Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Radio 4,·1104 episodes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss medieval chivalry.
13 Feb 2014,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Phoenicians of the ancient Mediterranean.
06 Feb 2014,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the geological theory of Catastrophism.
30 Jan 2014,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the sources for early Chinese history.
23 Jan 2014,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Tours of 732.
16 Jan 2014,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium.
02 Jan 2014,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family, rulers of Renaissance Florence.
26 Dec 2013,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss complexity theory.
19 Dec 2013,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman letter-writer Pliny the Younger.
12 Dec 2013,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hindu ideas about the creation of the universe.
05 Dec 2013,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the development of the microscope.
28 Nov 2013,·43 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of the Native American Pocahontas.
21 Nov 2013,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Shakespeare's The Tempest.
14 Nov 2013,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ordinary Language Philosophy.
07 Nov 2013,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Berlin Conference and the Scramble for Africa.
31 Oct 2013,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Corn Laws of the 19th century.
24 Oct 2013,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Book of Common Prayer.
17 Oct 2013,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Roman physician and medical theorist Galen.
10 Oct 2013,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.
03 Oct 2013,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mamluks, medieval rulers of Egypt and Syria.
26 Sep 2013,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the French thinker Blaise Pascal.
19 Sep 2013,·43 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the invention of radio.
04 Jul 2013,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Chinese book Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
27 Jun 2013,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Physiocrats, important French economic thinkers.
20 Jun 2013,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss prophecy in the Abrahamic religions.
13 Jun 2013,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Einstein's theory of relativity.
06 Jun 2013,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Queen Zenobia, who led a rebellion against Ancient Rome.
30 May 2013,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss.
23 May 2013,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss cosmic rays.
16 May 2013,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Icelandic sagas.
09 May 2013,·42 mins
