New research on how society works
Radio 4,·785 episodes
Transgender body modifications and latent nationalism, subjects of two prize-winning books
02 May 2012,·28 mins
Raoul Moat - the media story, and prostitutes in Calcutta.
25 Apr 2012,·28 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses an ethnography of crack users and a study of a Cambridge crew.
18 Apr 2012,·28 mins
Rubbish society: the social impact of waste.
11 Apr 2012,·28 mins
Steeltown meltdown and Burberry closure - life after industry death in two Welsh towns.
04 Apr 2012,·28 mins
With Laurie Taylor. Including Michelin-starred restaurants and the meaning of dignity.
28 Mar 2012,·28 mins
What does the idea of home mean to us in Britain today? A special edition on private life.
21 Mar 2012,·28 mins
Professionals and cowboys? UK and US military security workers. Also, 'whisky tourism'.
14 Mar 2012,·28 mins
Why Nations Fail. Plus boxing, UK and US style.
07 Mar 2012,·28 mins
Ambient faith and social work, and poverty between the wars. Presented by Laurie Taylor.
29 Feb 2012,·28 mins
Laurie talks to Stefan Collini about the point of universities.
22 Feb 2012,·28 mins
New research on men and monogamy. Plus, citizens without frontiers.
15 Feb 2012,·28 mins
Obesity Clinics and the 'cruel optimism' that still promises the good life.
08 Feb 2012,·28 mins
The British and booze, and how we can all learn to cooperate much better.
01 Feb 2012,·28 mins
Exploring conspiracy theories and the suffering of strangers.
25 Jan 2012,·28 mins
Stag Tours and men's experience of childbirth. Laurie encounters the modern male.
18 Jan 2012,·28 mins
5,000 years of debt, plus cosmetic surgery tourism.
11 Jan 2012,·28 mins
Uniforms in hospitals and policing cities with military measures.
04 Jan 2012,·30 mins
Laurie explores the home lifestyle of six young people who live together.
28 Dec 2011,·30 mins
The rise and fall of the Anti Psychiatry movement. Also, the cultural prominence of Freud.
21 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores 'The Tipping Point' in new research at Durham University.
14 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores new research into teenage sex in the parental home.
07 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores opera in Argentina, plus grammar schools and social mobility.
30 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores US art protests. Also, the lives of older, gay, rural dwellers.
23 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor looks at the limits of science with Bryan Appleyard and John Gray.
16 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor looks at new research about middle-class parents and schooling.
09 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores ideas about a decline in human violence with Steven Pinker.
02 Nov 2011,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses: globalisation is good for you - and Muslim women's basketball.
26 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores impartiality in TV political interviewing.
19 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores music as a threat to national security and new work on immigration.
12 Oct 2011,·30 mins
