The Forum
A podcast by BBC World Service - Saturdays
395 Episodes
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The Spartans: Ancient Greece’s fighting machine
Published: 7/25/2019 -
Leeuwenhoek: The fabric seller who discovered bacteria
Published: 7/18/2019 -
Kafka's The Metamorphosis: A man turns into a monstrous bug
Published: 7/11/2019 -
Hugh Masekela: The iconic South African musician
Published: 7/4/2019 -
James Watt: The power of steam
Published: 6/27/2019 -
The Bhagavad Gita: A guide to spiritual wisdom
Published: 6/20/2019 -
Cnut: England's Viking king
Published: 6/13/2019 -
How Afghanistan won its freedom from Britain
Published: 6/6/2019 -
Rasputin: The Siberian mystic who charmed the Tsar
Published: 5/30/2019 -
The Moon from Earth
Published: 5/23/2019 -
Pearls: Treasures of the sea
Published: 5/16/2019 -
Thoreau: the writer who went to the woods
Published: 5/9/2019 -
Fado: Portuguese soul music
Published: 5/2/2019 -
Queen Njinga of Angola: Fearless fighter
Published: 4/25/2019 -
Inside the mind of Leonardo da Vinci
Published: 4/18/2019 -
Chess: a chequered history
Published: 4/11/2019 -
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas
Published: 4/4/2019 -
Napoleon: From empire to exile
Published: 3/28/2019 -
The spice trade: Selling the scents of luxury
Published: 3/21/2019 -
Moomin creator Tove Jansson
Published: 3/14/2019
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