Thinking Allowed Podcast
New research on how society works
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Politics and Emotion
Wed 29 Nov 2017
The evolution of our contemporary idea of emotions and how they play out in politics.
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Marxism, 'Red' Globalisation
Wed 8 Nov 2017
Laurie Taylor talks to David Harvey, world authority on Marx's thought.
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Hospices - Palliative Care
Wed 25 Oct 2017
Laurie Taylor explores end of life care through the ages.
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The Restaurant: A Taste of Class
Wed 11 Oct 2017
Laurie Taylor gets under the skin of the restaurant.
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Sectarianisation - the Middle East
Wed 27 Sep 2017
Laurie Taylor asks if a new theory offers an explanation for conflicts in the Arab world.
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The Mafia - organised crime
Wed 20 Sep 2017
The Mafia and organised crime from Sicily to Japan and the UK
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Exhaustion: a historical study of weariness.
Wed 26 Jul 2017
Exhaustion: is extreme fatigue a peculiarly modern phenomenon?
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Fertility Holidays - Male Infertility
Wed 5 Jul 2017
Laurie Taylor discusses a study of IVF tourism and also male infertility.
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Global inequality - 'signs of nation'
Wed 28 Jun 2017
Is the Global South catching up with the North?
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Heritage and preservation
Wed 21 Jun 2017
Heritage beyond saving: should we collaborate with, not defend natural processes?
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Sport and Philosophy - Inside an African-Caribbean Football Club
Wed 14 Jun 2017
The philosophy of sport, and the evolution of a African Caribbean football club.
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Doctors at war - Wasting GP's time
Wed 24 May 2017
Doctors at war. Also, patients who worry about wasting their GP's time.
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Russian prison visitors - prison boundaries
Wed 17 May 2017
Russian prison visitors. Also, prison boundaries.
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Insuring against disasters - electronic finance
Wed 3 May 2017
Insuring against disasters, and amateur financial traders.
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Drugs in warfare
Wed 26 Apr 2017
The role of intoxicants in the context of warfare, from Nazi Germany to the Vietnam war.
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Elite education
Wed 19 Apr 2017
How prestigious schools and universities around the world sustain inequality.
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Special programme on winner of Ethnography award
Wed 12 Apr 2017
A special programme on the winner of the BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography award.
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