In Our Time

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.

Radio 4,1113 episodes

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Julian the Apostate
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the emperor who aimed to return Christian Rome to paganism
21 Mar 2024,50 mins
The Waltz
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of the waltz on British society and culture.
14 Mar 2024,52 mins
The Mokrani Revolt
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a major Algerian uprising against French rule in 1871.
07 Mar 2024,57 mins
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Heisenberg's key role at the outset of quantum mechanics
29 Feb 2024,58 mins
The Sack of Rome 1527
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Roman Emperor's army's notorious attack on Romans
22 Feb 2024,46 mins
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lewis Carroll's fantastical tale inspired by Alice Liddell
15 Feb 2024,49 mins
Hormones
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the chemical signals that control the ways our bodies work
08 Feb 2024,50 mins
The Hanseatic League
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval trading network the Hanseatic League.
01 Feb 2024,49 mins
Panpsychism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that fundamental particles have consciousness.
25 Jan 2024,54 mins
Nefertiti
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and impact of ancient Egypt's best-known queen.
18 Jan 2024,49 mins
Condorcet
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the last great figures of the Enlightenment.
11 Jan 2024,50 mins
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's great comedy of love, desire and marriage.
28 Dec 2023,53 mins
Vincent van Gogh
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Dutch painter of Sunflowers and Starry Nights.
21 Dec 2023,56 mins
Tiberius
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the man born in Republican Rome who became second Emperor.
14 Dec 2023,53 mins
Karl Barth
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential Swiss protestant theologian.
07 Dec 2023,55 mins
Edgar Allan Poe
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of the Fall of the House of Usher.
30 Nov 2023,58 mins
Marguerite de Navarre
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss writer and Renaissance queen Marguerite de Navarre.
23 Nov 2023,46 mins
The Theory of the Leisure Class
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Veblen on conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure.
16 Nov 2023,55 mins
The Barbary Corsairs
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of North African privateers on law and language
09 Nov 2023,52 mins
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle's ideas on how to live a good life.
02 Nov 2023,52 mins
Germinal
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emile Zola's novel, set in a French miners' strike.
26 Oct 2023,51 mins
Julian of Norwich
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval anchoress and her Revelations of Divine Love.
19 Oct 2023,50 mins
The Federalist Papers
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hamilton, Madison and Jay's urgings for a US Constitution.
12 Oct 2023,50 mins
Plankton
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the tiny lifeforms that sustain so much life on earth.
05 Oct 2023,48 mins
The Economic Consequences of the Peace
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Keynes' influential attack on the Treaty of Versailles
28 Sep 2023,50 mins
The Seventh Seal
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Bergman's iconic film of a knight playing chess with Death
21 Sep 2023,50 mins
Melvyn Bragg talks to Mishal Husain
To mark his 1000th episode of In Our Time, Melvyn Bragg talks to Mishal Husain.
21 Sep 2023,11 mins
Albert Einstein
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Einstein's astonishing impact on theoretical physics.
14 Sep 2023,49 mins
Jupiter
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the largest planet in our solar system.
29 Jun 2023,53 mins
Elizabeth Anscombe
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential 20th-century moral philosopher.
22 Jun 2023,54 mins