In Our Time Podcast
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Episodes to download
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Elizabeth Anscombe (Summer Repeat)
Thu 22 Aug 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential 20th-century moral philosopher
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The Fish-Tetrapod Transition (Summer Repeat)
Thu 15 Aug 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great stages in the evolution of life on Earth
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Rawls' Theory of Justice (Summer Repeat)
Thu 8 Aug 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Rawls' influential ideas on liberty and equality
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Walter Benjamin (Summer Repeat)
Thu 1 Aug 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential thinkers of the last century
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (Summer Repeat)
Thu 25 Jul 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Orwell's novel on totalitarianism, truth and surveillance
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The Sistine Chapel (Summer Repeat)
Thu 18 Jul 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Michelangelo's iconic frescoes in Renaissance Rome
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Bacteriophages
Thu 4 Jul 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how viruses can help us track and cure bacterial illnesses
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Monet in England
Thu 27 Jun 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Claude Monet's fascination with the foggy Thames.
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Karma
Thu 20 Jun 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the doctrine on how you answer for your own actions.
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Fielding's Tom Jones
Thu 13 Jun 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great English comic novels.
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The Orkneyinga Saga
Thu 6 Jun 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Saga of the Earls of Orkney up to the 13th century.
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Marsilius of Padua
Thu 30 May 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great figures in the history of political ideas
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Empress Dowager Cixi
Thu 23 May 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who dominated China's court for almost 50 years.
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Philippa Foot
Thu 16 May 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century
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Sir Thomas Wyatt
Thu 9 May 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the astonishing poet at the heart of Henry VIII's court
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Bertolt Brecht
Thu 25 Apr 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 20th-century German playwright.
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Napoleon's Hundred Days
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's surprise coup in 1815 before Waterloo
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Lysistrata
Thu 11 Apr 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristophanes' comedy in which a sex strike brings peace.
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Nikola Tesla
Thu 4 Apr 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Serbian-American inventor.
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The Kalevala
Thu 28 Mar 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the epic poem that helped build the Finnish nation.
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Julian the Apostate
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the emperor who aimed to return Christian Rome to paganism
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The Waltz
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of the waltz on British society and culture.
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The Mokrani Revolt
Thu 7 Mar 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a major Algerian uprising against French rule in 1871.
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Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
Thu 29 Feb 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Heisenberg's key role at the outset of quantum mechanics
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The Sack of Rome 1527
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Roman Emperor's army's notorious attack on Romans
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Thu 15 Feb 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lewis Carroll's fantastical tale inspired by Alice Liddell
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Hormones
Thu 8 Feb 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the chemical signals that control the ways our bodies work
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The Hanseatic League
Thu 1 Feb 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval trading network the Hanseatic League.
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Panpsychism
Thu 25 Jan 2024
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that fundamental particles have consciousness.