In Our Time Episodes Episode guide
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The Battle of Salamis
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the significance of The Battle of Salamis, 480BC.
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The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the highest global temperatures in the last 65m years.
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North and South
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South from 1855.
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The Kuiper Belt
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the icy Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune, home to Pluto.
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Seneca the Younger
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works, life and times of Seneca the Younger.
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Maths in the Early Islamic World
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the flourishing of maths in the Islamic world from C8th.
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John Clare
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Clare, poet and farm labourer.
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Hannah Arendt
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of Hannah Arendt, political philosopher
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Parasitism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Parasitism, where one species gains at the cost of another
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Mary, Queen of Scots
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary, Queen of Scots.
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Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nietzsche's On The Genealogy of Morality.
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Johannes Kepler
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss astronomer Johannes Kepler.
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Four Quartets
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss TS Eliot's Four Quartets, known as his great last work.
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The Gin Craze
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the cause and impact of the gin craze in the 18th century.
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Harriet Martineau
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of Harriet Martineau, writer.
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Garibaldi and the Risorgimento
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Garibaldi and the Risorgimento, for our Listener Week.
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Baltic Crusades
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss crusades against Baltic pagans from 12th Century onwards.
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Justinian's Legal Code
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great impact of legal changes under emperor Justinian.
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The Fighting Temeraire
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss JMW Turner's The Fighting Temeraire.
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Epic of Gilgamesh
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gilgamesh, the great epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia.
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John Dalton
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss scientist John Dalton.
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The 12th Century Renaissance
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a period of great change in western Europe.
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Plasma
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss plasma, one of the fundamental states of matter.
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Lakshmi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the goddess Lakshmi.
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Animal Farm
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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Zeno's Paradoxes
Does an arrow in flight move and could Achilles overtake a tortoise? Not according to Zeno
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The Invention of Photography
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the invention of photography.
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Sovereignty
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of sovereignty.
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience.
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The Bronze Age Collapse
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bronze Age collapse.
