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In Our Time Episodes

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    The An Lushan Rebellion

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the An Lushan Rebellion.

  2. Erasmus

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus.

  3. The Kama Sutra

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Kama Sutra.

  4. The Scientific Method

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Scientific Method.

  5. 1848: Year of Revolution

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss 1848, the year that saw Europe engulfed in revolution.

  6. The Safavid Dynasty

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Safavid Dynasty of early modern Iran.

  8. Macromolecules

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the giant molecules that underpin all life.

  9. Robinson Crusoe

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Daniel Defoe's seminal novel Robinson Crusoe.

  10. The Concordat of Worms

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Concordat of Worms of 1122.

  11. Heraclitus

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus.

  12. Christina Rossetti

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian poet Christina Rossetti.

  13. Judas Maccabeus

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revolutionary Jewish leader Judas Maccabeus.

  14. Ptolemy and Ancient Astronomy

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ptolemy and ancient astronomy.

  15. The Continental-Analytic Split

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Continental and Analytic philosophical traditions.

  16. The Moon

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins, science and mythology of the moon.

  17. The Siege of Tenochtitlan

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Siege of Tenochtitlan and fall of the Aztec Empire

  18. Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Delacroix's painting Liberty Leading the People.

  19. The Ming Voyages

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ming Voyages of discovery.

  20. David Hume

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the Scottish philosopher David Hume.

  21. The Etruscan Civilisation

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Etruscan civilisation.

  22. Shinto

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Japanese belief system of Shinto.

  23. The Hippocratic Oath

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Hippocratic Oath.

  24. The Minoan Civilisation

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Minoan Civilisation of Bronze Age Crete.

  25. Tennyson's In Memoriam

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem In Memoriam.

  26. Malthusianism

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Malthusianism.

  27. Wyclif and the Lollards

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss John Wyclif and the Lollards.

  28. The Origins of Infectious Disease

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins of infectious disease.

  29. The Battle of Stamford Bridge

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Stamford Bridge.

  30. Xenophon

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian and soldier Xenophon.

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