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08/08/2010

Presented by Matt Frei. Featuring Washington rules and Looney Tunes.

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15/08/2010

Americana is off to the beach.

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22/08/2010

Simon Winchester examines American communication: from guns, to the press, to lighthouses.

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29/08/2010

Former Secretary of State Rod Paige talks about the crisis in American education.

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05/09/2010

Conservative economist Thomas Sowell on how America's greatness is being dismantled.

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12/09/2010

A look at the acerbic wisdom of the journalist HL Mencken, aka the Sage of Baltimore.

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19/09/2010

This week, Americana explores US styles of change with David Plouffe and Noam Chomsky.

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26/09/2010

Americana examines the enthusiasm, faith, myth and making of the Tea Party movement.

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03/10/2010

The anatomy of a recall, US style. Matt Frei talks to the mayor of North Pole, Alaska.

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10/10/2010

Matt Frei talks to author Alice Walker and Harvard's Robert Putnam on faith in the USA.

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17/10/2010

A look at the heroes, history and music of that most American of sports, baseball.

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24/10/2010

Matt Frei talks to Michelle Malkin, one of America's most prolific right-wing commentators

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31/10/2010

Matt Frei explores the defining and redefining of the United States.

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07/11/2010

As President Obama heads to India, Americana looks at the impact of India on U.S. culture.

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14/11/2010

The British author Jonathan Raban presents the programme from Seattle.

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21/11/2010

Americana examines the US effort to be accepted - among friends, neighbours and citizens.

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28/11/2010

As the holiday season hits the USA, Americana examines food choices and money struggles.

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05/12/2010

A portrait of the White American Liberal, plus actor Robert Duvall praises small town USA.

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12/12/2010

Gore Vidal; the USA's history and current relationship with debt; and ducks too.

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19/12/2010

Washington DC's 'Mayor For Life' Marion Barry on the real truths about the capital.

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26/12/2010

A 25-year-old US Sergeant on what it means to wear America's highest military honour.

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02/01/2011

How fit is America? A jog in Central Park and humiliation by a 10-year-old chess master.

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16/01/2011

"Live free or die" says the US's most libertarian state. What is American libertarianism?

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23/01/2011

With no licence fee, US public broadcasting still makes it happen. Americana asks: how?

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30/01/2011

Ron Reagan steps out of the shadow of his father's presidential legacy to tell his story.

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06/02/2011

Presidential Doctrine: a thing of the past, or a must-have for President Obama?

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13/02/2011

As the row over filibustering in the UK heats up, we look at the US use of the tactic.

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20/02/2011

A look at how Philadelphia balanced its budget, and who's speaking Elizabethan English.

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27/02/2011

Matt Frei examines the history of unions in America and what may come next.

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06/03/2011

With unrest and uncertainty in the Middle East what could or should the US do?

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