The Forum

399 Episodes

1. Ibn Sina: The Persian polymath

   Published: 02/08/2021
2. The Panama Canal: The real story behind the engineering triumph

   Published: 29/07/2021
3. Ida Pfeiffer: 19th Century globetrotter

   Published: 22/07/2021
4. Rain or shine? A short history of the weather forecast

   Published: 15/07/2021
5. Emile Berliner, inventor of the gramophone

   Published: 08/07/2021
6. Tracing the roots of ancient trees

   Published: 01/07/2021
7. The Wizard of Oz: A homegrown American fairy tale

   Published: 24/06/2021
8. Falconry: The history of hunting with birds of prey

   Published: 17/06/2021
9. Aramaic: An imperial language without an empire

   Published: 10/06/2021
10. X-rays: New ways of seeing

    Published: 03/06/2021
11. Machiavelli, master of power

    Published: 27/05/2021
12. The birth of the modern car

    Published: 20/05/2021
13. Ukulele - a history of Hawaii's national instrument

    Published: 13/05/2021
14. Tadeusz Kosciuszko, groundbreaking fort builder

    Published: 06/05/2021
15. The census: A snapshot of life

    Published: 29/04/2021
16. Unravelling the history of knitting

    Published: 22/04/2021
17. One Hundred Years of Solitude: The story of Latin America

    Published: 15/04/2021
18. Rabindranath Tagore: The Bard of Bengal

    Published: 08/04/2021
19. Pauline Viardot: 19th-Century diva

    Published: 01/04/2021
20. The One Thousand and One Nights

    Published: 25/03/2021