Misha Glenny and guests discuss the countless venues across the Roman Empire which for over five hundred years drew the biggest crowds both in the Republic and under the Emperors. The shows there delighted the masses who knew, no matter how low their place in society, they were m ...Show more
Paul von Hindenburg
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and role of one of the most significant figures in early 20th Century German history. Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934) had been famous since 1914 as the victorious commander at the Battle of Tannenberg against Russian invaders, soon burnish ...Show more
During the years 1760 to 1830, British industry exploded. Thanks to advances in machinery, and forward-thinking inventions, the country shifted from a predominantly agricultural nation, to a modern state. This movement has become known as the Industrial Revolution. But why did th ...Show more
Did the industrial revolution really improve people’s lives? And why was Britain first to industrialise? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by Emma Griffin, professor of modern history and author of Liberty's Dawn: A People's History of the Industrial Revolution. *The ...Show more
في الحلقة الأولى من بودكاست ثورة بنتكلم عن الثورات الصناعية ، وكيف غيرت العالم والتاريخ ، بداية من اختراع المحرك البخاري ، وحتى الثورة الصناعية الرابعة ، ثورة التصنيع الرقمي والروبوت ، تعلم الآلة والبيانات الضخمة ، وش علاقتها بحركة الصناع ، وكيف ممكن تنضم لهم في السعودية والمنطق ...Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Adam Smith's celebrated economic treatise The Wealth of Nations. Smith was one of Scotland's greatest thinkers, a moral philosopher and pioneer of economic theory whose 1776 masterpiece has come to define classical economics. Based on his caref ...Show more