New research on how society works
Radio 4,·784 episodes
Black music cultures - how did they evolve in London?
27 Nov 2019,·28 mins
Thrift and austerity
20 Nov 2019,·28 mins
Time - how do we use & how has this changed in the last 50 years?
13 Nov 2019,·28 mins
Disasters: from Haiti to New Orleans.
06 Nov 2019,·28 mins
Immortality and transhumanism
30 Oct 2019,·28 mins
The origins & meaning of 'cool'
23 Oct 2019,·28 mins
Serial killers: the media and cultural response to these crimes.
16 Oct 2019,·28 mins
Council estates - then and now. Laurie Taylor explores the concept of the 'sink estate'.
09 Oct 2019,·28 mins
Land struggles: from Bolivia to Britain.
02 Oct 2019,·28 mins
Conspiracy theories - their origins and evolution.
08 May 2019,·28 mins
The Politics of Memorials - from Ireland to the Mississippi Delta.
01 May 2019,·26 mins
Global no-go zones and the complex overlap between conflict and tourism.
24 Apr 2019,·29 mins
Detective fiction - how it represents social change. Also homicide confessions on Facebook
17 Apr 2019,·28 mins
CEO Society and Time management.
10 Apr 2019,·27 mins
Branding - the 'persuasion industries'.
03 Apr 2019,·28 mins
Cute and kitsch: their nature and changing meaning.
27 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Debt - from household to national.
20 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Spectacular cities - from Kazakhstan to the United Arab Emirates.
13 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Corridors - their evolution and changing nature.
06 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Skateboarding and parkour: lifestyle sport in the hyper regulated city.
27 Feb 2019,·25 mins
Snobbery - its meaning, history and changing nature.
20 Feb 2019,·28 mins
Walls: Laurie Taylor explores the social history and symbolism of human-made barriers.
13 Feb 2019,·28 mins
Motorbikes - a social and cultural history.
06 Feb 2019,·28 mins
The Class Ceiling: does privilege pay?
30 Jan 2019,·29 mins
Surveillance - how we are both watchers, as well as the watched.
16 Jan 2019,·28 mins
Migrants and refugees.
09 Jan 2019,·28 mins
Laurie Taylor explores the history, harms and downsides to our contemporary work culture.
02 Jan 2019,·28 mins
Identity: a special programme exploring the way in which we define ourselves.
26 Dec 2018,·43 mins
Laurie Taylor explores the increasing use of metrics across many aspects of our lives.
19 Dec 2018,·27 mins
Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.
12 Dec 2018,·28 mins
