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In Our Time Episodes

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    Electrickery

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dawn of the age of electricity.

  2. Rhetoric

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discusses rhetoric; supported by Aristotle but reviled by Plato.

  3. Witchcraft

    The history of witchcraft in Reformation Europe.

  4. The Han Synthesis

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Han Synthesis philosophies of China.

  5. Sartre

    The life and work of French novelist, playwright and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.

  6. Politeness

    Melvyn Bragg examines the cultural effect of the eighteenth century idea of Politeness.

  7. The Origins of Life

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss when and how life on earth originated.

  8. Agincourt

    The history and legacy of the English army's defeat of the French at Agincourt in 1415.

  9. The Odyssey

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the monster filled epic, 蜜芽传媒r鈥檚 Odyssey.

  10. Pi

    Melvyn Bragg examines the history of the longest and most detailed number in nature.

  11. Washington and the American Revolution

    Melvyn Bragg examines the first President of the US and what drove him to revolution.

  12. Renaissance Magic

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Renaissance obsession with Magic.

  13. Empiricism

    Melvyn Bragg examines the 17th century idea that all knowledge arises from experience.

  14. Babylon

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the truth behind the empire of Babylon.

  15. The Planets

    Melvyn Bragg examines our knowledge of the planets in both our and other solar systems.

  16. Toleration

    Melvyn Bragg looks at the politics behind the rise of religious freedom in England.

  17. Zero

    Melvyn Bragg examines the number between 1 and -1, once denounced as the devil's work.

  18. Heroism

    Melvyn Bragg explores what defines a hero, and their place in classical society.

  19. Tea

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss tea, the first truly global commodity.

  20. Hysteria

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how emotional experiences can become physical symptoms.

  21. The Later Romantics

    Melvyn Bragg examines the poetry, tragedy and idealism of Byron, Shelley and Keats.

  22. The Fall

    Melvyn Bragg examines the concept of original sin and its influence in Christian Europe.

  23. China's Warring States period

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the astonishing聽productivity of the Chinese Golden Age.

  24. Theories of Everything

    Melvyn Bragg explores the 30 year search to solve all the biggest questions in physics.

  25. The Norse Gods

    Melvyn Bragg examines the myths and theology that inspired the Vikings.

  26. Dreams

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the function and interpretation of dreams.

  27. The Mughal Empire

    Melvyn Bragg and guests examine how much the British Raj owed to the Mughal Emperors.

  28. Rutherford

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear science.

  29. The Sublime

    Melvyn Bragg explores a transcendental idea that took hold on the Age of Enlightenment.

  30. Thermopylae

    Melvyn Bragg examines the Battle of Thermopylae, a defining clash between East and West.

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