In Our Time Episodes Episode guide
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Prester John
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the legend of Prester John.
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The Science of Glass
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the puzzling science of glass.
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Josephus
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Flavius Josephus, author of The Jewish War.
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The Lancashire Cotton Famine
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Lancashire cotton famine during the American Civil War
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Tagore
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Rabindranath Tagore.
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The Earth's Core
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Earth's core.
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Fanny Burney
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the 18th-century writer Fanny Burney.
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Matteo Ricci and the Ming Dynasty
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Matteo Ricci's 16th-century travels in Ming China.
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Sappho
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek poet Sappho.
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The California Gold Rush
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the California Gold Rush of the 1850s.
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The Curies
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the scientific achievements of the Curie family.
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Al-Ghazali
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval Islamic thinker Al-Ghazali.
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Dark Matter
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss dark matter, the 'missing mass' of the universe.
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Beowulf
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the epic Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf.
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The Eunuch
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and significance of eunuchs.
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The Wealth of Nations
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Adam Smith's economic treatise The Wealth of Nations.
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The Photon
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the photon, the fundamental particle of light.
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Ashoka the Great
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Indian ruler Ashoka the Great.
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Thucydides
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian Thucydides.
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Phenomenology
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophical movement phenomenology.
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Bruegel's The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Bruegel's painting The Fight Between Carnival and Lent.
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Truth
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss philosophical approaches to truth.
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Behavioural Ecology
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss behavioural ecology.
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Zen
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Zen, a distinctively East Asian form of Buddhism.
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Kafka's The Trial
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Trial, by Franz Kafka.
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Aesop
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aesop, legendary author of the famous collection of fables
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Brunel
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
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Hatshepsut
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the female Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut.
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Nuclear Fusion
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and science of nuclear fusion.
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The Haitian Revolution
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804.
