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The Putney Debates
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Putney Debates of 1647.
Montaigne
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the great French writer Michel de Montaigne.
Gnosticism
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Gnosticism, a sect associated with early Christianity.
Icelandic Sagas
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Icelandic sagas.
Cosmic Rays
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss cosmic rays.
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss.
Queen Zenobia
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Queen Zenobia, who led a rebellion against Ancient Rome.
Relativity
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Einstein's theory of relativity.
Prophecy
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss prophecy in the Abrahamic religions.
The Physiocrats
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Physiocrats, important French economic thinkers.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Chinese book Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The Invention of Radio
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the invention of radio.
Pascal
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the French thinker Blaise Pascal.
The Mamluks
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mamluks, medieval rulers of Egypt and Syria.
Exoplanets
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.
Galen
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Roman physician and medical theorist Galen.
The Book of Common Prayer
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Book of Common Prayer.
The Corn Laws
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Corn Laws of the 19th century.
The Berlin Conference
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Berlin Conference and the Scramble for Africa.
Ordinary Language Philosophy
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ordinary Language Philosophy.
The Tempest
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Pocahontas
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of the Native American Pocahontas.
The Microscope
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the development of the microscope.
Hindu Ideas of Creation
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hindu ideas about the creation of the universe.
Pliny the Younger
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman letter-writer Pliny the Younger.
Complexity
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss complexity theory.
The Medici
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family, rulers of Renaissance Florence.
Plato's Symposium
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium.
The Battle of Tours
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Tours of 732.
Sources of Early Chinese History
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the sources for early Chinese history.
Catastrophism
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the geological theory of Catastrophism.