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Dective tours and Russian organised crime
From Morse to Wallander, the anthropology of the detective tour. Plus criminals in Russia.
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Capitalism and Development
Laurie Taylor discusses capitalism with leading economists David Harvey and Ha Joon Chang.
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Inequality and nakedness
A brief history of nakedness - its role in politics, protest and popular culture.
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14/04/2010
Is the British weekend under threat? Plus new research on home education.
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07/04/2010
Is the secular world under threat? Discussing new demographics and the future of belief.
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31/03/2010
Sexuality in later life and interracial relationships in Latin America.
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24/03/2010
Book fairs and the Bow Street Runners.
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17/03/2010
Laurie Taylor discusses milk and modernity, and why burglary is going out of fashion.
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10/03/2010
The meaning of military futurology, and anti-racist comedy in the UK and US.
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03/03/2010
The secret history of the servant and the working class at Oxbridge.
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24/02/2010
Corridors under threat and is 'living apart together' a new form of family?
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17/02/2010
A history of Intellectual piracy; the morality of obesity.
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10/02/2010
African American consumer culture and the history of tea.
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03/02/2010
Laurie Taylor explores national branding and the commodification of ethnic identity.
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27/01/2010
The Brits who stayed on in Hong Kong.
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20/01/2010
The Future of Work and Teddy Bear Diaries.
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13/01/2010
Laurie Taylor discusses the cartoons that shook the world.
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06/01/2010
Laurie Taylor discusses conscientious objecting in World War One.
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Mobility to Higher Education
Laurie Taylor is at the University of Bedfordshire to discuss class and social mobility.
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Bourgeois Power and Marriage
Was marrying within the family key to success of the ruling classes in Victorian England?
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Prison Clothing - Lewes Arms Boycott
Laurie Taylor explores the history of prison clothing, and the power of the boycott.
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Solo Living - Response to Wall Street
Why are more people living on their own and what are the consequences for society?
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Anthropology of Wall Street - Rural Idyll
Laurie Taylor talks to the anthroplogist who spent a year studying Wall Street.
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E-Elections - Jazz
Will UK party politics be transformed by new media and digital technology?
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White Collar Crime: Punishment of Crime
3/3 Laurie Taylor explores the punishment of white collar crime.
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White Collar Crime: Regulation of Crime
2/3 Why has corporate crime had such a low priority?
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White Collar Crime: Culture of Crime
1/3 Laurie Taylor explores white collar crime. What exactly is it, who commits it and why?
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Organ Donation - Flip Flops
The social and cultural influences on bereaved families' decisions to donate organs.
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Suburbia Planning - Modernity Forgets
From suburbia to housing estates, Laurie Taylor discusses town and city planning.
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Modern-day Grave Goods - Politics of Alcohol
Laurie Taylor finds out about what we leave with the dead and why.