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In Our Time Episodes

  1. Samuel Beckett (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the playwright and novelist, author of Waiting for Godot

  2. Robert Hooke (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientist Robert Hooke

  3. Rawls' Theory of Justice (Summer Repeat)

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

  4. Picasso's Guernica (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events behind and impact of Picasso's iconic work

  5. Photosynthesis

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss photosynthesis

  6. Paul Dirac (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest theoretical physicists who ever lived

  7. Parasitism (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Parasitism, where one species gains at the cost of another

  8. P vs NP (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematical problem of P versus NP

  9. Nineteen Eighty-Four (Summer Repeat)

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

  10. Mitochondria (Summer Repeat)

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

  11. Melvyn Bragg talks to Mishal Husain

    To mark his 1000th episode of In Our Time, Melvyn Bragg talks to Mishal Husain.

  12. Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful woman in the C12th Kingdom of Jerusalem

  13. Mary, Queen of Scots

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary, Queen of Scots.

  14. Mary Astell (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher Mary Astell (1666 鈥� 1731).

  15. Marie Antoinette (repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Austrian princess, guillotined as Queen of France.

  16. Margery Kempe and English Mysticism (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe, the medieval English mystic.

  17. Kant's Copernican Revolution (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Kant's insight into how we relate to the world around us.

  18. Kant's Categorical Imperative (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the difference between right and wrong, according to Kant.

  19. John Clare

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Clare, poet and farm labourer

  20. Jane Eyre (Summer Repeat)

    Charlotte Bront毛's story of Jane Eyre, governess, and Mr Rochester, master of Thornfield

  21. In Our Time is now first on 大象传媒 Sounds

    New episodes will now be available first on Sounds for 28 days before other podcast apps.

  22. Hope (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of hope - a weakness or a strength?

  23. Hildegard of Bingen (Repeat)

    With no new programme scheduled today, here's Hildegard of Bingen (Rpt)

  24. Hannah Arendt (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Hannah Arendt, political philosopher

  25. Hannah Arendt

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Hannah Arendt, political philosopher

  26. George Sand (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated French novelist, her life and work

  27. George and Robert Stephenson (repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George and Robert Stephenson and the birth of railways.

  28. Fritz Lang (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a giant of cinema in Weimar Germany and Hollywood.

  29. Free Will (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss free will.

  30. Frederick Douglass (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Frederick Douglass, born to slavery

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