Elizabeth Anscombe

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential 20th-century moral philosopher.

• 54 mins

Jupiter

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the largest planet in our solar system.

• 53 mins

Albert Einstein

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Einstein's astonishing impact on theoretical physics.

• 49 mins

Melvyn Bragg talks to Mishal Husain

To mark his 1000th episode of In Our Time, Melvyn Bragg talks to Mishal Husain.

• 11 mins

The Seventh Seal

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Bergman's iconic film of a knight playing chess with Death

• 50 mins

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Keynes' influential attack on the Treaty of Versailles

• 50 mins

Plankton

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the tiny lifeforms that sustain so much life on earth.

• 48 mins

The Federalist Papers

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hamilton, Madison and Jay's urgings for a US Constitution.

• 50 mins

Julian of Norwich

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval anchoress and her Revelations of Divine Love.

• 50 mins

Germinal

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emile Zola's novel, set in a French miners' strike.

• 51 mins

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle's ideas on how to live a good life.

• 52 mins

The Barbary Corsairs

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of North African privateers on law and language

• 52 mins

The Theory of the Leisure Class

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Veblen on conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure.

• 55 mins

Marguerite de Navarre

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss writer and Renaissance queen Marguerite de Navarre.

• 46 mins

Edgar Allan Poe

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of the Fall of the House of Usher.

• 58 mins

Karl Barth

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential Swiss protestant theologian.

• 55 mins

Tiberius

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the man born in Republican Rome who became second Emperor.

• 53 mins

Vincent van Gogh

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Dutch painter of Sunflowers and Starry Nights.

• 56 mins

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's great comedy of love, desire and marriage.

• 53 mins

Condorcet

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the last great figures of the Enlightenment.

• 50 mins

Nefertiti

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and impact of ancient Egypt's best-known queen.

• 49 mins

Panpsychism

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that fundamental particles have consciousness.

• 54 mins

The Hanseatic League

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval trading network the Hanseatic League.

• 49 mins

Hormones

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the chemical signals that control the ways our bodies work

• 50 mins

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lewis Carroll's fantastical tale inspired by Alice Liddell

• 49 mins

The Sack of Rome 1527

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Roman Emperor's army's notorious attack on Romans

• 46 mins

Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Heisenberg's key role at the outset of quantum mechanics

• 58 mins

The Mokrani Revolt

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a major Algerian uprising against French rule in 1871.

• 57 mins

The Waltz

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of the waltz on British society and culture.

• 52 mins

Julian the Apostate

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the emperor who aimed to return Christian Rome to paganism

• 50 mins