S1 E1 • Premise

Première diffusion : 24 janvier 2014

S1 E2 • Tyranny

Première diffusion : 16 septembre 2014

S1 E3 • Clockwork

Like gravity drives the clockwork of the solar system, like the pendulum drives the machinery of the clock, the social scientists of the Enlightenment imagined that the hidden force driving the clockwork of human affairs had to be the intentions of individuals. But stripped of mathematics and experimentation, the method that had worked so well for the rest of the natural world failed when applied to society. People proved vastly more complex than planets.

Première diffusion : 20 juillet 2015

S1 E4 • Rise

After our time with the Founding Fathers in episodes two and three we fast-forward to post-war America. We see how the scientific ideas of the enlightenment shape our understanding of the tumultuous decades to follow.

Première diffusion : 21 novembre 2016

S1 E5 • Fall

Première diffusion : 20 février 2018

S1 E6 • Games

Première diffusion : 25 décembre 2019

S1 E7 • Complexity

Première diffusion : 24 janvier 2020