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In Our Time has been a life-long companion, one of things that makes me proud of the BBC
by jack_riminton 4y ago
In Our Time has been a life-long companion, one of things that makes me proud of the BBC
- genmon 4y agoHave you read the New Yorker articles about it? On _In Our Time_ -> https://www.newyorker.com/culture/podcast-dept/escape-the-news-with-the-british-podcast-in-our-time-with-melvyn-bragg https://www.newyorker.com/culture/podcast-dept/escape-the-ne... Profile of Melvyn Bragg -> https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/the-education-of-melvyn-bragg https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/t... Both well worth your time.
- jack_riminton 4y agoThat NewYorker summarises it nicely. I can’t stand the over-produced stuff on NPR for example. In Our Time has no politics, no hook to get you listening for the next episode. It’s just a lovely small window into academia. Above all it makes things simple without dumbing it down
- gerdesj 4y ago"It’s just four intelligent people in a studio, discussing complex topics that are, as a friend of mine once said of Bragg’s openers, aggressively uncommercial." Nicely put by the New Yorker.