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Thinking Allowed Episodes

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    Italian Family 1: Milan

    Why is the Italian birth rate falling? Laurie Taylor on the crisis of the Italian family.

  2. Breaking rules; Wall Street women

    Inside the world of Wall Street women, and the role of morality in preventing crime.

  3. Social capital; gentrification

    White middle-class settlers in edgy areas, plus how to get ahead in the media.

  4. Jobs for the Boys

    'Jobs for the Boys?' Discrimination and nepotism in the media industry, with Laurie Taylor

  5. Sport under communism - Regeneration Games

    Laurie Taylor discusses the security impact of the Olympics. Also, sport under communism.

  6. Builders and Musicians

    Builders' lives and the cooperation between musicians.

  7. Immortality; Evil

    Laurie Taylor explores the ways in which human beings have resisted the idea of mortality.

  8. Urban Protest

    Urban Protest: Laurie Taylor talks to David Harvey about trouble on the streets.

  9. Evil; the morality of cycling

    Laurie Taylor asks if a sociology of evil is possible. Also, the morality of cycling.

  10. Hostility to tax; Mumbai slums

    A study of the slums of Mumbai. Also, the rights and wrongs of taxation.

  11. Kinship

    A special programme linked to a landmark study of 'kinship'.

  12. Working class alienation - Nottingham council estate

    Laurie Taylor talks to speakers at the 2012 British Sociological Association conference.

  13. AIDS conspiracy theories; comics

    A cultural history of British comics plus AIDS conspiracy theories.

  14. Wine tasting; US philanthropy

    US philanthropic foundations, and the changing language of wine tasting.

  15. Why Love Hurts

    Laurie Taylor investigates the pain of love from a sociological perspective.

  16. Hebden Bridge; neighbours

    Laurie Taylor explores the fortunes of Hebden Bridge. Also, a social history of neighbours

  17. Nationhood; recognising transgender

    Transgender body modifications and latent nationalism, subjects of two prize-winning books

  18. Raoul Moat - the media story; Indian sex workers

    Raoul Moat - the media story, and prostitutes in Calcutta.

  19. The High-life and the Row-life

    Laurie Taylor discusses an ethnography of crack users and a study of a Cambridge crew.

  20. Rubbish - Civil Partnerships

    Rubbish society: the social impact of waste.

  21. Steeltown - Life after Burberry

    Steeltown meltdown and Burberry closure - life after industry death in two Welsh towns.

  22. Culinary Culture and Globalisation - Dignity

    With Laurie Taylor. Including Michelin-starred restaurants and the meaning of dignity.

  23. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ at RIBA

    What does the idea of home mean to us in Britain today? A special edition on private life.

  24. Private military security; whisky tourism

    Professionals and cowboys? UK and US military security workers. Also, 'whisky tourism'.

  25. Boxing styles UK vs US - Why nations fail

    Why Nations Fail. Plus boxing, UK and US style.

  26. Ambient religion - Poverty and social work

    Ambient faith and social work, and poverty between the wars. Presented by Laurie Taylor.

  27. 22/02/2012

    Laurie talks to Stefan Collini about the point of universities.

  28. Citizens without Frontiers - Monogamy in men

    New research on men and monogamy. Plus, citizens without frontiers.

  29. Obesity - Cruel Optimism

    Obesity Clinics and the 'cruel optimism' that still promises the good life.

  30. The Politics of Alcohol - Cooperation

    The British and booze, and how we can all learn to cooperate much better.

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