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  1.

    Weber's The Protestant Ethic

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.

  2. Bishop Berkeley

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 18th-century philosopher George Berkeley.

  3. The Trinity

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Trinity, a central doctrine of Christianity.

  4. Spartacus

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman gladiator and rebel leader Spartacus.

  5. The Eye

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas about the eye and how it works.

  6. Social Darwinism

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Social Darwinism.

  7. Chivalry

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss medieval chivalry.

  8. The Phoenicians

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Phoenicians of the ancient Mediterranean.

  9. Catastrophism

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the geological theory of Catastrophism.

  10. Sources of Early Chinese History

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the sources for early Chinese history.

  11. The Battle of Tours

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Tours of 732.

  12. Plato's Symposium

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium.

  13. The Medici

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family, rulers of Renaissance Florence.

  14. Complexity

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss complexity theory.

  15. Pliny the Younger

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman letter-writer Pliny the Younger.

  16. Hindu Ideas of Creation

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hindu ideas about the creation of the universe.

  17. The Microscope

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the development of the microscope.

  18. Pocahontas

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of the Native American Pocahontas.

  19. The Tempest

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Shakespeare's The Tempest.

  20. Ordinary Language Philosophy

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ordinary Language Philosophy.

  21. The Berlin Conference

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Berlin Conference and the Scramble for Africa.

  22. The Corn Laws

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Corn Laws of the 19th century.

  23. The Book of Common Prayer

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Book of Common Prayer.

  24. Galen

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Roman physician and medical theorist Galen.

  25. Exoplanets

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.

  26. The Mamluks

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mamluks, medieval rulers of Egypt and Syria.

  27. Pascal

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the French thinker Blaise Pascal.

  28. The Invention of Radio

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the invention of radio.

  29. Romance of the Three Kingdoms

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Chinese book Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

  30. The Physiocrats

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Physiocrats, important French economic thinkers.

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