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The Ideas That Make Us

Series 3

Episode 1: Psyche

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Bettany Hughes examines her psyche in her archaeology of philosophy by lying on Sigmund Freud's famous couch and bartering in the Athens flea market. Show more

The Ideas That Make Us

Series 3

Episode 2: Charisma

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Bettany Hughes investigates charisma at the Acropolis, in a recording session with Live Aid founder Bob Geldof and on the pages of a best-selling novel with author Ben Okri. Show more

The Ideas That Make Us

Series 3

Episode 3: Irony

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Bettany Hughes examines irony in a club where it is banned and in the studios of Radio 4's Today programme. Show more

The Ideas That Make Us

Series 3

Episode 4: Nemesis

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Bettany Hughes pursues nemesis in her archaeology of philosophy on the streets of ancient Athens, in the gym and with experts on counterterrorism and climate change. Show more

The Ideas That Make Us

Series 3

Episode 5: Virtue

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Bettany Hughes considers virtue at a club for the English aristocracy, with a former Greek minister of finance and with an aid worker just back from an Ebola zone in Sierra Leone. Show more