New research on how society works
Radio 4,·784 episodes
Hook-up culture: dating at university. Also, how online dating has changed our world.
28 Mar 2018,·28 mins
Sacrifice - from Christ's crucifixion to Salafi jihadist suicide bombers.
21 Mar 2018,·28 mins
Racial inequality now. Also, women and political language.
14 Mar 2018,·28 mins
Is democracy failing women? Also, how 'normality' is established in language.
07 Mar 2018,·28 mins
The white working class - is there a 'left-behind'?
28 Feb 2018,·28 mins
Artisanal and natural foods.
21 Feb 2018,·28 mins
A Valentine Day's Special programme exploring infidelity and the history of rings.
14 Feb 2018,·28 mins
Are populist politics on the rise?
07 Feb 2018,·28 mins
Stigma - an old sociological concept revisited and recast for the 21st century.
31 Jan 2018,·28 mins
Counter cultural seekers and meaning of the hippy trail. Also, slum tourism in Mumbai.
24 Jan 2018,·27 mins
Countercultural seekers on the road to Kathmandu and slum tourism in Mumbai.
24 Jan 2018,·28 mins
Police culture and socialisation - how has it changed?
17 Jan 2018,·28 mins
The scenes, smells, sounds and tastes of city life.
10 Jan 2018,·28 mins
The housing crisis. Also, squatting in Amsterdam.
03 Jan 2018,·28 mins
Working-class actors, Class and classical music.
27 Dec 2017,·28 mins
Christmas television - an exploration of a very British tradition.
20 Dec 2017,·28 mins
Laurie Taylor asks if there was an attempt to Islamicise schools in Birmingham.
14 Dec 2017,·28 mins
13 Dec 2017,·28 mins
Finding work in the new economy and the death of homo economicus.
06 Dec 2017,·28 mins
The evolution of our contemporary idea of emotions and how they play out in politics.
29 Nov 2017,·28 mins
GDP - what are its limits? Also, the music of Mali.
22 Nov 2017,·28 mins
Affluence - what does it mean?
15 Nov 2017,·28 mins
Laurie Taylor talks to David Harvey, world authority on Marx's thought.
08 Nov 2017,·27 mins
Marxism - does it have any contemporary relevance? Also, 'red' globalisation.
08 Nov 2017,·28 mins
Laurie Taylor explores the history of aerial bombing and tear gas.
01 Nov 2017,·28 mins
01 Nov 2017,·27 mins
Laurie Taylor explores end of life care through the ages.
25 Oct 2017,·28 mins
Laurie Taylor explores the history of 'easeful death'. Also, life in an English hospice.
Laurie Taylor examines the history of the welfare state.
18 Oct 2017,·27 mins
Laurie Taylor explores the origins and meaning of the welfare state.
18 Oct 2017,·28 mins
