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Thinking Allowed Episodes

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    Garden Utopias

    Garden Utopias: from the suburban privet hedge to guerrilla gardening.

  2. Richard Sennett

    Richard Sennett: A conversation with a leading cultural and social thinker.

  3. Anonymity - Self-creation

    Laurie Taylor explores hidden and crafted identities.

  4. Capitalism

    Capitalism: the origins of the word and a survey of attitudes to our economic system.

  5. Traditionalism - Russian Orthodox Converts

    Traditionalism and Russian Orthodox converts.

  6. THE ENGLISH

    THE ENGLISH: How the country house became 鈥楨nglish鈥�, and changing notions of England.

  7. The Passport

    The Passport: a cultural history. Also, the trade in 'golden passports'.

  8. The Power of Song

    The power of song: An iconic hymn, and singing and peacebuilding in South Sudan.

  9. Hope and the 'good enough' life

    Hope and the 'good enough' life.

  10. Intersections

    Intersections - how violence impacts some people more than others.

  11. The Grave - Memorial Benches

    Laurie Taylor explores the origins of the grave and the meaning of memorial benches.

  12. Pets

    How the British relationship to companion animals has changed. Also, the dog walk.

  13. Sugar

    Sugar: its social history and meaning in our lives.

  14. Woke

    Laurie Taylor talks to philosopher Susan Neiman about the concept of 鈥榳oke鈥�.

  15. Guns

    Guns: from gun sellers in the US to the impact of the gun on human progress.

  16. Water Ways

    An exploration of human relationships with water.

  17. Boxing and Kickboxing

    Boxing and Kickboxing: Laurie Taylor explores their potential for transforming lives.

  18. The Petite Bourgeoisie

    Laurie Taylor explores the unstoppable rise of the lower middle class.

  19. High Finance

    Laurie Taylor considers the impact of the asset management industry on our everyday lives.

  20. Fashion Re-imagined

    Fashion Re-imagined: how might we create a more equitable industry?

  21. Digital intimacy

    How are algorithms transforming our relationships?

  22. Prison Abolition

    Laurie Taylor considers the radical case for ending imprisonment.

  23. Taste and Lifestyle

    Taste and Lifestyle: how consumer culture remade taste and the West Indian front room.

  24. Dance Culture

    Laurie Taylor takes a journey through the dancefloor, from the electric slide to the tango

  25. Democracy

    Democracy - what threatens or promotes it?

  26. Poverty

    Laurie Taylor explores the causes and consequences of poverty in the UK and US.

  27. Elite Universities - Working Class Students

    Elite universities and the lives of working class academics.

  28. Asylum and '成人快手'

    Asylum and 'home' - the impact of asylum dispersal and Syrian refugees' quest for home.

  29. Museums

    Museums: Then and now.

  30. Religion of Work and Welfare

    The religion of work and welfare.

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