Show overview
In Our Time: Science has been publishing since 1998, and across the 28 years since has built a catalogue of 293 episodes. That works out to roughly 200 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 42 min and 47 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language History show.
There hasn’t been a new episode in the last ninety days; the most recent episode landed 4 months ago. The busiest year was 1999, with 18 episodes published. Published by BBC.
Episodes
293
Running
1998–2026 · 28y
Median length
42 min
Cadence
Monthly
From the publisher
Scientific principles, theory, and the role of key figures in the advancement of science.
Latest Episodes
View all 293 episodesThe Mariana Trench
Feb 19, 202658 min
The Evolution of Lungs
Jul 10, 202548 min
Lise Meitner
Jun 5, 202557 min
Pollination
Apr 3, 202550 min
Slime Moulds
Jan 30, 202551 min
The Habitability of Planets
Jan 9, 202552 min
The Antikythera Mechanism
Dec 12, 202450 min
Wormholes
Oct 24, 20241h 0m
Bacteriophages
Aug 1, 202450 min
Mercury
May 30, 202453 min
Nikola Tesla
May 2, 202452 min
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
Mar 28, 202458 min
Hormones
Mar 7, 202450 min
Plankton
Nov 2, 202348 min
Albert Einstein
Oct 12, 202349 min
Jupiter
Jul 27, 202353 min
Mitochondria
Jun 29, 202352 min
Linnaeus
May 18, 202350 min
Paul Erdős
Mar 23, 202351 min
Tycho Brahe
Mar 2, 202353 min
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