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Joseph Roth
Misha Glenny and guests discuss the life and works of the author of Radetzky March who wrote of the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after WW1 and the rise of nationalism.
7 May 2026
Featuring: Helen Chambers, Deborah Holmes, Jon Hughes
Popper
Melvyn Bragg discusses the philosopher Karl Popper, author of The Open Society and a seminal thinker about science.
8 February 2007
Featuring: John Worrall, Anthony O'Hear, Nancy Cartwright
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