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In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
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4.6 stars from 13,403 ratings
Humanism at its broadest
Can’t fault this show for lack of ambition, words or enthusiasm. The conversational, meeting of the minds dimension of it is truly unique. But sometimes you wish you could pick and choose one theme and disregard just about all the rest. At those times (and they are not infrequent) you might as...Read full review »
R_Lloyd86 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/26/24
I love In Our Time and its wide ranging areas of interest. I appreciate thoughtful commentary on topics across many disciplines - the arts, sciences, contemporary existence, ancient life. But I am profoundly disappointed to have learned that Melvin Bragg is a member of the women-excluding...Read full review »
JBo239 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 03/21/24
Early access
I’ve stopped listening since this early access charge was put in place. I wonder if that’s a common theme. It’s too bad as it was my favorite program.
ummalquain via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 03/15/24
Recent Episodes
Published 04/25/24
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German physicist who, at the age of 23 and while still a student, effectively created quantum mechanics for which he later won the Nobel Prize. Werner Heisenberg made this breakthrough in a paper in 1925 when, rather than starting with an idea of where atomic...
Published 03/28/24
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the infamous assault of an army of the Holy Roman Emperor on the city of Rome in 1527. The troops soon broke through the walls of this holy city and, with their leader shot dead early on, they brought death and destruction to the city on an epic scale. Later...
Published 03/21/24
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