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 Statue of Liberty. .
14 Feb 2008,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Social Contract; a key idea in political philosophy.
07 Feb 2008,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Rudolph II and his Renaissance Court in Prague.
31 Jan 2008,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines plate tectonics, a theory that transformed our idea of the earth.
24 Jan 2008,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the enigmatic myth of the Fisher King.
17 Jan 2008,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Charge of the Light Brigade.
10 Jan 2008,·45 mins
The life ad work of the Algerian-French writer and philosopher, Albert Camus.
03 Jan 2008,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Nicene Creed which established the Divinity of Christ.
27 Dec 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the four humours in medical history.
20 Dec 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Sassanian Empire in Persia from the 3rd to the 7th century AD.
13 Dec 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses mutation in genetics and evolution.
06 Dec 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the mathematical and cultural mysteries of the Fibonacci Sequence.
29 Nov 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Wordsworth’s poem, The Prelude.
22 Nov 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the discovery of Oxygen by Joseph Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier.
15 Nov 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Persian Islamic philosopher Avicenna.
08 Nov 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests take a long hard look at the idea of guilt.
01 Nov 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 18th century obsession with taste.
25 Oct 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the myths, tales and legends of the Arabian Nights.
18 Oct 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the idea that kingly authority derives from God.
11 Oct 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses Antimatter in particle physics and cosmology.
04 Oct 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the iconic Greek philosopher, Socrates.
27 Sep 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the 1857 trial of Gustave Flaubert's novel, Madame Bovary
12 Jul 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses what the Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower mean to Americans.
05 Jul 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Permian-Triassic boundary in evolutionary history.
28 Jun 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss common sense philosophy.
21 Jun 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Renaissance Astrology.
14 Jun 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war poet Siegfried Sassoon.
07 Jun 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the ideas of William Ockham including Ockham's Razor.
31 May 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses Joan of Arc's role in the 1428 Siege of Orléans.
24 May 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of Gravitational Waves.
17 May 2007,·45 mins
