In Our Time
5.0/5
Critic Rating
Spanning history, religion, culture, science and philosophy, In Our Time from BBC Radio 4 is essential listening for the intellectually curious. In each episode, host Melvyn Bragg and expert guests explore the characters, events and discoveries that have shaped our world. History fans can learn about pivotal wars and societal upheavals, such as the rise and fall of Napoleon, the Sack of Rome in 1527, and the political intrigue of the Russian Revolution. Those fascinated by the lives of kings and queens can journey to Versailles to meet Marie Antoinette and Louis XIV the Sun King, or to Ancient Egypt to meet...
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Sarah Baum • Erie Reader • Jul 18, 2024
"...the brilliance of In Our Time lies in both its broad applications, such as better understanding the state of the world as it is today, but also its personal uses, like making me a well-rounded conversationalist, an excellent trivia team member...In Our Time offers listeners rich educational content in an approachable and concise format. "
Score: 5
Nicholas Quah • Vulture • Apr 12, 2023
"BBC’s relentlessly heady In Our Time, which features the presenter Melvyn Bragg in continuous, rotating conversations with academics about all sorts of esoteric subjects...Less universally, it’s also the same pleasure that drives my personal affinity for eavesdropping on scores of roughly made independent podcasts featuring people talking in detail about something I know little about."
Score: 5
Nicholas Quah • Vulture • Sep 15, 2021
"In Our Time is gloriously minimal, with no heavy usage of whizz-bang sound effects that betrays a fear of losing your attention, and the conversations are almost entirely absent of hand-holding."
