Thinking Allowed Episodes Available now
Gentrification
Laurie Taylor discusses the driving forces and patterns of gentrification in the UK.
Gentrification in Harlem
Laurie Taylor presents a special programme from New York.
Horses - Comfort of Things
Laurie Taylor explores how humans relate to horses and their personal possessions.
Boxing - Urban Outcasts
Laurie Taylor considers boxing in terms of race, class, and representation.
Population Control - Torture and Democracy
Laurie Taylor debates how much influence states should have on their administrations.
Hikikomori - Women's Anti-Suffrage
Laurie Taylor explores why Japanese adolescents are acutely withdrawing from society.
Hearing Voices - Paganism
Laurie Taylor talks to Dr Julie Kirby about her research into people who hear voices.
Passengering - Superclass
Laurie Taylor explores the conventions and rituals of car passengers with Dr Eric Laurier.
Cook Books and Identity - Culture and Globalization
Laurie Taylor and Andrea Tonner discuss celebrity cook books and Britain’s food culture.
Gay Chav Erotic - Investment Clubs
Laurie Taylor reflects on the homosexual eroticization of class with Paul Johnson.