Thinking Allowed

New research on how society works

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Elite education
How prestigious schools and universities around the world sustain inequality.
19 Apr 2017,28 mins
Special programme on winner of Ethnography award
A special programme on the winner of the BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography award.
12 Apr 2017,28 mins
A special programme devoted to the BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Shortlist
A special programme devoted to the BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award shortlist 2017.
05 Apr 2017,28 mins
The ways women age - Beauty politics
The ways women age. Also beauty politics.
29 Mar 2017,27 mins
Grandfathers - Dementia carers
Grandfathers: a global study. Also, dementia carers.
22 Mar 2017,28 mins
Teen bedrooms - Skydivers
Teen bedrooms. Also, skydivers.
15 Mar 2017,28 mins
Money - how to break the power of the banks
The production of money: how to break the power of the banks.
08 Mar 2017,28 mins
Squatting; a cross cultural history. Plus taking ones clothes off in public.
Squatting: a cross-cultural history. Also, taking one's clothes off in public.
01 Mar 2017,28 mins
Platform Capitalism
Laurie Taylor explores platform capitalism - its origins, meaning and future.
22 Feb 2017,28 mins
Terrorism: does it work? - The 'Hotline'
Terrorism: does it work? Also, the origins and development of the 'hotline'.
15 Feb 2017,28 mins
Vertical Cities - India's property boom
Vertical cities - a three-dimensional view of urban life. Also, India's property boom.
08 Feb 2017,28 mins
The brave new world of virtual workers; also globalisation, the old and the new.
Globalisation, the old and the new. Also, virtual workers.
01 Feb 2017,28 mins
Health divides - Counting global health
Health divides. Also, counting global health.
25 Jan 2017,28 mins
Age of noise - British drinking
Laurie Taylor considers how unwanted sounds came to characterise modernity.
18 Jan 2017,28 mins
Sexual violence in the Bangladeshi War of Independence - Global danger and the risk to research
Sexual violence in the Bangledeshi War of Independence. Also, global danger and risk.
11 Jan 2017,28 mins
Super Rich: The 1% of the 1%
Laurie Taylor and guests explore the origins of this wealthiest of elites.
04 Jan 2017,28 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses the relationship between literature and sociology.
Laurie Taylor and guests explore the relationship between fiction and the real world.
28 Dec 2016,28 mins
Musicians Union - women heavy metal fans
The Musicians Union. Also women heavy metal fans.
21 Dec 2016,28 mins
Men and Violence - Stag Parties
Men, masculinities and violence. Also, stag parties, deviance and consumerism.
14 Dec 2016,28 mins
Success and Luck - Cosmopolitanism and Private Education
Success and luck. Also private school attitudes towards cosmopolitanism.
07 Dec 2016,28 mins
Foie gras & the politics of taste - Memories of Irish food
Foie gras and the politics of taste. Also, male Irish migrants recall the food back home.
30 Nov 2016,28 mins
Racial segregation, Dementia and hair care
Racial segregation in the United States. Also, hairdressing for people with dementia.
23 Nov 2016,28 mins
Population change - Chronic illness
Population change: how it's transforming our world. Also, managing chronic illness.
16 Nov 2016,28 mins
Evangelicals - Troubled families
Evangelicals in the city. Also, 'troubled families'.
09 Nov 2016,28 mins
Drone warfare, Fitness instructors
Drone warfare: from soldiering to assassination? Also, the world of fitness instructors.
02 Nov 2016,28 mins
Hoods - Construction Blacklist
Laurie Taylor explores the cultural history and many meanings of the hood.
26 Oct 2016,28 mins
House of Commons - Voting and Inequality
Laurie Taylor hears about the hidden workings of Parliament. Also, voting and inequality.
19 Oct 2016,28 mins
Rentier capitalism - Protest camps
Laurie Taylor asks if the economic system is rigged in favour of the owners of property.
12 Oct 2016,28 mins
Political polarisation, An anthropologist's guide to naming
Political polarisation. Also, an anthropologist's guide to naming.
05 Oct 2016,28 mins
Higher Education - Crisis or Change?
Higher education - crisis or change?
28 Sep 2016,28 mins