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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Picasso's Guernica
Thu 2 Nov 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events behind and impact of Picasso's iconic work.
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Feathered Dinosaurs
Thu 26 Oct 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss which dinosaurs were feathered, and their links to birds.
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The Congress of Vienna
Thu 19 Oct 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Congress of Vienna, 1814-15.
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Aphra Behn
Thu 12 Oct 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aphra Behn (1640-1689): playwright, poet, spy.
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Constantine the Great
Thu 5 Oct 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
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Wuthering Heights
Thu 28 Sep 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Bronte's only novel, Wuthering Heights.
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Kant's Categorical Imperative
Thu 21 Sep 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the difference between right and wrong, according to Kant.
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Bird Migration
Thu 6 Jul 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how birds navigate and the risks and benefits of migration
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Plato's Republic
Thu 29 Jun 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great works of political and ethical theory.
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Eugene Onegin
Thu 22 Jun 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pushkin's masterpiece, Eugene Onegin, a novel in verse.
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The American Populists
Thu 15 Jun 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rural protest movement in America's Gilded Age.
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Christine de Pizan
Thu 8 Jun 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Christine de Pizan (c1364-1430).
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Louis Pasteur
Thu 18 May 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Louis Pasteur, known as a founder of microbiology.
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Emily Dickinson
Thu 11 May 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), celebrated American poet.
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The Battle of Lincoln 1217
Thu 4 May 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fight for the English crown at the Battle of Lincoln.
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Thu 27 Apr 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Egyptian funerary text, The Book of the Dead.
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Rosa Luxemburg
Thu 13 Apr 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and times of Rosa Luxemburg, revolutionary.
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Pauli's Exclusion Principle
Thu 6 Apr 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Wolfgang Pauli and the Pauli Exclusion Principle.
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Hokusai
Thu 30 Mar 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.
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The Battle of Salamis
Thu 23 Mar 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the significance of The Battle of Salamis, 480BC.
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The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Thu 16 Mar 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the highest global temperatures in the last 65m years.
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North and South
Thu 9 Mar 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South from 1855.
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The Kuiper Belt
Thu 2 Mar 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the icy Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune, home to Pluto.
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Seneca the Younger
Thu 23 Feb 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works, life and times of Seneca the Younger.
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Maths in the Early Islamic World
Thu 16 Feb 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the flourishing of maths in the Islamic world from C8th.
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Hannah Arendt
Thu 2 Feb 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of Hannah Arendt, political philosopher
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