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Bacteriophages

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how viruses can help us track and cure bacterial illnesses

• 50 mins

Tocqueville: Democracy in America (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of American democracy

• 50 mins

The Sistine Chapel (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Michelangelo's iconic frescoes in Renaissance Rome

• 56 mins

Nineteen Eighty-Four (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Orwell's novel on totalitarianism, truth and surveillance

• 50 mins

Walter Benjamin (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential thinkers of the last century

• 50 mins

Rawls' Theory of Justice (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Rawls' influential ideas on liberty and equality

• 50 mins

The Fish-Tetrapod Transition (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great stages in the evolution of life on Earth

• 50 mins

Elizabeth Anscombe (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential 20th-century moral philosopher

• 55 mins

Charisma (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Max Weber's idea of charismatic authority in leadership

• 53 mins

Thomas Hardy's Poetry (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hardy's goal of being a great poet and how he succeeded

• 50 mins

Mitochondria (Summer Repeat)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the power-packs within cells in all complex life on Earth.

• 51 mins

Benjamin Disraeli

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most prominent Victorian politicians.

• 50 mins