Thinking Allowed Podcast
New research on how society works
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Human Rights in Northern Ireland, Social Mobility and Education
Wed 21 Oct 2015
Laurie Taylor looks at the complex role of human rights in the peace process.
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Being Single - Modern Romance
Wed 14 Oct 2015
Laurie Taylor looks at stigma versus choice and explores romance in the digital age.
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Female Serial Killers, Secular Stagnation
Wed 7 Oct 2015
Laurie Taylor discusses female serial killers. Plus low economic growth and the future.
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Russia's Red Web - Older Entrepreneurs
Wed 30 Sep 2015
Laurie Taylor explores the Russian government's battle with the future of the internet.
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Cross-Class Marriage, The social history of women-only train carriages
Wed 23 Sep 2015
Laurie Taylor explores marriages between people from different class backgrounds.
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Stop and search, Cancer patients and welfare reform
Wed 16 Sep 2015
Laurie Taylor examines the history and future of an often controversial police tactic.
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Prison gangs in US, Millionaire children
Wed 29 Jul 2015
A look at convict culture. Also, how would children choose to spend a million pounds?
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The colour black, Mixed-race people
Wed 22 Jul 2015
Laurie Taylor explores the cultural and historical meaning of the colour black.
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Middle-class drug dealers, Globalisation of white collar work
Wed 15 Jul 2015
Laurie Taylor discusses a study into the selling of drugs among teens in suburban America.
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Arab Londoners - Migrants and British identity
Wed 8 Jul 2015
Laurie Taylor considers Arab Londoners. Also, migrants' sense of British identity.
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Factory music, Volunteering post-recession
Wed 1 Jul 2015
Laurie Taylor explores the role of pop music in enlivening mundane assembly line work.
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White Working Class Boys; French Thought
Wed 24 Jun 2015
White, working-class boys at school. Also, the French intellectual tradition.
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The 'Precariat'; Humour in Sociology
Wed 17 Jun 2015
Laurie Taylor asks if there is an emerging mass class characterised by insecurity.
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Lesbian Lives in Russia; Big Data
Wed 10 Jun 2015
The changing nature of same-sex relationships since the demise of Russian state communism.
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Anthropology - The Future of the A-level; Crime and Blame
Wed 3 Jun 2015
The future of the A-level. Plus the role of blame within the criminal justice system.
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The 'Happiness Industry' - The 'Wellness Syndrome'
Wed 27 May 2015
The 'Happiness Industry'. Also, 'wellness syndrome'.
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Poverty in Britain; Unemployment As a Choice
Wed 20 May 2015
Is poverty in Britain increasing? Plus unemployment as a 'choice'.
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The Gym: A Social History; Tattoos at Work
Wed 13 May 2015
Laurie Taylor explores the social history of the gymnasium and the taboo against body art.
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Division of Domestic Labour - Gentrification and Working-Class Residents
Wed 6 May 2015
The impact of gentrification on working-class people. Plus the division of domestic labour
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Post Traumatic Stress; Managing Beds in the NHS
Wed 29 Apr 2015
Post traumatic stress in combat veterans and managing beds in the NHS.
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Stories Behind Immigration - Winner of the Ethnography Award
Wed 22 Apr 2015
The winner of the 2015 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ/BSA Ethnography Award.
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The Ethnography Award 'Shortlist'
Wed 15 Apr 2015
Programme devoted to the academic research shortlisted for the Thinking Allowed award.
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Citizenship Ceremonies; Family Ties and Genetics
Wed 1 Apr 2015
Laurie Taylor explores the way in which states use public rituals to create new citizens.
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Global Clothing and Poverty; Fur Inheritance in Poland
Wed 25 Mar 2015
Laurie Taylor explores the commodity chains in high fashion and second-hand clothing.
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Love, Money and HIV in Kenya, Microbreweries
Wed 18 Mar 2015
Laurie Taylor explores the disproportionate rates of HIV infection in young African women.
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Biologising Parenthood - A Lost Avant-Garde,
Wed 11 Mar 2015
Laurie Taylor examines the tension between art and money. Also, biologising parenthood.
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Commercial Surrogacy in India, Money
Wed 4 Mar 2015
Commercial surrogacy in India and beyond, plus new kinds of money. With Laurie Taylor.
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The British in South Africa - Romanian Economic Migrants in London
Wed 25 Feb 2015
Laurie Taylor explores migration in contrasting contexts.
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Conservatism, Emotional Labour in a Care Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
Wed 18 Feb 2015
Conservatism: its roots and meaning. Also, the emotional impact of working in a care home.
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