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In Our Time Episodes

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    Chance and Design

    Melvyn Bragg explores the question and theories of a grand design in the universe.

  2. The Epic

    The history of the epic, from 蜜芽传媒r's Odyssey to Joyce鈥檚 Ulysses.

  3. The Calendar

    Melvyn Bragg explores the ancient origins of our Gregorian calendar.

  4. Man and Disease

    Melvyn Bragg examines how humans have understood and fought disease throughout history.

  5. The Enlightenment in Scotland

    Melvyn Bragg examines the emergence and impact of the Scottish Enlightenment.

  6. Imagination

    Melvyn Bragg investigates the creatives forces of the imagination.

  7. Muslim Spain

    Melvyn Bragg examines Muslim Spain, from Cordoba鈥檚 golden age to the fall of Granada.

  8. Victorian Realism

    Melvyn Bragg explores Victorian realism and its focus on the ordinariness of life.

  9. Human Nature

    Melvyn Bragg examines whether our natures are innate or defined by unbringing.

  10. Architecture and Power

    Melvyn Bragg explores the ideas architecture expresses about our past and identity.

  11. The Scientist

    Melvyn Bragg explores the origin of the concept and the historical role of the scientist.

  12. Slavery and Empire

    Melvyn Bragg examines British imperialism and its captives, both slaves and Britons.

  13. Heritage

    Melvyn Bragg explores the relationship between heritage culture and the study of history.

  14. Psychoanalysis and Democracy

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of politics on psychoanalysis.

  15. Freedom

    Melvyn Bragg considers what it is to be free and how freedom became such a powerful value.

  16. Cultural Imperialism

    Melvyn Bragg examines how a dominant power can exert a cultural influence on its empire.

  17. Wagner

    Melvyn Bragg examines the position of Richard Wagner and his music in German culture.

  18. The American West

    Melvyn Bragg explores the myths and harsh reality of the 19th century American pioneers.

  19. The Soul

    The history of thought on immortality, the self and the afterlife.

  20. The Grand Tour

    The origins and cultural impact of 18th century tourism.

  21. Drugs

    Melvyn Bragg examines the role of narcotics and stimulants in the history of medicine.

  22. Chaos Theory

    Melvyn Bragg examines how Chaos Theory has affected our understanding of the universe.

  23. The Examined Life

    Melvyn Bragg investigates how our preoccupations about how to live have altered over time.

  24. The Physics of Reality

    Melvyn Bragg examines the attempt to reconcile Quantum Theory and classical physics.

  25. Tolstoy

    Melvyn Bragg explores the life and work of the 19th century Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy.

  26. Bohemia

    The history of the ancient kingdom and its religious, national and ethnic ideologies.

  27. Extra Terrestrials

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss our chances of ever discovering life on another planet.

  28. The Artist

    Melvyn Bragg explores the history and changing the status of the artist.

  29. Marriage

    The history of marriage from ancient Greek and Babylonian times to today.

  30. The Buddha

    The life of Siddhartha Gautama and the legacy of his teachings.

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