In Our Time

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.

Maria Theresa Oct. 22, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who ruled Austria, shaking up the European order
Alan Turing Oct. 15, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the short, brilliant life of computer science's founder.
Deism Oct. 8, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most disruptive ideas of the Enlightenment.
Macbeth Oct. 1, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies.
Cave Art Sept. 24, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how and why Stone Age people decorated caves with images.
Pericles Sept. 17, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Athenian statesman and orator.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the difference between right and wrong, according to Kant.
P vs NP (Summer Repeat) July 16, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematical problem of P versus NP
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 1816, known as the year without a summer.
Mary, Queen of Scots July 2, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Hannah Arendt June 25, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Hannah Arendt, political philosopher
Bird Migration June 18, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how birds navigate and the risks and benefits of migration
Frederick Douglass June 11, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Frederick Douglass, born to slavery
Frankenstein March 19, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Shelley's Gothic story of a monster brought to life
The Covenanters March 12, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Presbyterian solidarity in C17th Scotland and its impact.
Paul Dirac March 5, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest theoretical physicists who ever lived.
The Evolution of Horses Feb. 27, 2020
Discussion of the origin, migration, extinction and domestication of horses.
The Valladolid Debate Feb. 20, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dispute in 1550 over enslavement of native Americans.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Germanic tribes' destruction of three Roman legions.
George Sand Feb. 6, 2020
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated French novelist, her life and work.