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In Our Time Episodes

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    Jorge Luis Borges

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Jorge Luis Borges.

  2. Goethe

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great German polymath, Johann Wolfgang Goethe.

  3. The Carolingian Renaissance

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Emperor Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance.

  4. The Royal Society

    The history of the formation of the Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy.

  5. Don Quixote

    Melvyn Bragg considers the importance of the 17th century Spanish novel Don Quixote.

  6. Negative Numbers

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss negative numbers, a history of mystery and suspicion.

  7. Friendship

    Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of friendship; 鈥榓 single soul dwelling in two bodies鈥�.

  8. Catherine the Great

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Empress who transformed and modernized Russia.

  9. Human Evolution

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the six million year old story of human evolution.

  10. Chaucer

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English literature.

  11. The Abbasid Caliphs

    Melvyn Bragg examines the Abbasid Caliphs, rulers of the Islamic world for 200 years.

  12. Seventeenth Century Print Culture

    Melvyn Bragg examines the controversy and scandal of 17th century print culture.

  13. Relativism

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss relativism; a philosophy with no absolute truths.

  14. Prime Numbers

    Melvyn Bragg examines prime numbers and their mysterious role in the universe of numbers.

  15. The Oath

    Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the importance of the oath in the Classical World.

  16. The Oresteia

    Melvyn Bragg examines the 鈥極resteia鈥�, the seminal trilogy of tragedies by Aeschylus.

  17. Heaven

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas of heaven and the afterlife.

  18. The Peterloo Massacre

    Melvyn Bragg examines the 1819 Peterloo Massacre and the brutality of the British state.

  19. Artificial Intelligence

    Melvyn Bragg investigates artificial intelligence; can a computer imitate the human mind?

  20. Hobbes

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.

  21. The Graviton

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the search for the Graviton particle in physics.

  22. Pragmatism

    Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the American philosophy of pragmatism.

  23. Greyfriars and Blackfriars

    Melvyn Bragg looks at the religious orders of the Dominicans and the Franciscans.

  24. Asteroids

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the unique properties of asteroids.

  25. Johnson

    The life and work of Samuel Johnson, a giant of 18th century literature.

  26. Cynicism

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Cynics, the performance artists of philosophy.

  27. Mammals

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise of the mammals which began 65 million years ago.

  28. The Field of the Cloth of Gold

    Melvyn Bragg examines the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and Tudor conspicuous consumption.

  29. Magnetism

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and mysterious force of magnetism.

  30. Marx

    The life and ideas of Karl Marx who changed the world with his Communist Manifesto.

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