New research on how society works
Radio 4,·784 episodes
Laurie Taylor discusses the cartoons that shook the world.
13 Jan 2010,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses conscientious objecting in World War One.
06 Jan 2010,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor is at the University of Bedfordshire to discuss class and social mobility.
30 Dec 2009,·30 mins
Was marrying within the family key to success of the ruling classes in Victorian England?
23 Dec 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores the history of prison clothing, and the power of the boycott.
16 Dec 2009,·30 mins
Why are more people living on their own and what are the consequences for society?
09 Dec 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor talks to the anthroplogist who spent a year studying Wall Street.
02 Dec 2009,·30 mins
Will UK party politics be transformed by new media and digital technology?
25 Nov 2009,·30 mins
3/3 Laurie Taylor explores the punishment of white collar crime.
18 Nov 2009,·30 mins
2/3 Why has corporate crime had such a low priority?
11 Nov 2009,·30 mins
1/3 Laurie Taylor explores white collar crime. What exactly is it, who commits it and why?
04 Nov 2009,·30 mins
The social and cultural influences on bereaved families' decisions to donate organs.
28 Oct 2009,·30 mins
From suburbia to housing estates, Laurie Taylor discusses town and city planning.
21 Oct 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor finds out about what we leave with the dead and why.
14 Oct 2009,·30 mins
Sociologist Loic Wacquant discusses the consequences of a growing US prison system.
07 Oct 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses the secret codes of criminal communication.
30 Sep 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses the role of acquaintances.
23 Sep 2009,·30 mins
The life of philosopher RG Collingwood, and restorative justice in Northern Ireland.
16 Sep 2009,·30 mins
Can children be both clever and popular in school? Laurie explores the role of class swot.
09 Sep 2009,·30 mins
Why do people return to their country of birth? Laurie Taylor explores return migration.
02 Sep 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses the life and work of leading cultural commentator Richard Hoggart.
26 Aug 2009,·30 mins
Does inequality lead to religion? Laurie Taylor explores the lastest research.
19 Aug 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses myth and reality in the history of the British police.
12 Aug 2009,·30 mins
How Turkey's once revolutionary Islamists became a pillar of the state.
05 Aug 2009,·30 mins
Cultural hybridity: is globalisation making the world homogenous?
29 Jul 2009,·30 mins
Why black girls succeed and fail in education?
22 Jul 2009,·30 mins
Is an unequal society bad for your health?
15 Jul 2009,·30 mins
With Laurie Taylor. Can Darwin explain why some societies become modern?
08 Jul 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor explores medically unexplained symptoms - illness that has no physical cause
01 Jul 2009,·30 mins
Laurie Taylor discusses geopolitics and the science of spheres of influence.
24 Jun 2009,·30 mins
