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  1. @johncarlosbaez I do not know, yet.
    I'd love a masto gut ecologist to teach me all about it. Google is not my friend on this one (and more generally of course, more and more)
    #microbiome #archaea #inOurTime #statins

  2. @johncarlosbaez I do not know, yet.
    I'd love a masto gut ecologist to teach me all about it. Google is not my friend on this one (and more generally of course, more and more)
    #microbiome #archaea #inOurTime #statins

  3. Well, here's an #InOurTime episode which I *think* is not actually an April Fool but real knowledge carefully presented to make it *sound* like an April Fool. But I'm honestly not sure.

    Listen to it before checking other sources and see what you think. Whatever, the people who made it had a lot of fun doing so.

    In Our Time: Archaea
    Starting from: 00:31:10

    Episode webpage: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sg10

    Media file: open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselec

  4. Well, here's an #InOurTime episode which I *think* is not actually an April Fool but real knowledge carefully presented to make it *sound* like an April Fool. But I'm honestly not sure.

    Listen to it before checking other sources and see what you think. Whatever, the people who made it had a lot of fun doing so.

    In Our Time: Archaea
    Starting from: 00:31:10

    Episode webpage: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sg10

    Media file: open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselec

  5. I don't mind a Misha as the new Melvin at all. This is good stuff.

    [In Our Time] On Liberty #inOurTime
    podcastaddict.com/in-our-time/ via @podcastaddict

  6. I don't mind a Misha as the new Melvin at all. This is good stuff.

    [In Our Time] On Liberty #inOurTime
    podcastaddict.com/in-our-time/ via @podcastaddict

  7. What do we think about Misha Glenny hosting In Our Time?
    #BBCR4 #inourtime #BBC

  8. Melvyn Bragg‘s ‘In Our Time‘ has been a regular weekly highlight for decades now. I sincerely hope, it will continue to do so.

    But here is a great life lesson from Melvyn himself:

    “My week always finishes with a list of phone calls to family and friends. The list has diminished considerably over the past few years. I have lost so many close friends from
    childhood, school, university and Cumbria. It’s a sad moment each week when I realise the number of people who are no longer here.“

    My farewell to In Our Time

    spectator.co.uk/article/my-far

    #BBC #InOurTime #Podcast

  9. Melvyn Bragg‘s ‘In Our Time‘ has been a regular weekly highlight for decades now. I sincerely hope, it will continue to do so.

    But here is a great life lesson from Melvyn himself:

    “My week always finishes with a list of phone calls to family and friends. The list has diminished considerably over the past few years. I have lost so many close friends from
    childhood, school, university and Cumbria. It’s a sad moment each week when I realise the number of people who are no longer here.“

    My farewell to In Our Time

    spectator.co.uk/article/my-far

    #BBC #InOurTime #Podcast

  10. Listening to #InOurTime on the Time Machine, I am asking myself whether #AI #LLM users are choosing to become Eloi, are choosing to let their intellects atrophy, by delegating their creative and critical faculties to machines.

    In Our Time: The Time Machine (Archive Episode)
    Starting from: 00:29:18

    Episode webpage: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0m30jv4

    Media file: open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselec

  11. Listening to #InOurTime on the Time Machine, I am asking myself whether #AI #LLM users are choosing to become Eloi, are choosing to let their intellects atrophy, by delegating their creative and critical faculties to machines.

    In Our Time: The Time Machine (Archive Episode)
    Starting from: 00:29:18

    Episode webpage: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0m30jv4

    Media file: open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselec

  12. Melvin Bragg has "stepped down from presenting #inOurTime after 27 years".

    I am adrift

    #podcast
    #BBC

  13. Melvin Bragg has "stepped down from presenting #inOurTime after 27 years".

    I am adrift

    #podcast
    #BBC

  14. Oh no! 😲 I knew this day would come, but so soon? 😰 #InOurTime is one of the best #podcasts & it just wouldn’t be the same without Melvyn Bragg 😭:

    “Melvyn Bragg Decides To Step Down From Presenting In Our Time”, BBC (bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/mel).

    On HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

  15. Oh no! 😲 I knew this day would come, but so soon? 😰 #InOurTime is one of the best #podcasts & it just wouldn’t be the same without Melvyn Bragg 😭:

    “Melvyn Bragg Decides To Step Down From Presenting In Our Time”, BBC (bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/mel).

    On HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

  16. "For a programme with a wholly misleading title which started from scratch with a six-month contract, it's been quite a ride!" said Lord Bragg.
    bbc.com/news/articles/cewnllp1
    #InOurTime #BBC #Radio4 #education
    #MelvinBragg

  17. Who has the background to replace him? Stephen Fry? I'm blanking after that list of one! I'm sure there are others with the intellectual depth and range who could moderate discussions across all topics.

    Who do you think could replace him?

    Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time

    After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series

    bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/mel

    #BBC #InOurTime

  18. Who has the background to replace him? Stephen Fry? I'm blanking after that list of one! I'm sure there are others with the intellectual depth and range who could moderate discussions across all topics.

    Who do you think could replace him?

    Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time

    After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series

    bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/mel

    #BBC #InOurTime

  19. #inourtime #radio4 #civility Been on my mind locally #pembroke #cymru #cymraeg Is it a 'thing' ? Locals here never respond to emails in a 24 hr time frame. Frequently no reply at all. Just plain rude / arrogant / superiority gone wrong?

  20. #inourtime #radio4 #civility Been on my mind locally #pembroke #cymru #cymraeg Is it a 'thing' ? Locals here never respond to emails in a 24 hr time frame. Frequently no reply at all. Just plain rude / arrogant / superiority gone wrong?

  21. @minouette Her skills and contribution to science really come through in this #InOurTime episode about William and Caroline. As ever with IoT, an opportunity to listen in on conversation between experts in the subject. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011c4p

  22. @minouette Her skills and contribution to science really come through in this #InOurTime episode about William and Caroline. As ever with IoT, an opportunity to listen in on conversation between experts in the subject. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011c4p

  23. I found this In Our Time episode on Lewis Carroll's Alice books strangely moving. The guests' enthusiasm for the subject has had me itching to dive back into the Annotated Alice.

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001w7f9

    #LewisCarroll #AliceInWonderland #ThroughTheLookingGlass #AlicesAdventuresInWonderland #InOurTime

  24. I found this In Our Time episode on Lewis Carroll's Alice books strangely moving. The guests' enthusiasm for the subject has had me itching to dive back into the Annotated Alice.

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001w7f9

    #LewisCarroll #AliceInWonderland #ThroughTheLookingGlass #AlicesAdventuresInWonderland #InOurTime

  25. Just read an article proposal and felt like the guy in this cartoon

    (side note: Does anyone know original artist credit?)

    #InOurTime

  26. Spacecraft Buzzes Mercury's North Pole And Beams Back Stunning Photos
    --
    phys.org/news/2025-01-spacecra <-- shared technical article
    --
    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yqp3 <-- shared BBC In Our Time podcast
    --
    [I have been following this for some time, but even more so since an excellent May ’24 podcast I listened to, link above…]

    @ESA @JAXA @InOurTime

  27. I found this In Our Time episode on Social Darwinism interesting, not least for the depressing revelation that Darwin himself was a Social Darwinist. I thought they could have run more with the point about Marx also being influenced by Social Darwinism but replacing the idea of conflict between individuals with conflict between classes.

    #InOurTime #SocialDarwinism

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03vgq1q

  28. Really enjoying this particularly episode of In Our Time, in which I learned that the world's oldest surviving artwork predates the emergence of our species.

    #InOurTime #HomoErectus

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00168lg