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IOT: The Moon 03 Nov 11 Updated: 2011-11-03 11:15:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins, science and mythology of the Moon. Humans have been fascinated by our only known satellite since prehistory but it was Galileo Galilei who first studied the Moon in detail with a telescope in 1609. Man...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Seige of Tenochtitlan 27 Oct 11 Updated: 2011-10-27 10:15:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Siege of Tenochtitlan. In 1521 the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes led an army of Spanish and native forces against Tenochtitlan, the spectacular island capital of the Aztec civilisation. After a prolonged s...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Delacroix - Liberty Leading The People 20 Oct 11 Updated: 2011-10-20 11:30:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Delacroix's painting July 28: Liberty Leading the People. In 1830 revolution once more overtook France, when a popular uprising toppled the French Bourbon monarch, Charles X. Delacroix's allegorical work, personifying ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Ming Voyages 13 Oct 11 Updated: 2011-10-13 10:00:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ming Voyages. In 1405 a Chinese admiral, Zheng He, set sail with an enormous fleet of ships carrying more than 27,000 people. This was the first of seven voyages which took Zheng and his ships all over the know...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: David Hume 06 Oct 11 Updated: 2011-10-06 10:15:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the philosopher David Hume. A key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, Hume was an empiricist who believed that humans can only have knowledge of things they have themselves e...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Etruscans 29 Sep 11 Updated: 2011-09-29 10:15:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Etruscan civilisation which flourished in Italy for much of the first millennium BC. Developing a sophisticated culture, they were skilled soldiers, architects and artists. Eventually the Etruscan civilisation ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Shinto 22 Sep 11 Updated: 2011-09-22 10:00:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Japanese belief system of Shinto, a religion without gods, scriptures or a founder. Shinto shrines are some of the most prominent features of the Japanese landscape, where over 100 million people - most of the ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: 15 Sep 11: The Hippocratic Oath Updated: 2011-09-15 11:01:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Hippocratic Oath. The Greek physician Hippocrates, active in the fifth century BC, has been described as the father of medicine, although little is known about his life and some scholars even argue that he was...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Minoans 7th July 2011 Updated: 2011-07-07 09:38:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient civilisation of the Minoans. The Minoans flourished for around two thousand years, long before Ancient Greek civilisation had begun. The most famous Minoan site is the Palace of Knossos on Crete which was ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: In Memoriam 30th June 2011 Updated: 2011-06-29 15:27:00 Description: Melvyn and guests discuss one of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's greatest poem's, 'In Memoriam A.H.H.'. Written as a tribute to his best friend, Arthur Henry Hallam, who died suddenly and tragically at the age of 22, the poem offers an insight into Tennyson...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Malthusianism 23rd June 2011 Updated: 2011-06-22 16:34:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg discusses the ideas of Thomas Malthus, the Victorian clergyman whose work, 'An Essay on the Principle of Population', forecast that soon the population would outstrip food supply. His philosophy regarding population became known as 'Mal...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Wyclif and the Lollards 16th July 2011 Updated: 2011-06-16 06:32:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval philosopher, John Wyclif, and his later followers, the Lollards. Wyclif disputed the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church and his ideas were condemned as heretical and his supporters persecuted. D...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Origins of Infectious Disease 9th June 2011 Updated: 2011-06-08 15:57:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins of infectious disease. History is littered with deadly outbreaks of infection, some of which have come close to wiping out entire populations. Mass movement is a significant development in the spread of ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: 02 Jun 11: The Battle of Stamford Bridge Updated: 2011-06-02 09:15:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Stamford Bridge. In the first week of 1066 the English king, Edward the Confessor, died. A young nobleman, Harold Godwinson, claimed that Edward had nominated him his successor, and seized the throne....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Xenophon 26 May 11 Updated: 2011-05-26 09:07:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Xenophon. With Paul Cartledge, Edith Hall and Simon Goldhill....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Custer's Last Stand 19 May 2011 Updated: 2011-05-19 09:30:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY 12 APR 11 Updated: 2011-05-12 12:30:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Islamic Law 5 APR 11 Updated: 2011-05-05 12:00:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins and early development of Islamic law. With Professor Hugh Kennedy, Professor Robert Gleave and Professor Mona Siddiqui....