A History of Ideas

A podcast by BBC Radio 4

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60 Episodes

  1. Historian Alice Taylor on Habeas Corpus

    Published: 4/10/2015
  2. Thomas Hobbes and Civil Disobedience

    Published: 4/9/2015
  3. Philosopher Angie Hobbs on the Veil of Ignorance

    Published: 4/8/2015
  4. Barrister Harry Potter on Deterrence

    Published: 4/7/2015
  5. What Is Justice?

    Published: 4/6/2015
  6. Ayn Rand and Selfishness

    Published: 4/3/2015
  7. Naomi Appleton on the Buddha's Four Noble Truths

    Published: 4/2/2015
  8. Justin Champion on Max Weber and the Protestant Ethic

    Published: 4/1/2015
  9. Philosopher Jules Evans on Aristotle and Flourishing

    Published: 3/31/2015
  10. How Do I Live a Good Life?

    Published: 3/30/2015
  11. Archaeologist Matt Pope on tools and human evolution

    Published: 1/30/2015
  12. Surgeon Gabriel Weston on medical technology

    Published: 1/29/2015
  13. Historian Justin Champion on Francis Bacon

    Published: 1/28/2015
  14. Writer Tom Chatfield: Has technology rewired our brains?

    Published: 1/27/2015
  15. How Has Technology Changed Us?

    Published: 1/26/2015
  16. Giles Fraser on Wittgenstein and Blade Runner

    Published: 1/23/2015
  17. Barry Smith on Noam Chomsky and Human Language

    Published: 1/22/2015
  18. Catharine Edwards on Seneca and facing death.

    Published: 1/21/2015
  19. Simon Schaffer on humans, apes and Carl Linnaeus

    Published: 1/20/2015
  20. What Makes Us Human?

    Published: 1/19/2015

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of key philosophers and their theories.