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Two thumbs up for Melvin Bragg and In Our Time on BBC Radio 4. An archive of the last several years of his podcasts were, and probably are, available online.
by onecommentman 6y ago
Two thumbs up for Melvin Bragg and In Our Time on BBC Radio 4. An archive of the last several years of his podcasts were, and probably are, available online. Magnificent moderation of a sometimes prickly crop of English-speaking academics. The most fun for me is hearing the personalities of the subcultures of the intellectual disciplines peek out of the discussions: geologists v. political historians v. literary critics v. physicists v. ...
- timthorn 6y agoYes, full archive is available here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl/episodes/downloads https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl/episodes/downloads
- jfengel 6y agoBragg is a national treasure. In Our Time explores abstruse topics and brings in genuine experts to talk about them. It's not pop science (or history, or philosophy, or art... the range is incredible). It's real academics talking about what matters to them. It's willing to risk being boring in order to be truthful.