Thinking Allowed Podcast
New research on how society works
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A special programme devoted to the BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Shortlist
Wed 5 Apr 2017
A special programme devoted to the BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award shortlist 2017.
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Money - how to break the power of the banks
Wed 8 Mar 2017
The production of money: how to break the power of the banks.
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Squatting; a cross cultural history. Plus taking ones clothes off in public.
Wed 1 Mar 2017
Squatting: a cross-cultural history. Also, taking one's clothes off in public.
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Platform Capitalism
Wed 22 Feb 2017
Laurie Taylor explores platform capitalism - its origins, meaning and future.
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Terrorism: does it work? - The 'Hotline'
Wed 15 Feb 2017
Terrorism: does it work? Also, the origins and development of the 'hotline'.
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Vertical Cities - India's property boom
Wed 8 Feb 2017
Vertical cities - a three-dimensional view of urban life. Also, India's property boom.
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The brave new world of virtual workers; also globalisation, the old and the new.
Wed 1 Feb 2017
Globalisation, the old and the new. Also, virtual workers.
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Health divides - Counting global health
Wed 25 Jan 2017
Health divides. Also, counting global health.
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Age of noise - British drinking
Wed 18 Jan 2017
Laurie Taylor considers how unwanted sounds came to characterise modernity.
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Sexual violence in the Bangladeshi War of Independence - Global danger and the risk to research
Wed 11 Jan 2017
Sexual violence in the Bangledeshi War of Independence. Also, global danger and risk.
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Super Rich: The 1% of the 1%
Wed 4 Jan 2017
Laurie Taylor and guests explore the origins of this wealthiest of elites.
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Laurie Taylor discusses the relationship between literature and sociology.
Wed 28 Dec 2016
Laurie Taylor and guests explore the relationship between fiction and the real world.
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Musicians Union - women heavy metal fans
Wed 21 Dec 2016
The Musicians Union. Also women heavy metal fans.
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Men and Violence - Stag Parties
Wed 14 Dec 2016
Men, masculinities and violence. Also, stag parties, deviance and consumerism.
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Success and Luck - Cosmopolitanism and Private Education
Wed 7 Dec 2016
Success and luck. Also private school attitudes towards cosmopolitanism.
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Foie gras & the politics of taste - Memories of Irish food
Wed 30 Nov 2016
Foie gras and the politics of taste. Also, male Irish migrants recall the food back home.
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Racial segregation, Dementia and hair care
Wed 23 Nov 2016
Racial segregation in the United States. Also, hairdressing for people with dementia.
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Population change - Chronic illness
Wed 16 Nov 2016
Population change: how it's transforming our world. Also, managing chronic illness.
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Evangelicals - Troubled families
Wed 9 Nov 2016
Evangelicals in the city. Also, 'troubled families'.
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Drone warfare, Fitness instructors
Wed 2 Nov 2016
Drone warfare: from soldiering to assassination? Also, the world of fitness instructors.
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Hoods - Construction Blacklist
Wed 26 Oct 2016
Laurie Taylor explores the cultural history and many meanings of the hood.
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House of Commons - Voting and Inequality
Wed 19 Oct 2016
Laurie Taylor hears about the hidden workings of Parliament. Also, voting and inequality.
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Rentier capitalism - Protest camps
Wed 12 Oct 2016
Laurie Taylor asks if the economic system is rigged in favour of the owners of property.
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Political polarisation, An anthropologist's guide to naming
Wed 5 Oct 2016
Political polarisation. Also, an anthropologist's guide to naming.
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Shyness - Names
Wed 21 Sep 2016
Shyness: a cultural history. Also, the relationship between names and identity.
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