In Our Time Episodes Episode guide
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Custer's Last Stand
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand.
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The Anatomy of Melancholy
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Robert Burton's book The Anatomy of Melancholy.
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Islamic Law and its Origins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins of Islamic law.
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Cogito Ergo Sum
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Rene Descartes' famous statement.
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The Pelagian Controversy
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the church's most significant doctrinal disputes.
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The Neutrino
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the neutrino, the so-called 'ghost particle'.
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Octavia Hill
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian social reformer Octavia Hill.
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The Bhagavad Gita
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Bhagavad Gita, a key text of Hinduism.
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The Iron Age
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the dawn of the Iron Age.
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The Medieval University
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the foundation of the medieval universities.
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Free Will
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss free will.
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The Age of the Universe
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the age of the Universe.
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The Taiping Rebellion
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Taiping Rebellion.
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Maimonides
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval Jewish scholar Maimonides.
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The Nervous System
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the nervous system.
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The Battle of Bannockburn
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Bannockburn.
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Aristotle's Poetics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle's Poetics.
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The Mexican Revolution
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mexican Revolution of 1910.
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Random and Pseudorandom
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss mathematical randomness and pseudorandomness.
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Byron's poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
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Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the influence of the Industrial Revolution.
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The Industrial Revolution
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Industrial Revolution.
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Daoism
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Daoism, the ancient Chinese philosophy and religion.
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Thomas Edison
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the American technological pioneer Thomas Edison.
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Cleopatra
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Cleopatra, the famed last pharaoh of Egypt.
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History of Metaphor
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of metaphor.
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Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
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The Volga Vikings
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Volga Vikings.
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Women and Enlightenment Science
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the role played by women in Enlightenment science.
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The Unicorn
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and mythology of the unicorn.
