In Our Time Episodes Available now
Benjamin Disraeli
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most prominent Victorian politicians.
Mitochondria (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the power-packs within cells in all complex life on Earth.
Thomas Hardy's Poetry (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hardy's goal of being a great poet and how he succeeded
Charisma (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Max Weber's idea of charismatic authority in leadership
Elizabeth Anscombe (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential 20th-century moral philosopher
The Fish-Tetrapod Transition (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great stages in the evolution of life on Earth
Rawls' Theory of Justice (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Rawls' influential ideas on liberty and equality
Walter Benjamin (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential thinkers of the last century
Nineteen Eighty-Four (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Orwell's novel on totalitarianism, truth and surveillance
The Sistine Chapel (Summer Repeat)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Michelangelo's iconic frescoes in Renaissance Rome