In Our Time Podcast
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
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The Brothers Grimm
Thu 5 Feb 2009
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm.
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Swift's A Modest Proposal
Thu 29 Jan 2009
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jonathan Swift's satirical 1729 pamphlet A Modest Proposal
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History of History
Thu 22 Jan 2009
Melvyn Bragg examines how the writing of history has changed over the years.
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Thoreau and the American Idyll
Thu 15 Jan 2009
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau.
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Darwin: Life After Origins—Darwin: In Our Time
Thu 8 Jan 2009
Melvyn visits Darwin's home at Down House in Kent.
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Darwin: On the Origin of Species—Darwin: In Our Time
Wed 7 Jan 2009
How Darwin was eventually persuaded to publish On the Origin of Species in November 1859.
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Darwin: The Voyage of the Beagle—Darwin: In Our Time
Tue 6 Jan 2009
How Darwin's work during the Beagle expedition influenced his theories.
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Darwin: On the Origins of Charles Darwin—Darwin: In Our Time
Mon 5 Jan 2009
Darwin's early life in Shropshire and his three years at Cambridge.
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The Consolations of Philosophy
New Year's Day 2009
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the consolation of Philosophy.
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The Fire of London
Thu 11 Dec 2008
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Great Fire of London and the rebuilding of the city.
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Neuroscience
Thu 13 Nov 2008
Melvyn Bragg examines neuroscience, the relationship between the mind and the brain.
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Bolivar
Thu 30 Oct 2008
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Simon Bolivar, the liberator of South America.
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Dante's Inferno
Thu 23 Oct 2008
Melvyn Bragg examines Dante’s ‘Inferno’, a medieval journey through Hell’s nine circles
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Vitalism
Thu 16 Oct 2008
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 18th and 19th century quest for the spark of life.
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Godel's Incompleteness Theorems
Thu 9 Oct 2008
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematician Kurt Godel and his work.
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The Translation Movement
Thu 2 Oct 2008
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss classical Greek ideas in the Arabic and the Islamic world.
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Tacitus and the Decadence of Rome
Thu 10 Jul 2008
Melvyn Bragg examines the life and chronicles of the the Roman historian Tacitus.
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The Metaphysical Poets
Thu 3 Jul 2008
Melvyn Bragg examines the Metaphysical poets, including John Donne and Andrew Marvell.
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The Arab Conquests
Thu 26 Jun 2008
Melvyn Bragg examines the Arab conquests which helped communicate Islam to the world.
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The Music of the Spheres
Thu 19 Jun 2008
Melvyn Bragg explores the ancient astrological idea of the music of the spheres.
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The Riddle of the Sands
Thu 12 Jun 2008
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the prescient thriller about Anglo-German relations.
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Lysenkoism
Thu 5 Jun 2008
Melvyn Bragg examines the destructive career of the Soviet geneticist Trofim Lysenko.
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