentment in one of America's most ethnically diverse cities.
James Naughtie examines the effect of immigration in Houston, Texas. Series exploring the unease pre-occupying America in a presidential election year | |
| 02 | Houston | 20080917 | James Naughtie explores the unease preoccupying American politicians and voters in a presidential election year.
He visits Houston, a city in the grip of a demographic revolution driven by a huge influx of immigrants, some legal and many illegal. They are fuelling both an economic boom and resentment in one of America's most ethnically diverse cities.
James Naughtie examines the effect of immigration in Houston, Texas. Series exploring the unease pre-occupying America in a presidential election year | |
| 03 | Kansas | 20080714 | James Naughtie explores the unease preoccupying American politicians and voters alike in a presidential election year.
He visits Fort Riley in Kansas, a rapidly expanding base playing a key role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He examines the use of the military as an instrument of US foreign policy and assesses the direction America may take as the world's superpower.
James Naughtie visits Fort Riley in Kansas, a rapidly expanding military base. Series exploring the unease pre-occupying America in a presidential election year | |
| 03 | Kansas | 20080918 | James Naughtie explores the unease preoccupying American politicians and voters alike in a presidential election year.
He visits Fort Riley in Kansas, a rapidly expanding base playing a key role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He examines the use of the military as an instrument of US foreign policy and assesses the direction America may take as the world's superpower.
James Naughtie visits Fort Riley in Kansas, a rapidly expanding military base. Series exploring the unease pre-occupying America in a presidential election year | |
| 04 | Washington DC | 20080721 | James Naughtie explores the unease preoccupying American politicians and voters alike in a presidential election year.
In Washington DC, he finds a system dominated by money, lobbyists, partisan politics and anger on the airwaves. At a time of increasing polarisation, what changes could a new president really bring about?
In Washington DC, James finds a system dominated by money, lobbyists and partisan politics Series exploring the unease pre-occupying America in a presidential election year | |
| 04 | Washington DC | 20080721 | 20080919 (R4) | James Naughtie explores the unease preoccupying American politicians and voters alike in a presidential election year.
In Washington DC, he finds a system dominated by money, lobbyists, partisan politics and anger on the airwaves. At a time of increasing polarisation, what changes could a new president really bring about?
In Washington DC, James finds a system dominated by money, lobbyists and partisan politics Series exploring the unease pre-occupying America in a presidential election year |