Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Mark Maslin

Professor of Earth System Science at University College London.

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3 episodes

Covers topics in categories such as:

ScienceWestern cultureHistory of climate variability and changeHorticultureHistory of the Americas, Spanish colonization of the AmericasHistory of EuropeHistory of agricultureHistoryTool-using mammals

  1. The Columbian Exchange

    Misha Glenny and guests discuss the spread of plants, animals and diseases after Columbus reached the Americas in 1492 and the transformations and devastations that followed.

    26 February 2026

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    Also featuring: Rebecca Earle, John Lindo

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    HistoryHorticultureWestern cultureHistory of the Americas, Spanish colonization of the AmericasHistory of EuropeHistory of agriculture15th century

  2. Homo erectus

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of our ancestors whose span on Earth extended at least five times more than Homo sapiens has so far, and who was found from Africa to Asia.

    14 April 2022

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    Also featuring: Peter Kjærgaard, José Joordens

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    HistoryTool-using mammalsAnimals

  3. The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes and effects of the highest global temperatures in the last 65m years, when Arctic sea surfaces reached up to 23 C for c100,000 years.

    16 March 2017

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    Also featuring: Dame Jane Francis, Tracy Aze

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    ScienceHistory of climate variability and change