<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>
| Title | Date published | ||
| Catherine of Aragon | 2025-03-13 | ||
| Sir John Soane | 2025-03-06 | ||
| Pope Joan | 2025-02-27 | ||
| Socrates in Prison | 2025-02-20 | ||
| The Battle of Valmy | 2025-02-13 | ||
| Slime Moulds | 2025-01-30 | ||
| Vase-mania | 2025-01-23 | ||
| Plutarch's Parallel Lives | 2025-01-16 | ||
| The Habitability of Planets | 2025-01-09 | ||
| Nizami Ganjavi | 2025-01-02 | ||
| The Hanoverian Succession | 2024-12-26 | ||
| Italo Calvino | 2024-12-19 | ||
| The Antikythera Mechanism | 2024-12-12 | ||
| George Herbert | 2024-12-05 | ||
| The Venetian Empire | 2024-11-28 | ||
| Little Women | 2024-11-21 | ||
| Hayek's The Road to Serfdom | 2024-11-14 | ||
| Robert Graves | 2024-11-07 | ||
| The Haymarket Affair | 2024-10-31 | ||
| Wormholes | 2024-10-24 |