Thinking Allowed Episodes Available now
Ethical capital - The Burden of Happiness
Is happiness the answer? Pascal Bruckner says it is not. Also, the legacies of the poor.
Irregular and undocumented workers - America's death penalty
Why does the US support capital punishment? Also, illegal workers in the UK.
Islam and capitalism - Sex before the sexual revolution
Sex before the Sexual Revolution and how Islam reacts to capitalism.
Working men's health practices - Plastic surgery in Brazil
Laurie discusses cosmetic surgery in Brazil and the health of British working men.
02/02/2011
The growth in second home ownership and the cult of the bike.
26/01/2011
Ronald Dworkin and Anthony Grayling on liberty versus equality.
19/01/2011
The impact of paramilitary punishment attacks on the young delinquents of Belfast.
Cosmopolitanism - Dietetics
Laurie Taylor explores cosmopolitan values and the morality of medicine and health.
Softer masculinity in the sixth form - Dr Who
Is Doctor Who political? Laurie explores the notion of an historical anti-American bias.
Utopia
Laurie Taylor explores new ideas about Utopia.
