In Our Time
Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Episodes (439 available)
The American Civil War battle that prompted Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
60 mins
The 'great lizard' that changed how we understood the history of life on our planet.
56 mins
The classic 1942 movie that convinced Americans the Second World War was worth fighting.
54 mins
The enormous machines that seek to answer the fundamental questions about our universe.
53 mins
Misha Glenny selects a classic episode from the archive on the humanist scholar Erasmus.
43 mins
How the description of a fictional island has fascinated readers for centuries.
55 mins
Misha Glenny selects a classic episode from the archive on how humans have measured time.
43 mins
Misha Glenny picks a classic In Our Time episode: the Trinity, a key Christian doctrine.
45 mins
The ideas, people and discoveries that have shaped our world.
2 mins
Misha Glenny introduces a classic In Our Time episode: Emma, the novel by Jane Austen.
50 mins