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In Our Time Episodes

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    Genetic Engineering

    Melvyn Bragg examines the implications of the developments in genetic engineering.

  2. Feminism

    Melvyn Bragg examines the development of the empowerment of women in the 20th century.

  3. The British Empire's Legacy

    Melvyn Bragg examines the impact of Britain鈥檚 colonial past on its current identity.

  4. Neuroscience in the 20th century

    Melvyn Bragg examines the little we know and what we don鈥檛 yet know about the brain.

  5. The American Century

    Melvyn Bragg examines how legitimate it is to call the 20th century the American century.

  6. Cultural Rights in the 20th Century

    Melvyn Bragg examines what impact globalisation has had on human rights.

  7. History's relevance in the 20th century

    Melvyn Bragg considers the relevance of the study of history in the 20th century.

  8. Work in the 20th Century

    Melvyn Bragg examines the changing ideas about the function of work in the 20th century.

  9. The Brain and Consciousness

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss our knowledge of memory and the functioning of the brain.

  10. The City in the 20th Century

    Melvyn Bragg looks at the innovative developments of the city in the 20th century.

  11. Science in the 20th century

    Melvyn Bragg examines how perceptions of science have changed in the 20th century.

  12. Science's Revelations

    Melvyn Bragg examines whether science has ruined our sense of poetic wonder at the world.

  13. Politics in the 20th Century

    Melvyn Bragg discusses politics and morality with Gore Vidal and Alan Clarke.

  14. War in the 20th Century

    Melvyn Bragg explores ideas that have influenced 20th century human rights and warfare.

  15. Zeno's Paradoxes

    Does an arrow in flight move? Could Achilles overtake a tortoise? Not according to Zeno

  16. Wuthering Heights (repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Bront毛's only novel, Wuthering Heights.

  17. Walter Benjamin (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential thinkers of the last century

  18. Venus (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the planet closest to Earth, sometimes called Earth's twin

  19. Utilitarianism (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Utilitarianism.

  20. Tocqueville: Democracy in America (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of American democracy

  21. Titus Oates and his "Popish Plot" (summer repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Titus Oates and his fictitious Popish Plot

  22. Thomas Hardy's Poetry (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hardy's goal of being a great poet and how he succeeded

  23. The Valladolid Debate (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dispute in 1550 over enslavement of native Americans

  24. The Treaty of Limerick (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the treaty ending the Williamite War in Ireland in 1691

  25. The Sistine Chapel (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Michelangelo's iconic frescoes in Renaissance Rome

  26. The Science of Glass (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the liquid qualities of brittle glass

  27. The Russo-Japanese War (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1904-5 clash of Japanese and Russian empires.

  28. The Rapture (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that believers will vanish from the world.

  29. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Europe's largest republic, before its partition in 1772.

  30. The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (Summer Repeat)

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the highest global temperatures in the last 65m years.

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