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Purgatory

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of Purgatory.

• 48 mins

Enzymes

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss enzymes, the catalysts essential for life.

• 48 mins

Christine de Pizan

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Christine de Pizan (c1364-1430).

• 50 mins

The American Populists

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rural protest movement in America's Gilded Age.

• 49 mins

Eugene Onegin

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pushkin's masterpiece, Eugene Onegin, a novel in verse.

• 49 mins

Plato's Republic

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great works of political and ethical theory.

• 48 mins

Bird Migration

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how birds navigate and the risks and benefits of migration

• 51 mins

Kant's Categorical Imperative

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

• 49 mins

Wuthering Heights

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Bronte's only novel, Wuthering Heights.

• 49 mins

Constantine the Great

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.

• 48 mins

Aphra Behn

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aphra Behn (1640-1689): playwright, poet, spy.

• 49 mins

The Congress of Vienna

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Congress of Vienna, 1814-15.

• 48 mins

Feathered Dinosaurs

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss which dinosaurs were feathered, and their links to birds.

• 48 mins

Picasso's Guernica

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

• 54 mins

The Picts

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss history and culture of the Picts.

• 56 mins

Germaine de Stael

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and works of the great woman of letters.

• 49 mins

Thebes

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek city of Thebes in myth, drama and history.

• 46 mins

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gauss, one of the great mathematicians.

• 49 mins

Moby Dick

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most popular idea sent in by listeners.

• 51 mins

Thomas Becket

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, murder and impact of Thomas Becket (c 1118-1170)

• 52 mins

Beethoven

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and influence of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

• 50 mins

Hamlet

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's best known, longest and most quoted play.

• 52 mins

The Siege of Malta, 1565

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ottoman attack on the Knights Hospitaller in Malta.

• 49 mins

Anna Akhmatova

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the celebrated Russian poet.

• 48 mins

Cicero

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosophy of Marcus Tullius Cicero.

• 49 mins

Cephalopods

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the biology of squid, octopus, cuttlefish and nautilus.

• 47 mins

Frederick Douglass

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

• 52 mins

Fungi

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss fungi.

• 48 mins

Rosalind Franklin

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering scientist Rosalind Franklin.

• 49 mins

Sun Tzu and The Art of War

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential ancient Chinese work on military strategy.

• 48 mins