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In Our Time Episodes

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    The Enlightenment in Britain

    Melvyn Bragg examines the role of British thinkers in the 18th century Enlightenment.

  2. Mathematics and Platonism

    Melvyn Bragg examines whether mathematics is a process of invention or of discovery.

  3. Gothic

    Melvyn Bragg examines the origins and significance of the 18th century Gothic movement.

  4. Nihilism

    The history of the philosophy that claims that truths are illusory.

  5. Psychoanalysis and Literature

    Melvyn Bragg assesses the role of Freudian analysis in understanding literature.

  6. Evolutionary Psychology

    Melvyn Bragg explores the basis and context for the ideas of Evolutionary Psychology.

  7. The Tudor State

    Melvyn Bragg looks at the re-shaping of England as a modern state by the Tudor dynasty.

  8. Laws of Nature

    Melvyn Bragg considers whether what is true in physics is true in all areas of existence.

  9. The Romantics

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideals, exponents and legacy of Romanticism.

  10. Hitler in History

    Melvyn Bragg examines Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany though historiographical theories.

  11. London

    The history of London from its Neolithic origin to the digitalised capital city of today.

  12. Imagination and Consciousness

    Melvyn Bragg investigates how neuroscience can explain the enigmas of consciousness.

  13. Biography

    Melvyn Bragg examines why the public is fascinated with the private lives of individuals.

  14. Inspiration and Genius

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the true meaning of genius and whether it is born or made.

  15. The Renaissance

    Melvyn Bragg explores the veracity of modern claims about the culture of the Renaissance.

  16. The American Ideal

    Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the ideals that underwrite the idealism of America.

  17. Chemical Elements

    Melvyn Bragg explores chemistry's ongoing mission to understand irreducible substances.

  18. The Wars of the Roses

    The 15th century wars of the royal Houses of Lancaster and York.

  19. Shakespeare's Work

    Melvyn Bragg examines what it is about Shakespeare鈥檚 work that makes it universal.

  20. Death

    Melvyn Bragg examines the development of Western rituals and attitudes to death.

  21. Human Origins

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolution of the human species.

  22. Englishness

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the characteristics of the English identity.

  23. New Wars

    Melvyn Bragg examines whether we are in a new era in the history of modern warfare.

  24. The Natural Order

    Melvyn Bragg examines the science of taxonomy; the classification of the natural world.

  25. History and Understanding the Past

    Melvyn Bragg examines whether we can ever predict the future by understanding the past.

  26. Materialism and the Consumer

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the development and future of material culture.

  27. Lenin

    Melvyn Bragg investigates what drove the Soviet leader Lenin, and enabled his successes.

  28. The Age of Doubt

    Melvyn Bragg examines the spread of religious doubt over the last three centuries.

  29. Metamorphosis

    Melvyn Bragg explores the enduring appeal of the Roman poet Ovid鈥檚 work Metamorphoses.

  30. Grand Unified Theory

    The 20th century pursuit in physics for the ultimate theory of everything.

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