Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Radio 4,·1115 episodes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn.
22 Mar 2012,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Vitruvius's De Architectura.
15 Mar 2012,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Wordsworth and Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads.
08 Mar 2012,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Benjamin Franklin.
01 Mar 2012,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of electrical conduction.
23 Feb 2012,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the An Lushan Rebellion.
16 Feb 2012,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus.
09 Feb 2012,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Kama Sutra.
02 Feb 2012,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Scientific Method.
26 Jan 2012,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss 1848, the year that saw Europe engulfed in revolution.
19 Jan 2012,·45 mins
Episode 5
How the invention of writing made the scientific revolution of the Enlightenment possible.
06 Jan 2012,·30 mins
Literature
How the written word, originally used for accountancy, gave rise to human literature.
05 Jan 2012,·30 mins
Episode 3
How the invention of writing influenced the spread of religion.
04 Jan 2012,·28 mins
Episode 2
Melvyn considers the impact of the invention of the book.
03 Jan 2012,·30 mins
Episode 1
How making signs on clay, wood or parchment enabled the development of human culture.
02 Jan 2012,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Safavid Dynasty of early modern Iran.
12 Jan 2012,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the giant molecules that underpin all life.
29 Dec 2011,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Daniel Defoe's seminal novel Robinson Crusoe.
22 Dec 2011,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Concordat of Worms of 1122.
15 Dec 2011,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus.
08 Dec 2011,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian poet Christina Rossetti.
01 Dec 2011,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revolutionary Jewish leader Judas Maccabeus.
24 Nov 2011,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ptolemy and ancient astronomy.
17 Nov 2011,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Continental and Analytic philosophical traditions.
10 Nov 2011,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins, science and mythology of the moon.
03 Nov 2011,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Siege of Tenochtitlan and fall of the Aztec Empire
27 Oct 2011,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Delacroix's painting Liberty Leading the People.
20 Oct 2011,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ming Voyages of discovery.
13 Oct 2011,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the Scottish philosopher David Hume.
06 Oct 2011,·42 mins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Etruscan civilisation.
29 Sep 2011,·42 mins
