Thinking Allowed Podcast
New research on how society works
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'Long Hours' work culture; Empty labour
Wed 5 Jun 2013
Employees who pursue private actitivies at work. Also, 'long hours' work culture.
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Multicultural Prison; Jellied Eels
Wed 29 May 2013
Laurie Taylor discusses life in the modern male prison. Also, jellied eels and 'disgust'.
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Live Music - from Dance Hall to the 100 Club
Wed 22 May 2013
Laurie Taylor explores a social history of live music from 1950 to 1967.
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Stammering and Identity; Land of Too Much
Wed 15 May 2013
Poverty versus abundance in the US. Plus managing a social stigma for people who stammer.
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Middle Class Enclaves and Escapes
Wed 8 May 2013
Special edition recorded at the British Sociological Association's 2013 conference.
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British class survey; Tribute to Geoff Pearson
Wed 1 May 2013
Laurie Taylor explores a unique piece of research done by 蜜芽传媒 Lab UK and social scientists
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The Power of Oil
Wed 24 Apr 2013
The power of oil - a special programme exploring the role of oil in shaping our society.
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English Heritage; Clergy Lives
Wed 17 Apr 2013
Laurie Taylor on heritage politics in the UK, and the everyday lives of parish priests.
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Thrift Chic; Thatcherism
Wed 10 Apr 2013
'Thatcherism' - was it a distinct ideology? Also, the rise of thrift 'chic'.
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Women and the Armed Forces
Wed 3 Apr 2013
Laurie Taylor explores gender and the military as women go into the frontline of battle.
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Gang labour in UK; Industrial ruination
Wed 27 Mar 2013
Industrial ruination - a global study into urban decline. Also, gang labour in the UK.
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Language of food politics; Italian food market
Wed 20 Mar 2013
Laurie Taylor explores an Italian food market and the language of food politics.
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Guatemalan cemetery; Art auctions
Wed 13 Mar 2013
A study into the dynamics of art auctions, and a Guatemalan cemetery with no more room.
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Drugs for Life; Subcultural Identity
Wed 6 Mar 2013
Laurie Taylor on the growing medicalisation of everyday life, and subcultural 'oldies'.
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Fashion, Class and Mums; Red Racisms
Wed 27 Feb 2013
Laurie Taylor with a unique analysis of racism in communist and post-communist countries.
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'Ned' Pride in Scotland; Weapon Dogs
Wed 20 Feb 2013
Weapon dogs - status canines as urban menace. Also, the Scottish subculture of 'neds'.
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Stan Cohen (1942 - 2013)
Wed 13 Feb 2013
Laurie Taylor pays tribute to the work and legacy of the sociologist, Stan Cohen.
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Organised crime in the UK
Wed 6 Feb 2013
Organised crime in the UK - how has it changed? Also, the Italian Camorra.
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Rock climbing in conflict; women in Russian prisons
Wed 30 Jan 2013
With Laurie Taylor. Featuring Russian women prisoners and rock climbers in conflict.
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Class and Commuting; Engaging with Climate Change
Wed 23 Jan 2013
Climate change - why is it denied by so many? Plus class, commuting and the 'tube'.
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Birth of Neo-Liberalism; Music, Race and Difference
Wed 16 Jan 2013
Tracing the origins of neo-liberalism. Plus, the relationship between race and music.
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Contagion; changing masculinity in retail
Wed 9 Jan 2013
Contagion - how commerce spreads disease. Also, 'boys will be boys' or will they?
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Consuming passions
Wed 2 Jan 2013
Consumer pleasures - the origins and evolution of the 'shopping' experience.
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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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