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1. IOT: Schopenhauer 29 Oct 09 from In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg

   Melvyn Bragg is joined by A.C. Grayling, Beatrice Han-Pile and Christopher Janaway to discuss the dark, pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer, which set the tone for much twentieth century thought

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2. IOT: Logical Positivism 02 Jul 09

   Melvyn Bragg discusses Logical Positivism, the radical early twentieth century philosophy movement which began in ‘Red’ Vienna and rejected much of past philosophy as not just false but meaningless. With Barry Smith, Nancy Cartwright and Thomas Uebel

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3. IOT: Elizabethan and Jacobean Revenge Tragedy

   Melvyn Bragg discusses why revenge tragedy was so popular with Elizabethan theatre goers from Thomas Kyd’s Spanish tragedy to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. With Jonathan Bate, Janet Clare and Julie Sanders

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4. IOT: Magna Carta from In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg

   Melvyn Bragg is joined by guests Michael Clanchy, Nick Vincent and David Carpenter to discuss Magna Carta; the oft proclaimed foundation of English Liberties.

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5. IOT: The Vacuum of Space 30 Apr 09

   Melvyn Bragg is joined by guests Frank Close, Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Ruth Gregory to discuss the Vacuum of Space.

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6. IOT: The Building of St Petersburg from In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg

   Melvyn Bragg is joined by guests Janet Hartley, Anthony Cross and Simon Dixon to discuss the founding and flourishing of Peter the Great’s alternative to Moscow

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7. IOT: The measurement problem in physics

   Melvyn Bragg is joined by Roger Penrose, Basil Hiley and Simon Saunders to discuss the bizarre nature of atoms and the conundrum at the heart of quantum physics

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8. IOT: Observatory at Jaipur 19 Feb 09 from In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg

   Indian astronomy on the cusp of colonialism discussed with Chris Minkowski, David Arnold and Chandrika Kaul.

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9. In Our Time: The Destruction of Carthage

   Melvyn Bragg is joined by Mary Beard, Jo Crawley-Quinn and Ellen O’Gorman to discuss the destruction of the ancient city of Carthage by the Romans

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10. In Our Time: The Brothers Grimm,With Melvyn Bragg

    Melvyn Bragg is joined by Juliette Wood, Mariner Warner and Tony Phelan to discuss the weird and wonderful worlds of the Brothers Grimm

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