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In Our Time Podcast

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.

Updated: weekly

Episodes available: indefinitely

Space in Religion and Science

Thu 18 Feb 1999

Melvyn Bragg looks at how cyberspace has introduced a new concept of space in our world.
Language and the Mind

Thu 11 Feb 1999

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss whether the formation of language is innate or cultural.
Psychoanalysis and its Legacy

Thu 4 Feb 1999

Melvyn Bragg examines the relevance of psychoanalysis at the end of the 20th century.
Ageing

Thu 28 Jan 1999

Melvyn Bragg looks at the ethical, economic and biological implications of living longer.
Modern Culture

Thu 21 Jan 1999

Melvyn Bragg examines the definition and state of modern culture in the 20th century.
Genetic Engineering

Thu 14 Jan 1999

Melvyn Bragg examines the implications of the developments in genetic engineering.
Feminism

Thu 7 Jan 1999

Melvyn Bragg examines the development of the empowerment of women in the 20th century.
The British Empire's Legacy

Thu 31 Dec 1998

Melvyn Bragg examines the impact of Britain鈥檚 colonial past on its current identity.
Neuroscience in the 20th century

Christmas Eve 1998

Melvyn Bragg examines the little we know and what we don鈥檛 yet know about the brain.
The American Century

Thu 17 Dec 1998

Melvyn Bragg examines how legitimate it is to call the 20th century the American century.
Cultural Rights in the 20th Century

Thu 10 Dec 1998

Melvyn Bragg examines what impact globalisation has had on human rights.
History's relevance in the 20th century

Thu 3 Dec 1998

Melvyn Bragg considers the relevance of the study of history in the 20th century.
Work in the 20th Century

Thu 26 Nov 1998

Melvyn Bragg examines the changing ideas about the function of work in the 20th century.
The Brain and Consciousness

Thu 19 Nov 1998

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss our knowledge of memory and the functioning of the brain.
The City in the 20th Century

Thu 12 Nov 1998

Melvyn Bragg looks at the innovative developments of the city in the 20th century.
Science in the 20th century

Thu 5 Nov 1998

Melvyn Bragg examines how perceptions of science have changed in the 20th century.
Science's Revelations

Thu 29 Oct 1998

Melvyn Bragg examines whether science has ruined our sense of poetic wonder at the world.
Politics in the 20th Century

Thu 22 Oct 1998

Melvyn Bragg discusses politics and morality with Gore Vidal and Alan Clarke.
War in the 20th Century

Thu 15 Oct 1998

Melvyn Bragg explores ideas that have influenced 20th century human rights and warfare.