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In Our Time Episodes

  1. The Death of Stars (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the end of stars can lead to new planets and new life

  2. The Bacchae (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revenge of Dionysus on Thebes in Euripides' tragedy.

  3. The 12th Century Renaissance (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a period of great change in Western Europe

  4. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest poems from medieval England

  5. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest poems from medieval England

  6. Shakespeare's Sonnets (Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss some of the greatest and most challenging poems in English

  7. Shakespeare's Sonnets

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss some of the greatest and most challenging poems in English

  8. Shakespeare's Sonnets

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss some of the greatest and most challenging poems in English

  9. Samuel Beckett (Summer Repeat)

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

  10. Robert Hooke (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientist Robert Hooke

  11. Rawls' Theory of Justice (Summer Repeat)

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

  12. Picasso's Guernica (Summer Repeat)

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

  13. Photosynthesis

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss photosynthesis

  14. Paul Dirac (Summer Repeat)

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

  15. Parasitism (Summer Repeat)

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

  16. P vs NP (Summer Repeat)

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

  17. Nineteen Eighty-Four (Summer Repeat)

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

  18. Mitochondria (Summer Repeat)

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

  19. Melvyn Bragg talks to Mishal Husain

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

  20. Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (Summer Repeat)

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

  21. Mary, Queen of Scots

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

  22. Mary Astell (Summer Repeat)

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

  23. Marie Antoinette (repeat)

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

  24. Margery Kempe and English Mysticism (Summer Repeat)

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

  25. Kant's Copernican Revolution (Summer Repeat)

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

  26. Kant's Categorical Imperative (Summer Repeat)

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

  27. John Clare

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

  28. Jane Eyre (Summer Repeat)

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

  29. In Our Time is now first on 91热爆 Sounds

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

  30. Hope (Summer Repeat)

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

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