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Cogito Ergo Sum 28 Apr 11 Updated: 2011-04-28 09:00:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss one of the most famous statements in philosophy: "Cogito ergo sum" or "I think therefore I am". With Susan James, John Cottingham and Stephen Mulhall....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Pelagian Controversy Updated: 2011-04-21 09:00:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg discusses The Pelagian Controversy. With Caroline Humfress, Martin Palmer and John Milbank....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Neutrino 14 Apr 11 Updated: 2011-04-14 08:58:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the neutrino. With Frank Close, Susan Cartwright and David Wark....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Octavia Hill 7 Apr 11 Updated: 2011-04-07 09:30:00 Description: From the 1850s until her death in 1912, Octavia Hill was an energetic campaigner who did much to improve the lot of impoverished city dwellers. She was a pioneer of social housing who believed there were better and more humane ways of arranging accom...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Bhagavad Gita 31 Mar 11 Updated: 2011-03-31 11:30:00 Description: The Bhagavad Gita, a 700-verse section of the Sanskrit epic the Mahabharata, is one of the most revered texts of Hinduism. Written in around 200 BC, it narrates a conversation between Krishna, an incarnation of the deity, and the Pandava prince Arjun...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Dawn of the Iron Age 24 Mar 11 Updated: 2011-03-24 10:45:00 Description: In around 3000 BC European metalworkers started to make tools and weapons out of bronze. A complex trading network evolved to convey this valuable metal and other goods around the continent. But two millennia later, a new skill arrived from the Middl...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Medieval University 17th March 2011 Updated: 2011-03-17 11:00:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval universities. In the 11th and 12th centuries a new type of institution started to appear in the major cities of Europe. The first universities were those of Bologna and Paris; within a hundred years...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Free Will 10 Mar 11 Updated: 2011-03-10 10:23:00 Description: Do we have the freedom to control our actions? Melvyn Bragg discusses free will with Simon Blackburn, Helen Beebee and Galen Strawson....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Age of the Universe 03 Mar 11 Updated: 2011-03-03 10:16:00 Description: Melvin Bragg dicusses the Age of the Universe, with Martin Rees, Carolin Crawford and Carlos Frenk....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Taiping Rebellion 24th Feb 2011 Updated: 2011-02-24 07:40:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Taiping Rebellion, the momentous 19th century Chinese revolt led by a disillusioned young man who imagined himself the brother of Jesus Christ, come to save his Chinese brothers and sisters from the clutches of the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Maimonides 17th February 2011 Updated: 2011-02-15 12:33:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, times and legacy of the great Jewish medieval philsopher, Maimonides. Also known as Rambam, Maimonides was a philosopher, theologian, lawyer and physician whose works are still influential today. Melvyn is ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Nervous System 10th Feb 2011 Updated: 2011-02-10 11:00:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Nervous System, the body’s communication network. The discovery of the nervous system is a fascinating story which begins in ancient Greece and is still going on today. Melvyn is joined by Colin Blakemore, Profe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Battle of Bannockburn 3rd February 2011 Updated: 2011-02-02 17:28:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Battle of Bannockburn of 1314. The culmination of a war of independence which had rumbled on for eighteen years, it paved the way for the restoration of full Scottish independence. Melvyn is joined by Matthew Stri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Aristotle's Poetics 27th January 2011 Updated: 2011-01-27 07:46:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the seminal work of literary criticism by Aristotle, his 'Poetics'. Full of advice about how to write and appreciate tragedy and epic poetry, the book had a huge influence on French renaissance drama and beyond. Melvy...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Mexican Revolution 20th January 2011 Updated: 2011-01-20 11:14:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Mexican Revolution of 1910. The revolution last for the next ten years and included the radical peasants’ revolt of Zapata in the south, the warlord banditry of Villa in the north, and a succession of presidents ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Random and Pseudorandom 13th January 2011 Updated: 2011-01-13 10:55:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss random and pseudorandom numbers. Randomness will be familiar to anybody who’s bought a lottery ticket or shuffled a pack of cards. But there’s also a phenomenon known as pseudo-randomness –numbers which look ran...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 6th Jan 2011 Updated: 2011-01-06 07:36:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests consider the poem which allegedly made the Romantic English poet, Lord Byron, famous. 