New research on how society works
Radio 4,·785 episodes
Laurie Taylor discusses emancipation, ideas of black freedom from slavery to the present.
30 mins
The impact of the rational: Laurie Taylor explores the social concept of 'Disenchantment'.
18 Aug 2010,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor hears why growth is good for all. Plus the rise of the fembot.
04 Aug 2010,·30 mins
How does having more choice affect our lives? Laurie Taylor discusses a new study.
28 Jul 2010,·30 mins
Rachela Colosi tells Laurie about her detailed ethnography of a lap dancing club.
21 Jul 2010,·30 mins
Do facial features indicate moral character? Laurie explores the culture of physiognomy.
14 Jul 2010,·30 mins
Niall Ferguson tells Laurie Taylor about his new book on financier Siegmund Warburg.
07 Jul 2010,·30 mins
Girly pop and heavy metal: Laurie Taylor visits a university conference on sub-cultures.
30 Jun 2010,·30 mins
Is the buzz phrase 'social capital' a big mistake? Also, what it means to be a twin.
23 Jun 2010,·30 mins
Fanaticism: use and abuse of a wild idea. Laurie Taylor talks to John Gray.
16 Jun 2010,·30 mins
The changing way we commemorate the dead: a study of the war in Afghanistan.
09 Jun 2010,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores the relationship of language to culture with AC Grayling.
02 Jun 2010,·30 mins
Has black music declined? Laurie Taylor discusses with Paul Gilroy and Caspar Melville.
26 May 2010,·30 mins
New research revealing the rifts and resentment created by researching family history.
19 May 2010,·30 mins
The social impact of sending millions from the cities to the country during WWII.
12 May 2010,·30 mins
From Morse to Wallander, the anthropology of the detective tour. Plus criminals in Russia.
05 May 2010,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses capitalism with leading economists David Harvey and Ha Joon Chang.
28 Apr 2010,·30 mins
A brief history of nakedness - its role in politics, protest and popular culture.
21 Apr 2010,·30 mins
Is the British weekend under threat? Plus new research on home education.
14 Apr 2010,·30 mins
Is the secular world under threat? Discussing new demographics and the future of belief.
07 Apr 2010,·30 mins
Sexuality in later life and interracial relationships in Latin America.
31 Mar 2010,·30 mins
Book fairs and the Bow Street Runners.
24 Mar 2010,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses milk and modernity, and why burglary is going out of fashion.
17 Mar 2010,·30 mins
The meaning of military futurology, and anti-racist comedy in the UK and US.
10 Mar 2010,·30 mins
The secret history of the servant and the working class at Oxbridge.
03 Mar 2010,·30 mins
Corridors under threat and is 'living apart together' a new form of family?
24 Feb 2010,·30 mins
A history of Intellectual piracy; the morality of obesity.
17 Feb 2010,·30 mins
African American consumer culture and the history of tea.
10 Feb 2010,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores national branding and the commodification of ethnic identity.
03 Feb 2010,·30 mins
The Brits who stayed on in Hong Kong.
27 Jan 2010,·30 mins
