Thinking Allowed Podcast
New research on how society works
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Super Rich: The 1% of the 1%
Wed 4 Jan 2017
Laurie Taylor and guests explore the origins of this wealthiest of elites.
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Laurie Taylor discusses the relationship between literature and sociology.
Wed 28 Dec 2016
Laurie Taylor and guests explore the relationship between fiction and the real world.
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Musicians Union - women heavy metal fans
Wed 21 Dec 2016
The Musicians Union. Also women heavy metal fans.
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Men and Violence - Stag Parties
Wed 14 Dec 2016
Men, masculinities and violence. Also, stag parties, deviance and consumerism.
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Success and Luck - Cosmopolitanism and Private Education
Wed 7 Dec 2016
Success and luck. Also private school attitudes towards cosmopolitanism.
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Foie gras & the politics of taste - Memories of Irish food
Wed 30 Nov 2016
Foie gras and the politics of taste. Also, male Irish migrants recall the food back home.
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Racial segregation, Dementia and hair care
Wed 23 Nov 2016
Racial segregation in the United States. Also, hairdressing for people with dementia.
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Population change - Chronic illness
Wed 16 Nov 2016
Population change: how it's transforming our world. Also, managing chronic illness.
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Evangelicals - Troubled families
Wed 9 Nov 2016
Evangelicals in the city. Also, 'troubled families'.
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Drone warfare, Fitness instructors
Wed 2 Nov 2016
Drone warfare: from soldiering to assassination? Also, the world of fitness instructors.
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Hoods - Construction Blacklist
Wed 26 Oct 2016
Laurie Taylor explores the cultural history and many meanings of the hood.
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House of Commons - Voting and Inequality
Wed 19 Oct 2016
Laurie Taylor hears about the hidden workings of Parliament. Also, voting and inequality.
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Rentier capitalism - Protest camps
Wed 12 Oct 2016
Laurie Taylor asks if the economic system is rigged in favour of the owners of property.
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Political polarisation, An anthropologist's guide to naming
Wed 5 Oct 2016
Political polarisation. Also, an anthropologist's guide to naming.
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Shyness - Names
Wed 21 Sep 2016
Shyness: a cultural history. Also, the relationship between names and identity.
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Food bank Britain, Food poverty in Europe
Wed 20 Jul 2016
Food bank Britain. Also, food poverty in Europe.
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The English Defence League; 'Real' immigrants
Wed 13 Jul 2016
The English Defence League. Also, who are the 'real' immigrants?
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Political women and language, The morality of sleep medication
Wed 6 Jul 2016
Political women and language. Also, the morality of sleep medication.
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Good neighbours, The connection between sport and domestic abuse
Wed 29 Jun 2016
Laurie Taylor explores encounters with the people next door. Plus domestic abuse and sport
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A special programme on Pierre Bourdieu
Wed 22 Jun 2016
Pierre Bourdieu: A special programme presented by Laurie Taylor.
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Secrecy at Work, Drugs and Employment
Wed 15 Jun 2016
The hidden architecture of people's working lives. Plus drug-taking and employment.
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Engineers of Jihad. Orange jumpsuits
Wed 8 Jun 2016
The link between education and violent extremism. Also, the iconic orange jumpsuit.
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Ale drinkers, Northern accents
Wed 1 Jun 2016
New research on how society works. Ale drinkers. Northern accents.
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'Queer' wars, Nigerian beauty pageants
Wed 25 May 2016
'Queer' wars: the global struggle for lesbian/gay rights. Also, Nigerian beauty pageants.
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Glasgow gangs - Russian gangs
Wed 18 May 2016
Glaswegian and Russian gangs: their origins, organisation and meaning.
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TV in prison - Live music in prison
Wed 11 May 2016
Television in British prisons. Also, BB King and prison 'blues'.
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Migrant women, Wedding paradoxes
Wed 4 May 2016
Laurie Taylor explores the role in British society of migrant women over the past 60 years
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