Understand

BBC Radio 4

NEW in Understand - An American JourneyJames Naughtie examines the ideas tying America's founding to the modern United States.Understand from BBC Radio 4 - unravelling the complexities of the biggest stories and subjects that really matter right now.

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Understand

Episodes (79)

Feb 16th An American Journey: 4. Life and Liberty
Feb 2nd An American Journey: 2. A More Perfect Union
Jan 31st An American Journey: 3. Establishing Justice

Understand

Feb 16, 2026
42½ minutes
39 MB

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 whose freedom, and what kind? He begins in Gettysburg, attending a re-enactment on the battlefield made famous by an address from President Abraham Lincoln in which he asked whether the United States "could long endure". That question is being asked again now, as Americans experience profound disagreements over many of the ideas in this series - economic opportunity, justice, freedom; even what it means to be an American. As he hears, American history itself...

Understand

An American Journey: 4. Life and Liberty

BBC Radio 4

00:00 -42:27