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Thinking Allowed Episodes

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    Work identity on the railway; how to be gay

    Laurie Taylor on a new book exploring gay male identity. Also, work identity in crisis.

  2. Family funerals; red tape

    Laurie Taylor hears how corrupt officialdom causes poverty.

  3. Archaeology of homelessness; residential care revisited

    Older people in residential care - a landmark study. Also, an archaeology of homelessness.

  4. Decline of the weekend; British riots of 2011

    Laurie Taylor explores the summer riots of 2011. Also, the death of the weekend.

  5. Couchsurfing - Trauma Advocacy

    Laurie Taylor looks at how the internet lets us encounter strangers, as well as friends.

  6. The UK strip and lap-dancing industry; blue jeans

    The strip industry - why is it growing? Also, the cultural meaning of 'blue jeans'.

  7. Trouble at work, travellers vs tourists

    Laurie Taylor hears about research into workplace conflict, and travellers versus tourists

  8. Sociologists and the financial crisis - Against security

    Security systems - their pitfalls. Also, a sociological take on the financial crisis.

  9. The New Arab Man, Lords Club Affiliation

    The 'new' Arab man; elite club membership in the House of Lords.

  10. Sickness Benefit Recipients - New Society 50 Years On

    Sickness benefit claimants, and 'New Society' 50 years on. Presented by Laurie Taylor.

  11. Race in an English village; decoding organisation

    Laurie Taylor explores the culture and work of Bletchley Park.

  12. Ethnic pay gap, racial segregation

    Laurie Taylor on research into racial segregation in cities and Britain's ethnic pay gap.

  13. Odd couples, student drinking

    Gay-straight friendships, and how students approach alcohol. With Laurie Taylor.

  14. Italian Family 3: Studio discussion

    Is the fabled Italian family in terminal decline? Laurie Taylor discusses the crisis.

  15. Italian Family 2: Naples

    Laurie Taylor visits Naples to investigate the role of Italian family values.

  16. Italian Family 1: Milan

    Why is the Italian birth rate falling? Laurie Taylor on the crisis of the Italian family.

  17. Breaking rules; Wall Street women

    Inside the world of Wall Street women, and the role of morality in preventing crime.

  18. Social capital; gentrification

    White middle-class settlers in edgy areas, plus how to get ahead in the media.

  19. Jobs for the Boys

    'Jobs for the Boys?' Discrimination and nepotism in the media industry, with Laurie Taylor

  20. Sport under communism - Regeneration Games

    Laurie Taylor discusses the security impact of the Olympics. Also, sport under communism.

  21. Builders and Musicians

    Builders' lives and the cooperation between musicians.

  22. Immortality; Evil

    Laurie Taylor explores the ways in which human beings have resisted the idea of mortality.

  23. Urban Protest

    Urban Protest: Laurie Taylor talks to David Harvey about trouble on the streets.

  24. Evil; the morality of cycling

    Laurie Taylor asks if a sociology of evil is possible. Also, the morality of cycling.

  25. Hostility to tax; Mumbai slums

    A study of the slums of Mumbai. Also, the rights and wrongs of taxation.

  26. Kinship

    A special programme linked to a landmark study of 'kinship'.

  27. Working class alienation - Nottingham council estate

    Laurie Taylor talks to speakers at the 2012 British Sociological Association conference.

  28. AIDS conspiracy theories; comics

    A cultural history of British comics plus AIDS conspiracy theories.

  29. Wine tasting; US philanthropy

    US philanthropic foundations, and the changing language of wine tasting.

  30. Why Love Hurts

    Laurie Taylor investigates the pain of love from a sociological perspective.

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