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In Our Time Episodes

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    The Renaissance

    Melvyn Bragg explores the veracity of modern claims about the culture of the Renaissance.

  2. The American Ideal

    Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the ideals that underwrite the idealism of America.

  3. Chemical Elements

    Melvyn Bragg explores chemistry's ongoing mission to understand irreducible substances.

  4. The Wars of the Roses

    The 15th century wars of the royal Houses of Lancaster and York.

  5. Shakespeare's Work

    Melvyn Bragg examines what it is about Shakespeare鈥檚 work that makes it universal.

  6. Death

    Melvyn Bragg examines the development of Western rituals and attitudes to death.

  7. Human Origins

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolution of the human species.

  8. Englishness

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the characteristics of the English identity.

  9. New Wars

    Melvyn Bragg examines whether we are in a new era in the history of modern warfare.

  10. The Natural Order

    Melvyn Bragg examines the science of taxonomy; the classification of the natural world.

  11. History and Understanding the Past

    Melvyn Bragg examines whether we can ever predict the future by understanding the past.

  12. Materialism and the Consumer

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the development and future of material culture.

  13. Lenin

    Melvyn Bragg investigates what drove the Soviet leader Lenin, and enabled his successes.

  14. The Age of Doubt

    Melvyn Bragg examines the spread of religious doubt over the last three centuries.

  15. Metamorphosis

    Melvyn Bragg explores the enduring appeal of the Roman poet Ovid鈥檚 work Metamorphoses.

  16. Grand Unified Theory

    The 20th century pursuit in physics for the ultimate theory of everything.

  17. Reading

    The history of the politics, practice and process of reading.

  18. Goethe and the Science of the Enlightenment

    Melvyn Bragg assesses the scientific legacy of the 18th century German poet Goethe.

  19. Republicanism

    Melvyn Bragg examines how English republicanism has developed from Cromwell to today.

  20. Economic Rights

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between democracy and capitalism.

  21. Masculinity in Literature

    Melvyn Bragg investigates the changing ideals of masculinity in 20th century literature.

  22. Information Technology

    Melvyn Bragg explores the social and economic consequences of the information revolution.

  23. Climate Change

    Melvyn Bragg examines predictions and solutions for global warming and rising sea levels.

  24. Time

    Melvyn Bragg examines the history of mankind鈥檚 attempt to understand the nature of time.

  25. Prayer

    Melvyn Bragg examines the purpose and effects of prayer.

  26. Medical Ethics

    Melvyn Bragg examines the technological advances and ethics of modern medicine.

  27. Childhood

    Melvyn Bragg looks at how perceptions of childhood have changed over the last 100 years.

  28. Tragedy

    Melvyn Bragg examines whether the ancient genre of tragedy has a place in our own time.

  29. Consciousness

    Melvyn Bragg examines why ideas about consciousness preoccupy philosophers and scientists.

  30. Progress

    Melvyn Bragg examines whether mankind has made as much moral as material progress.

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