The Forum

The programme that explains the present by exploring the past.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004kln9

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 39m. Bisher sind 380 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint wöchentlich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 10 days 14 hours 29 minutes

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Bertha von Suttner: A champion of peace


The writer who became the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize


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 June 18, 2020  39m
 
 

Joan of Arc: Making a martyr


How a teenager fought to save France


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 June 11, 2020  39m
 
 

Babylon, city of wonders


From The Tower of Babel and the Hanging Gardens to why there are 60 minutes in an hour


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 June 4, 2020  39m
 
 

Aesop and the Fables


A black slave wrote 700 animal tales in Ancient Greece. Why are they still best sellers?


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 May 28, 2020  39m
 
 

Goethe: The story of colour


How colour affects our mood and thoughts


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 May 21, 2020  39m
 
 

The California Gold Rush


Who made a fortune and who was crushed in the rush for gold in California in 1849?


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 May 14, 2020  39m
 
 

The 1918 Spanish Flu: The mother of all pandemics


The last global pandemic and what it can tell us about tackling Covid-19 .


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 April 30, 2020  39m
 
 

Gerard Mercator: The man who revolutionised mapmaking


The mapmaker who defined the modern world


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 April 23, 2020  39m
 
 

Gretta Cousins: champion of Irish and Indian women


A pianist and activist who fought for women’s votes and better lives


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 April 16, 2020  39m
 
 

Natsume Soseki: Japan’s great novelist


The Japanese literary giant of the early 20th Century


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 April 9, 2020  39m