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In Our Time: Philosophy

BBC Radio 4

From Altruism to Wittgenstein, philosophers, theories and key themes.

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157 episodes
Updated Apr 24, 2025

Episodes157

Apr 24, 2025 · 59 min
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Insights into the relationship between the body and the mind, habits, language and thought
Feb 20, 2025 · 50 min
Socrates in Prison
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the inspiring last days of the great Athenian philosopher.
Nov 14, 2024 · 53 min
Hayek's The Road to Serfdom
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hayek's ideas on a state-planned economy's link to tyranny
Jun 13, 2024 · 58 min
Philippa Foot
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century
Feb 22, 2024 · 53 min
Panpsychism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that fundamental particles have consciousness.
Feb 8, 2024 · 50 min
Condorcet
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the last great figures of the Enlightenment.
Dec 14, 2023 · 55 min
The Theory of the Leisure Class
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Veblen on conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure.
Nov 30, 2023 · 52 min
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle's ideas on how to live a good life.
Jul 20, 2023 · 54 min
Elizabeth Anscombe
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential 20th-century moral philosopher.
Apr 20, 2023 · 51 min
Solon the Lawgiver
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the statesman who transformed Athens in the 6th century BC
Apr 13, 2023 · 57 min
Mercantilism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea which dominated European economies for 300 years.
Mar 2, 2023 · 53 min
Tycho Brahe
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 16th-century astronomer, renowned for his accuracy.
Feb 16, 2023 · 1 hr
Rawls' Theory of Justice
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Rawls' influential ideas on liberty and equality.
Oct 20, 2022 · 54 min
Plato's Atlantis
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's story of the great, lost island of Atlantis.
Jun 23, 2022 · 52 min
Hegel's Philosophy of History
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hegel's ideas on the consciousness of freedom.
Jun 16, 2022 · 56 min
Comenius
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 17th-century Czech educator committed to toleration.
Apr 14, 2022 · 52 min
Charisma
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Max Weber's idea of charismatic authority in leadership
Mar 31, 2022 · 56 min
The Arthashastra
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Indian Sanskrit text the Arthashastra.
Feb 10, 2022 · 50 min
Walter Benjamin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential thinkers of the last century.
Nov 25, 2021 · 50 min
Plato's Gorgias
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's exploration of the nature of power and freedom.