In Our Time Podcast
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas
Episodes to download
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George and Robert Stephenson
Last Thursday
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George and Robert Stephenson and the birth of railways.
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Roman Slavery
Thu 5 Apr 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between slavery and the power of Rome.
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Hildegard of Bingen (Repeat)
Thu 29 Mar 2018
With no new programme scheduled today, here's Hildegard of Bingen (Rpt)
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Tocqueville: Democracy in America
Thu 22 Mar 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of American democracy.
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Augustine's Confessions
Thu 15 Mar 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Augustine's account of his conversion to Christianity.
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The Highland Clearances
Thu 8 Mar 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss evictions and migrations in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Sun Tzu and The Art of War
Thu 1 Mar 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential ancient Chinese work on military strategy.
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Rosalind Franklin
Thu 22 Feb 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering scientist Rosalind Franklin.
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Frederick Douglass
Thu 8 Feb 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Frederick Douglass, born to slavery.
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Cephalopods
Thu 1 Feb 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the biology of squid, octopus, cuttlefish and nautilus.
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Cicero
Thu 25 Jan 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosophy of Marcus Tullius Cicero.
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Anna Akhmatova
Thu 18 Jan 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the celebrated Russian poet.
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The Siege of Malta, 1565
Thu 11 Jan 2018
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ottoman attack on the Knights Hospitaller in Malta.
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Hamlet
Thu 28 Dec 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's best known, longest and most quoted play.
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Beethoven
Thu 21 Dec 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and influence of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
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Thomas Becket
Thu 14 Dec 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, murder and impact of Thomas Becket (c 1118-1170)
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Moby Dick
Thu 7 Dec 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most popular idea sent in by listeners.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
Thu 30 Nov 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gauss, one of the great mathematicians.
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Thebes
Thu 23 Nov 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek city of Thebes in myth, drama and history.
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Germaine de Stael
Thu 16 Nov 2017
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and works of the great woman of letters.
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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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al-Biruni
Thu 10 Jun 2010
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Central Asian scientist and historian al-Biruni.
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