Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
One of the great writers on Central Europe after WW1 and author of Radetzky March.
55 mins
The origins and lasting influences of the study of communication in animals and machines.
53 mins
How slavery's abolition led to Indian workers being recruited to work in British colonies.
52 mins
The graphic artist's amazing paradoxical world, and the interplay between maths and art.
55 mins
The origin and development of Handel's great sacred oratorio, premiered in Dublin in 1742.
54 mins
How a war that began in Cuba saw the US acquire the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico.
55 mins
The role of silicon from chips to glass to the balance of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere
53 mins
How, in 1916 in Zurich, artists responded to the absurdity of war by creating absurd art.
51 mins
How a discovery in the 1970s changed the theory of the origin of complex life on earth.
53 mins
How one woman helped her son survive the Wars of the Roses to become the first Tudor king.
54 mins
