Name: In Our Time
Released: 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · History

The history podcast hosted by Misha Glenny and leading academics that explores the ideas, people and discoveries that shaped our world, spanning philosophy, religion, science, literature, art and culture.

2026 · 59m

Thomas More's Utopia

Misha Glenny and guests discuss Thomas More's notoriously ambiguous text, which coined our word 'utopia' and gave rise to new genres of writing, theorizing, and thinking.
Particle Accelerators

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the huge machines that smash together particles at almost the speed of light, going in search of the building blocks of our universe.
Casablanca

Misha Glenny and guests discuss one of the most popular films of the twentieth century and the remarkable story of its production amidst the Second World War.
Megalosaurus: the first named dinosaur

Misha Glenny and guests discuss how fossilized bones from a quarry in Oxford led to the first scientifically named dinosaur - before we even had the word 'dinosaur'.
Battle of Antietam: the American Civil War's bloodiest day

Misha Glenny and guests discuss The Battle of Antietam, the single bloodiest day of the American Civil War and crucial step toward Emancipation.