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' was a thinly veiled autobiographical poem recounting Byron's travels through the Mediterranean, the tales of t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Industrial Revolution Part II 30th Dec 2010 Updated: 2010-12-30 11:00:00 Description: In the second part of this two-part series on The Industrial Revolution, Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the consequences of the revolution and how the economy, social structures, housing, education and public health were all affected. Melvyn is ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Industrial Revolution: Part I 23 December 2010 Updated: 2010-12-22 17:09:00 Description: In the first of two programmes concentrating on the Industrial Revolution, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what caused the Industrial Revolution and examine the reasons for why it happened in Britain; as well as highlighting some of the men who inven...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Daoism 16th December 2010 Updated: 2010-12-15 15:57:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient religion and philosophy, Daoism. Said to date from the 6th century BC when a wise man called Laozi wrote the 'Scripture of the Way and its Power', the 'Daodejing'; Daoism plays a significant role in Chines...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Thomas Edison 9th December 2010 Updated: 2010-12-09 10:51:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg examines the life of the great American inventor, Thomas Edison. Creator of the phonograph and the mass-produced electric lightbulb, not to mention his pivotal role in the development of motion pictures, Edison was a true technological p...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Cleopatra 2nd December 2010 Updated: 2010-12-02 11:12:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg explores the life of the last Egyptian pharaoh, Queen Cleopatra. Famous for her beauty, wit and passionate love affairs with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, she is also famous for her death, by her own hand by a poisonous snake bite....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Metaphor Updated: 2010-11-25 10:50:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests explore metaphor; the literary device that pervades our language, literature and lives. From medieval literature to Shakespeare, the Metaphysical poets and Virginia Woolf, this programme considers the role of metaphor in their...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Foxe's Book of Martyrs 18th Nov 2010 Updated: 2010-11-18 10:22:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg discusses one of the most important books of the Reformation, Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs' that recounts the horrific deaths of hundreds of martyrs put to death in the reign of Mary I. Melvyn is joined by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Volga Vikings 11th November 2010 Updated: 2010-11-11 11:08:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg delves into the 8th century and the world of the Viking traders who voyaged as far as Baghdad to swap slaves for silver. So who were these Scandinavians who ended up laying the foundations of Russia? Melvyn is joined by James Montgomery,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Women and Enlightenment Science Updated: 2010-11-04 10:23:00 Description: In this week's In Our Time Melvyn Bragg considers the involvement of women in science during the Enlightenment period and how, despite the obstacles, women made significant contributions in a wide range of scientific discliplines. Melvyn is joined by...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Unicorn 28th Oct 2010 Updated: 2010-10-28 06:39:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests consider the origins and symbolism of that most legendary of mythical beasts, the unicorn. From ancient texts to medieval tapestries the unicorn has inspired writers, musicians and artists for centuries. Melvyn is joined by Ju...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Logic 21st October 2010 Updated: 2010-10-21 09:48:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg tackles the philosophy of logic - first mapped out by Aristotle in the 4th century BC; disregarded by Descartes in the 17th century and revived and reworked by Gottlob Frege in the 19th century; logic is at the heart of computer science ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Sturm und Drang 14th Oct 2010 Updated: 2010-10-14 09:31:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 18th century 'Angry Young Men' movement in Germany, 'Sturm und Drang'. Translated into English as 'Storm and Stress', this short-lived movement was characterised by raw emotion, drama and rebellion. Melvyn is join...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Spanish Armada Updated: 2010-10-07 11:14:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Spanish Armada, the fleet that came to invade England in 1588 but after a brief battle was resoundly defeated. This tale of religious dispute, shifting political alliance and naval supremacy has entered our folklor...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: The Delphic Oracle 30 Sept 2010 Updated: 2010-09-30 09:29:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Delphic Oracle. Between the 8th century BC and the 4th century AD, travellers flocked to Delphi to consult the Delphic Oracle, the most celebrated source of prophesies in ancient Greece. Melvyn is joined by Pau...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD IOT: Imaginary Numbers 23 Sept 10 Updated: 2010-09-23 09:35:00 Description: Melvyn Bragg grapples with the concept of imaginary numbers. Perplexing digits that underpin the majority of technology we take for granted today, from radios to computers to MRI scans; not to mention quantum mechanics. Melvyn is joined by Marcus du ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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