# In Our Time by Melvyn Bragg

6 Hacker News commenters recommended In Our Time by Melvyn Bragg and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend this BBC Radio 4 podcast for its interesting episodes on a wide range of topics, and some listeners use it as a reading list source or a bedtime listen.

## Why people recommend it

- Interesting episodes on many topics (2 comments): "The episode of BBC In Our Time on Guernica was very interesting" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47776824)) "every episode of In Our Time is interesting" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47785794))
- Related episodes and reading lists (3 comments): "See the reading list on topics of interest in the podcast "In our time."" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49465023)) "I think it will go quite well with a few related In Our Time episodes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46720989)) "several BBC In Our Time episodes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45970482))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "In Our Time by Melvyn Bragg", https://hackerapproved.com/p/in-our-time/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).