Thinking Allowed Podcast
New research on how society works
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Gangs and spirituality
Wed 27 Jun 2018
Gangs and spirituality - can religious belief lead members away from crime?
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Light and Dark
Wed 13 Jun 2018
How the meanings of light and dark have changed over time in the context of urban life.
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Size Discrimination
Wed 6 Jun 2018
Laurie Taylor considers what it means to be very tall, very big or very short.
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Business Schools
Wed 30 May 2018
Should business schools be shut down? Laurie Taylor examines the arguments.
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The Internet and Democracy
Wed 9 May 2018
Laurie Taylor analyses the social and political consequences of our digitised world.
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Winner of 2018 BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award
Wed 18 Apr 2018
The winner of the 2018 BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award.
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Ethnography Award Shortlist 2018
Wed 11 Apr 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award 2018.
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Mixed-race families
Wed 4 Apr 2018
When is mixed-race heritage passed down to the next generation and when is it not?
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Dating at university, Online dating
Wed 28 Mar 2018
Hook-up culture: dating at university. Also, how online dating has changed our world.
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Racial inequality now, Women and political language
Wed 14 Mar 2018
Racial inequality now. Also, women and political language.
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Women and democracy - the language of power
Wed 7 Mar 2018
Is democracy failing women? Also, how 'normality' is established in language.
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A Valentine Day's special
Wed 14 Feb 2018
A Valentine Day's Special programme exploring infidelity and the history of rings.
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Stigma
Wed 31 Jan 2018
Stigma - an old sociological concept revisited and recast for the 21st century.
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Countercultural seekers/ slum tourism.
Wed 24 Jan 2018
Counter cultural seekers and meaning of the hippy trail. Also, slum tourism in Mumbai.
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Countercultural seekers, Slum tourism
Wed 24 Jan 2018
Countercultural seekers on the road to Kathmandu and slum tourism in Mumbai.
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The sensory landscape of the city
Wed 10 Jan 2018
The scenes, smells, sounds and tastes of city life.
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The Housing Crisis, Squatting in Amsterdam
Wed 3 Jan 2018
The housing crisis. Also, squatting in Amsterdam.
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Working-class actors, Class and classical music
Wed 27 Dec 2017
Working-class actors, Class and classical music.
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Christmas Television
Wed 20 Dec 2017
Christmas television - an exploration of a very British tradition.
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The Trojan Horse Affair - Religion in Schools
Thu 14 Dec 2017
Laurie Taylor asks if there was an attempt to Islamicise schools in Birmingham.
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