<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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Title Date published
Aristotle's Politics 2008-11-06
Bolivar 2008-10-30
The Baroque Movement 2008-10-23
Vitalism 2008-10-16
Godel's Incompleteness Theorems 2008-10-09
The Translation Movement 2008-10-02
Miracles 2008-09-25
Tacitus and the Decadence of Rome 2008-07-10
Dante's Inferno 2008-07-03
The Arab Conquests 2008-06-26
The Music of the Spheres 2008-06-19
The Metaphysical Poets 2008-06-19
The Riddle of the Sands 2008-06-12
Lysenkoism 2008-06-05
Probability 2008-05-29
The Black Death 2008-05-22
The Library at Nineveh 2008-05-15
The Brain 2008-05-08
The Enclosures of the 18th Century 2008-05-01
Materialism 2008-04-24
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