<p>A world-class seminar, every week. In Our Time explores the ideas, people and discoveries that have shaped our world, spanning history, philosophy, religion, science, literature, art and culture. On Thursdays, hear brand-new episodes hosted by Misha Glenny and leading academics. On Mondays, discover Misha's Archive Picks: classic conversations from the In Our Time archive, originally presented by Melvyn Bragg. Recent episodes have featured topics as wide-ranging as the Roman Arena, Handel's Messiah, John Keats, On Liberty and the Mariana Trench, bringing expert insight to pivotal events, influential thinkers and remarkable discoveries. Throughout the archive, you can hear discussions on historical figures such as Marie Antoinette, Nefertiti, Mary Wollstonecraft, Karl Marx and Albert Einstein; explore great works of literature such as Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the poetry of John Donne; uncover the stories behind cultural masterpieces including Van Gogh's Sunflowers and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel; or journey from Jupiter and the death of stars, to the theories of Plato and Aristotle. In Our Time celebrates the pursuit of knowledge and the enduring power of ideas.</p>

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The Battle of Lincoln 1217 2017-05-04
The Egyptian Book of the Dead 2017-04-27
Roger Bacon 2017-04-20
Rosa Luxemburg 2017-04-13
Pauli's Exclusion Principle 2017-04-06
Hokusai 2017-03-30
The Battle of Salamis 2017-03-23
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum 2017-03-16
North and South 2017-03-09
The Kuiper Belt 2017-03-02
Seneca the Younger 2017-02-23
Maths in the Early Islamic World 2017-02-16
John Clare 2017-02-09
Hannah Arendt 2017-02-02
Parasitism 2017-01-26
Mary, Queen of Scots 2017-01-19
Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality 2017-01-12
Johannes Kepler 2016-12-29
Four Quartets 2016-12-22
The Gin Craze 2016-12-15
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