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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Literary Modernism
Thu 26 Apr 2001
Melvyn Bragg examines the movement that embraced Joyce, DH Lawrence and Virginia Woolf.
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The Glorious Revolution
Thu 19 Apr 2001
Melvyn Bragg considers whether the events of 1688 were really glorious or revolutionary.
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Black Holes
Thu 12 Apr 2001
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Black Holes, the ghosts of massive stars.
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The Roman Empire's Collapse in the 5th century
Thu 5 Apr 2001
The causes and events of the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century.
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The Philosophy of Love
Thu 29 Mar 2001
Melvyn Bragg examines the western understanding of the Philosophy of Love since Plato.
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Fossils
Thu 22 Mar 2001
The significance of fossils in history and the impact of techniques in understanding them.
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Shakespeare's Life
Thu 15 Mar 2001
Melvyn Bragg and guests consider the enigma of the life of William Shakespeare
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Money
Thu 1 Mar 2001
Melvyn Bragg examines whether economic factors really are behind all historical events.
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Quantum Gravity
Thu 22 Feb 2001
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 20th century attempts to understand the Quantum world.
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The Restoration
Thu 15 Feb 2001
Melvyn Bragg looks at the reign of Charles II and the consequences of the Restoration.
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Imperial Science
Thu 1 Feb 2001
Melvyn Bragg examines whether agriculture or trade drove 19th century British imperialism.
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Science and Religion
Thu 25 Jan 2001
Melvyn Bragg explores the areas of conflict and agreement between science and religion.
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The Enlightenment in Britain
Thu 18 Jan 2001
Melvyn Bragg examines the role of British thinkers in the 18th century Enlightenment.
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Mathematics and Platonism
Thu 11 Jan 2001
Melvyn Bragg examines whether mathematics is a process of invention or of discovery.
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Gothic
Thu 4 Jan 2001
Melvyn Bragg examines the origins and significance of the 18th century Gothic movement.
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Psychoanalysis and Literature
Thu 9 Nov 2000
Melvyn Bragg assesses the role of Freudian analysis in understanding literature.
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Evolutionary Psychology
Thu 2 Nov 2000
Melvyn Bragg explores the basis and context for the ideas of Evolutionary Psychology.
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The Tudor State
Thu 26 Oct 2000
Melvyn Bragg looks at the re-shaping of England as a modern state by the Tudor dynasty.
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Laws of Nature
Thu 19 Oct 2000
Melvyn Bragg considers whether what is true in physics is true in all areas of existence.
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The Romantics
Thu 12 Oct 2000
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideals, exponents and legacy of Romanticism.
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Hitler in History
Thu 5 Oct 2000
Melvyn Bragg examines Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany though historiographical theories.
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London
Thu 28 Sep 2000
The history of London from its Neolithic origin to the digitalised capital city of today.
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Imagination and Consciousness
Thu 29 Jun 2000
Melvyn Bragg investigates how neuroscience can explain the enigmas of consciousness.
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Biography
Thu 22 Jun 2000
Melvyn Bragg examines why the public is fascinated with the private lives of individuals.
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Inspiration and Genius
Thu 15 Jun 2000
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the true meaning of genius and whether it is born or made.
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The Renaissance
Thu 8 Jun 2000
Melvyn Bragg explores the veracity of modern claims about the culture of the Renaissance.
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The American Ideal
Thu 1 Jun 2000
Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the ideals that underwrite the idealism of America.
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