Thinking Allowed Podcast
New research on how society works
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Intoxication
Boxing Day 2012
Laurie Taylor explores the role and meaning of both alcohol and drugs in human life.
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Female jockeys; military migrants
Wed 19 Dec 2012
Laurie Taylor on our multinational armed forces, and Deborah Butler on female jockeys.
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Children in hospitals; History, heritage and tradition in British politics
Wed 12 Dec 2012
How British political parties construct history, and children's experiences in hospital.
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Work identity on the railway; how to be gay
Wed 5 Dec 2012
Laurie Taylor on a new book exploring gay male identity. Also, work identity in crisis.
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Family funerals; red tape
Wed 28 Nov 2012
Laurie Taylor hears how corrupt officialdom causes poverty.
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Archaeology of homelessness; residential care revisited
Wed 21 Nov 2012
Older people in residential care - a landmark study. Also, an archaeology of homelessness.
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Decline of the weekend; British riots of 2011
Wed 14 Nov 2012
Laurie Taylor explores the summer riots of 2011. Also, the death of the weekend.
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Couchsurfing - Trauma Advocacy
Wed 7 Nov 2012
Laurie Taylor looks at how the internet lets us encounter strangers, as well as friends.
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The UK strip and lap-dancing industry; blue jeans
Wed 31 Oct 2012
The strip industry - why is it growing? Also, the cultural meaning of 'blue jeans'.
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Trouble at work, travellers vs tourists
Wed 24 Oct 2012
Laurie Taylor hears about research into workplace conflict, and travellers versus tourists
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Sociologists and the financial crisis - Against security
Wed 17 Oct 2012
Security systems - their pitfalls. Also, a sociological take on the financial crisis.
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The New Arab Man, Lords Club Affiliation
Wed 10 Oct 2012
The 'new' Arab man; elite club membership in the House of Lords.
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Sickness Benefit Recipients - New Society 50 Years On
Wed 3 Oct 2012
Sickness benefit claimants, and 'New Society' 50 years on. Presented by Laurie Taylor.
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Race in an English village; decoding organisation
Wed 26 Sep 2012
Laurie Taylor explores the culture and work of Bletchley Park.
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Ethnic pay gap, racial segregation
Wed 19 Sep 2012
Laurie Taylor on research into racial segregation in cities and Britain's ethnic pay gap.
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Odd couples, student drinking
Wed 12 Sep 2012
Gay-straight friendships, and how students approach alcohol. With Laurie Taylor.
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Italian Family 3: Studio discussion
Wed 5 Sep 2012
Is the fabled Italian family in terminal decline? Laurie Taylor discusses the crisis.
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Italian Family 2: Naples
Wed 29 Aug 2012
Laurie Taylor visits Naples to investigate the role of Italian family values.
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Italian Family 1: Milan
Wed 22 Aug 2012
Why is the Italian birth rate falling? Laurie Taylor on the crisis of the Italian family.
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Breaking rules; Wall Street women
Wed 15 Aug 2012
Inside the world of Wall Street women, and the role of morality in preventing crime.
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Social capital; gentrification
Wed 8 Aug 2012
White middle-class settlers in edgy areas, plus how to get ahead in the media.
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Jobs for the Boys
Wed 1 Aug 2012
'Jobs for the Boys?' Discrimination and nepotism in the media industry, with Laurie Taylor
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Sport under communism - Regeneration Games
Wed 25 Jul 2012
Laurie Taylor discusses the security impact of the Olympics. Also, sport under communism.
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Immortality; Evil
Wed 11 Jul 2012
Laurie Taylor explores the ways in which human beings have resisted the idea of mortality.
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Urban Protest
Wed 4 Jul 2012
Urban Protest: Laurie Taylor talks to David Harvey about trouble on the streets.
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Evil; the morality of cycling
Wed 27 Jun 2012
Laurie Taylor asks if a sociology of evil is possible. Also, the morality of cycling.
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Hostility to tax; Mumbai slums
Wed 20 Jun 2012
A study of the slums of Mumbai. Also, the rights and wrongs of taxation.
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Working class alienation - Nottingham council estate
Wed 6 Jun 2012
Laurie Taylor talks to speakers at the 2012 British Sociological Association conference.
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