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Thinking Allowed Episodes

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    Imagination and the Countryside

    The dream the British have of the countryside is not always borne out by experience.

  2. Women and Gambling - Cleanliness

    Laurie Taylor talks to Emma Casey about her research into women’s gambling experiences.

  3. Punters - Cultural Transfer

    Laurie Taylor explores the complex relationships between sex workers and regular clients.

  4. Bad Medicine - Heritage Miners

    Laurie Taylor reappraises the history of medicine with David Wootton and David Armstrong.

  5. World Dress - Relationships at Work

    Laurie Taylor discusses the world domination of the western business suit.

  6. Glamour - Advertising

    Laurie Taylor discusses the history of glamour with Stephen Gundle.

  7. Trust

    Laurie Taylor discusses the nature of trust in modern society with theorist Marek Kohn.

  8. Violence - Victorian Slum

    Laurie Taylor debates the rituals and micro-dynamics of violence.

  9. Gentrification

    Laurie Taylor discusses the driving forces and patterns of gentrification in the UK.

  10. Gentrification in Harlem

    Laurie Taylor presents a special programme from New York.

  11. Horses - Comfort of Things

    Laurie Taylor explores how humans relate to horses and their personal possessions.

  12. Boxing - Urban Outcasts

    Laurie Taylor considers boxing in terms of race, class, and representation.

  13. Population Control - Torture and Democracy

    Laurie Taylor debates how much influence states should have on their administrations.

  14. Hikikomori - Women's Anti-Suffrage

    Laurie Taylor explores why Japanese adolescents are acutely withdrawing from society.

  15. Hearing Voices - Paganism

    Laurie Taylor talks to Dr Julie Kirby about her research into people who hear voices.

  16. Passengering - Superclass

    Laurie Taylor explores the conventions and rituals of car passengers with Dr Eric Laurier.

  17. Cook Books and Identity - Culture and Globalization

    Laurie Taylor and Andrea Tonner discuss celebrity cook books and Britain’s food culture.

  18. Gay Chav Erotic - Investment Clubs

    Laurie Taylor reflects on the homosexual eroticization of class with Paul Johnson.

  19. Pets as Kin - India and Spirituality

    Laurie Taylor explores the relationship between the British and their pets.

  20. Cities and Ethnicities

    Laurie Taylor asks if identifying cities rather than nations can help racial integration.

  21. Marseille

    Laurie Taylor visits Marseille to explore its unique racial geography.

  22. Scottish Independence - Viewing the Recently Dead: Feedback

    Laurie Taylor considers the rise of Scottish nationalism since the end of WW2.

  23. Euro-Islamaphobia - Viewing the Recently Dead

    Laurie Taylor discusses how our responses to viewing the β€˜recently dead’ have changed.

  24. Mass Collaboration - Free Trade

    Laurie Taylor explores the phenomenon 'We-Think' with Charles Leadbeater.

  25. Hoodies - City Planning

    Laurie Taylor debates the β€˜moral panic’ generated by young people wearing hooded tops.

  26. Superheroes - Ribbon Culture

    Laurie Taylor discusses the enduring appeal of Superheroes with Roz Kaveney.

  27. Family Life Running Hotels - Slum Travellers

    Laurie Taylor explores the lot of London's poor a century ago.

  28. Craftwork and Skill

    Laurie Taylor puts human behaviour, institutions and conventions under the microscope.

  29. Urban Nightlife - The Burlesque

    Laurie Taylor puts human behaviour, institutions and conventions under the microscope.

  30. Culture of Apocalypse -Politics of the Veil

    Laurie Taylor and guests debate the culture of apocalyptical theories in America.

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