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Thinking Allowed Episodes

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    Political polarisation, An anthropologist's guide to naming

    Political polarisation. Also, an anthropologist's guide to naming.

  2. Higher Education - Crisis or Change?

    Higher education - crisis or change?

  3. Shyness - Names

    Shyness: a cultural history. Also, the relationship between names and identity.

  4. Men dressing up - The male 'suit'

    Men 'dressing up'. Also, the male 'suit'.

  5. Airport security, Retiring to Spain

    Airport security, and retiring to Spain.

  6. Food bank Britain, Food poverty in Europe

    Food bank Britain. Also, food poverty in Europe.

  7. The English Defence League; 'Real' immigrants

    The English Defence League. Also, who are the 'real' immigrants?

  8. Political women and language, The morality of sleep medication

    Political women and language. Also, the morality of sleep medication.

  9. Good neighbours, The connection between sport and domestic abuse

    Laurie Taylor explores encounters with the people next door. Plus domestic abuse and sport

  10. A special programme on Pierre Bourdieu

    Pierre Bourdieu: A special programme presented by Laurie Taylor.

  11. Secrecy at Work, Drugs and Employment

    The hidden architecture of people's working lives. Plus drug-taking and employment.

  12. Engineers of Jihad. Orange jumpsuits

    The link between education and violent extremism. Also, the iconic orange jumpsuit.

  13. Ale drinkers, Northern accents

    New research on how society works. Ale drinkers. Northern accents.

  14. 'Queer' wars, Nigerian beauty pageants

    'Queer' wars: the global struggle for lesbian/gay rights. Also, Nigerian beauty pageants.

  15. Glasgow gangs - Russian gangs

    Glaswegian and Russian gangs: their origins, organisation and meaning.

  16. TV in prison - Live music in prison

    Television in British prisons. Also, BB King and prison 'blues'.

  17. Migrant women, Wedding paradoxes

    Laurie Taylor explores the role in British society of migrant women over the past 60 years

  18. The Flaneur - Walking in the City

    Laurie Taylor explores the history and meaning of the urban stroller, past and present.

  19. Happiness and government, Good parenting

    Laurie Taylor asks if the government should aim to promote well-being.

  20. Ethnography Award winner, Transcultural football

    The 2016 BSA Thinking Allowed Ethnography winner. Also, transcultural football.

  21. The BSA and Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award Shortlist

    A special programme on the shortlist for the BSA and Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award.

  22. Dance halls, Pick-up artists

    Laurie Taylor discusses the social and cultural history of 'going to the Palais'.

  23. Eviction, Self-build

    Laurie Taylor looks at the rising number of people losing their homes in the US and UK.

  24. Philanthropy - Charity

    Philanthropy and charitable giving: who do they benefit, and is there a price?

  25. Small towns, Patient rescue and resuscitation

    A study of Todmorden. Also, the rescue and resuscitation of chronic patients.

  26. The debt collection industry, Spousal job loss

    Laurie Taylor explores what happens when everyday forms of borrowing go bad.

  27. Refusing adulthood, How young people feel about being poor

    Laurie Taylor asks if and why some people refuse to grow up.

  28. Museums and nationalism, Imagining utopias

    Laurie Taylor asks what can be learnt about nationalism from cultural institutions.

  29. Weather forecasting, Young people and politics

    Laurie Taylor explores a scientific art form rooted in unpredictability.

  30. Consumerism, Work-life balance

    Laurie Taylor explores the history of the modern, material world.

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