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    Identity

    Boxing Day 2018

    Identity: a special programme exploring the way in which we define ourselves.

  • Metrics

    Wed 19 Dec 2018

    Laurie Taylor explores the increasing use of metrics across many aspects of our lives.

  • Au pairing and domestic labour

    Wed 12 Dec 2018

    Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.

  • White Power Movement in US - Rise of Racist Right in Europe

    Wed 5 Dec 2018

    The White Power Movement in the US. Also, the racist, far right in Europe.

  • Night-time Economy

    Wed 28 Nov 2018

    The Night-time Economy: How has it changed over the years?

  • Maoism

    Wed 21 Nov 2018

    Maoism: its origins and development as a global political force.

  • Architecture and health

    Wed 14 Nov 2018

    Architecture, housing and health.

  • Shoes

    Wed 7 Nov 2018

    Shoes: a cultural history.

  • White Privilege - Racial Ambiguity

    Wed 31 Oct 2018

    What is white privilege? And what is the evidence that racial binaries are breaking down?

  • Maps and Postcodes

    Wed 24 Oct 2018

    Maps and postcodes - what do they reveal about our society and selves?

  • Rich Russians - Millionaire tax flight

    Wed 17 Oct 2018

    Rich Russians. Also, millionaire tax flight.

  • Palaces for the People

    Wed 10 Oct 2018

    Palaces for the People: the decline in civic life.

  • Push Buttons

    Wed 3 Oct 2018

    Push buttons: pleasure, panic and the politics of pushing.

  • Creativity

    Wed 26 Sep 2018

    Creativity re-examined. Has it become a meaningless buzz word for our times?

  • Post-Truth

    Wed 19 Sep 2018

    Post-truth - what is it and how did we get to this point?

  • Drifters

    Wed 12 Sep 2018

    Laurie Taylor explores the life and times of the American train hopping hobo.

  • Smart Cities

    Wed 25 Jul 2018

    Laurie Taylor presents a special edition recorded at the Open University in Milton Keynes.

  • Beauty - Ugliness

    Wed 18 Jul 2018

    Beauty and ugliness.

  • Suburbia Revisited

    Wed 11 Jul 2018

    Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.

  • Selfies - disconnection from ICTs

    Wed 4 Jul 2018

    'Selfies' - narcissism or self-expression? Also, choosing to disconnect from ICTs.

  • Gangs and spirituality

    Wed 27 Jun 2018

    Gangs and spirituality - can religious belief lead members away from crime?

  • China today

    Wed 20 Jun 2018

    China - how was it lifted out of poverty and what does the future hold?

  • Light and Dark

    Wed 13 Jun 2018

    How the meanings of light and dark have changed over time in the context of urban life.

  • Size Discrimination

    Wed 6 Jun 2018

    Laurie Taylor considers what it means to be very tall, very big or very short.

  • Business Schools

    Wed 30 May 2018

    Should business schools be shut down? Laurie Taylor examines the arguments.

  • Law and Order

    Wed 23 May 2018

    Law and Order: the drama series revisited 40 years later.

  • Marx and Marxism

    Wed 16 May 2018

    Marx and Marxism revisited.

  • The Internet and Democracy

    Wed 9 May 2018

    Laurie Taylor analyses the social and political consequences of our digitised world.

  • Universal Basic Income

    Wed 2 May 2018

    Universal Basic Income - could it work?

  • Menswear Revolution

    Wed 25 Apr 2018

    Menswear revolution - the changes in men's clothes over time.

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